slow boat to where?
so i was looking more today at china stuff. i got a lonely planet guide book for china for christmas. i haven't even sent in my application yet, and i'm already getting nervous. going to england was one thing. i think the mentality there suited me well (more polite than friendly, but very very orderly). china... well, that's a whole new ballgame, i think, and not just because i won't know the language. and i can't even start trying to LEARN the language for another few months, because i won't know where exactly i'm going till then. i won't know what dialect to learn, and my book said differences in dialects there are like the difference between french and spanish.
england was a country i'd been studying for years before i went. i appreciated it more for that reason. canterbury, westminster abbey, tintern abbey, they all meant more to me because i'd read about them. if i'm really going to china, i'm going to have to start reading some books about it. know any good books about china, friends?:)
and if paul's really going to be in japan while i'm in china (which i'm pretty sure he is), i wonder if we'll do any travelling together. the thought of travelling around china by myself kinda freaks me out. i'm sure i'd be fine once i did it (i was fine travelling alone in england), but i think i'd have more fun with someone else. and paul, coincedentally enough, is already my favorite travelling partner, as i learned during may term in england, when we spent almost every minute of every day together. we're interested in seeing the same things by in large, so it works well. maybe i could visit him in japan and he could visit me in china. i wonder if christine would be okay with that. last i heard, she was planning on going overseas somewhere for mission work next year. i would have to double check with her to see if it was okay before making travel plans with paul. if they're still dating. i still think, knowing her as i do, that he's not everything she wants and needs, but i'm not really in a position to talk to her about that:) i'm not too worried about relapsing in my feelings for paul even if we do a lot of travelling together. i think it would take nothing less than ardent professions of love from him to make me even question my feelings for him again. even then, i think i would know better:)
so in conclusion, china.
england was a country i'd been studying for years before i went. i appreciated it more for that reason. canterbury, westminster abbey, tintern abbey, they all meant more to me because i'd read about them. if i'm really going to china, i'm going to have to start reading some books about it. know any good books about china, friends?:)
and if paul's really going to be in japan while i'm in china (which i'm pretty sure he is), i wonder if we'll do any travelling together. the thought of travelling around china by myself kinda freaks me out. i'm sure i'd be fine once i did it (i was fine travelling alone in england), but i think i'd have more fun with someone else. and paul, coincedentally enough, is already my favorite travelling partner, as i learned during may term in england, when we spent almost every minute of every day together. we're interested in seeing the same things by in large, so it works well. maybe i could visit him in japan and he could visit me in china. i wonder if christine would be okay with that. last i heard, she was planning on going overseas somewhere for mission work next year. i would have to double check with her to see if it was okay before making travel plans with paul. if they're still dating. i still think, knowing her as i do, that he's not everything she wants and needs, but i'm not really in a position to talk to her about that:) i'm not too worried about relapsing in my feelings for paul even if we do a lot of travelling together. i think it would take nothing less than ardent professions of love from him to make me even question my feelings for him again. even then, i think i would know better:)
so in conclusion, china.