Rain
I like rainy days in China. They say that it rains every year during the college entrance exam, and the past three days it has poured.
Maybe I like it so much because you hardly see that kind of weather here.
Today I took graduation photos with the seniors who were my junior students last year. Some faces I haven't seen in a year, others I saw but only periodically in the hallways of our teaching building. We were outside at 8:25 in the morning and in between shots the whole crowd would jump to open umbrellas, then when the photographer shouted for the next take people would pout and groan and we would fake smile and try not to fog up our glasses. Later on we ran to the safety of one of the teaching buildings and I got to ask everyone about their future plans. Seems like yesterday when I graduated, and I know what they're feeling. How long will it be before we will see each other again? Why does Alex have to go half-way around the world?
I miss home, but I feel like I'll miss Baoding in a very different, equally painful way.
Maybe I like it so much because you hardly see that kind of weather here.
Today I took graduation photos with the seniors who were my junior students last year. Some faces I haven't seen in a year, others I saw but only periodically in the hallways of our teaching building. We were outside at 8:25 in the morning and in between shots the whole crowd would jump to open umbrellas, then when the photographer shouted for the next take people would pout and groan and we would fake smile and try not to fog up our glasses. Later on we ran to the safety of one of the teaching buildings and I got to ask everyone about their future plans. Seems like yesterday when I graduated, and I know what they're feeling. How long will it be before we will see each other again? Why does Alex have to go half-way around the world?
I miss home, but I feel like I'll miss Baoding in a very different, equally painful way.