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I will copy from my skype messages from last night, because I donna feel like writing all about it right now ( Read more... )

So uh. I know I haven't posted in a very long time. That's mostly because a billion hundred things have been happening, and especially in the last two weeks. Oh yes, it has been very extreme here in Picoland.

I will regale you all with the thrilling details later (and oh, believe me, I will, because this is a lot of goings-on and I want to ( Read more... )

So, today my mom broke her wrist ( Read more... )

I'm home ( Read more... )

The leading TV station in Pyongyang has announced that Kim Jong-Il died two days ago.

I'm changing planes in Seoul in 30 hours.

Um.

ETA 8.30 pm (Harbin time): "South Korea Yonhap news agency reports North Korea has conducted a short-range missile test in wake of Jong-ils death." - Reuters' twitter. (Can't see the twitter, but the link takes ( Read more... )

Student Quote of the Day:

"Puppies are doctors who kill autism."

Sometimes you just repeat what they said, in English, just to make sure you got it right. And when they nod back at you, serious-faced, you pause for a moment, nod gravely, bite your lip, and send a mass text during the break.

Okay, Harbin, I am officially impressed.

Today, midafternoon, mid-60's, high, 70.

Tonight, 37, and still decreasing.

When I went into class I was wearing my sleeveless nice-shirt. When I got out, I was wearing cardigan and scarf, and that was five hours ago. I lean out the window. I can see my breath.

I am impressed.

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So ... there's Pico's first (only? hopefully) experience of being groped by a total stranger ( Read more... )

............and wow, thank you, China. My first "boyfriend" proposal. (Things in [brackets] are emotes that didn't copypasta. Also, change "AM" to "PM" as my computer's in American time but I'm in China time ( Read more... )