China 27: Recount
Number of days in a row I've worn these pants: 8 (I becoming more and more Chinese)
Hair Status: It's growin' on me
Today we finally decided where we will be going on our trip at the end of our stay here in Xi'an. At the beginning of the week we took a priliminary vote to see where we at between Yunan province and Shanghai and it's surrounding cities. The prilim turned out 6-2 in favor of Yunan. Isaiah and I were the only ones to support the Shanghai trip, and I was very borderline. Yesterday, Wednesday, was the final vote, and we hadn't discussed the topic at all since the prilim vote. So as we put our heads down to vote, Isaiah and I resigned in defeat. Gaelen called out who was in favor of Shanghai, and then who was in favor again. Then she called again for people to raise their hands; I figured she was just making it seem suspensful. When we lifted our heads Gaelen was amazed that our decision had been reversed! 5-3 in favor of Shanghai!
The fact of the matter is, the only people who really had strong opinions were Celine (Yunan) and Isaiah (Shanghai). So for a lot of us it was pretty much random. Sara flipped a coin to make her final decision. Ian and Edna switched for some unknown reason. And I think we were all stunned because we had sort of already counted on Yunan. I have to admit I was even a little disappointed for some reason; all of a sudden Yunnan seemed more attractive to me.
After a little more discussion today, we decided that b/c there was such a change in opinion perhaps voting wasn't the right way to go about it. Only Celine and Isaiah had a solid opinion and the rest of us wavered back and forth. So we decided to flip a coin for the whole thing. So much for the democratic process huh?
We're going to Shanghai in May.
posted by dAVID @ 5:07 AM
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