Rio de Janeiro!
你好， 你好， 你好！
It's unbelievable and almost inconceivable to think that I haven't written in 6 years! Holy shite (yes, with an "e")! As you may assume from my 你好 (ni hao), I am still thriving and working in China! And yes, still in Zhuhai, Guangdong! Zhuhai has become my second home...a place that I now hold dear to my heart.
I'm chillin' here in a small noodle shop with the kindest Chinese lady-owner, drinking a "Rio" - a cocktail in a can marked "Calamansi Vodka." My pals and I stupidly refer to it as a "Rio de Janeiro" - "Hey! Bring me another can of Rio de Janeiro!" Har har har. It's hella dumb...but it brings some tacky laughs.
- STÉFAN and I have been dating now for a whopping 4 years. He's tall, handsome, Cantonese, a certified/celebrated chef (graduated from culinary school), and speaks 4 languages (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hainanese, and English). We live together, happily I should add, in XuRiWan - a coastal community that oversees the South China Sea between Hong Kong and the Mainland. In fact, we are engaged! *insert a cheesy "whooooo!"* Our rings replicate a feather - an ode to my Native American heritage. They represent! Navajo pride y'all! Finally deciding to "grow up" and giving myself to destiny has been a challenge, but I figure it's something I owe myself (and my past bullshit). I can state, without slurs: I've finally found the man of my dreams. Ní jin! Ha ha ha.
- INGA (from Estonia) and I have been the best of friends forever! A few years back, I literally almost died in China. I spent 12 months in the hospital from bronchitis - which developed into pneumonia - and finally other bullshit ailments. I spent 7 weeks in a Mainland hospital then 5 weeks in a Macau hospital. During this period, INGA sat by my bedside and literally nursed me back to health. I couldn't breathe properly...she was my open window. I couldn't walk for weeks...she was my wooden crutch. And at some point, I had lost faith in life...she was my mantra. She restored my passion to fight. So since then, I have dedicated my life to this lovely pink-haired lady. INGA and her husband, JUHA (Finland), have been an important aspect of my time in Zhuhai. Without INGA, I may have succumbed to my illness(es) back then...
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So, alas, my anonymous readers...I'm still alive. Thank God almighty! Without whom, I'd be dead. Dead, dead, dead. Dead as a doornail. Dead as dead can be! HOWEVER, I'm still here. Fuck YES. Still here. I've just recently Re-RE-discovered LiveJournal!!! It's been too long. Now that I've reset my password and found joy in my past ramblings...I'll try to keep up.
我爱你! Love y'all!
jjt.