Thursday, January 05, 2006
THERE AND BACK AGAIN
I'm back in China after a 10 day hiatus back home. The plane trip to the other side of the world took around 13 hours. I slept the entire way.
At home, I didn't do too much back home...and it was great. I never quite adjusted to American time and my daily schedule consisted of waking up at 8pm, being up all night then going to bed at noon. We celebrated both Christmas and Chanukah. Apparently, in my absence my sister converted the family to Christianity (even a bigger feat since she herself is an atheist.) Last year it was Christmas lights, this year I walk in to see a decorated Christmas tree. How many Jews out there have Christmas trees?
Well, just like all Jews (and despite the irony,) on Christmas day we went and ate Chinese food. I missed American Chinese food, it's really quite different. In fact I think I ate Asian food 5 of the 10 days I was home. I also thoroughly enjoyed the American food I had. I visited a lot of friends and family, though it was a tad difficult of the schedule I kept.
The odd thing was I came home feeling really patriotic, almost to the point of excusing all of George Bush's actions. That died quickly. I'm looking forward to Jack Abramoff's testimony taking down 1/4 of Congress too.
Shoutouts: Thanks to all my loyal readers, especially those who send me messages while I'm in China (Dana, Ryan B, Caton, Ollie, Paul and all my family.)
Congratulations to Penn State for willing the Orange Bowl, albeit in triple OT. I'll post more later.
My mom came with me to visit China. She' ll be here for a week. Look for a special guest post on her experiences of China sometime this week.
I'm back in China after a 10 day hiatus back home. The plane trip to the other side of the world took around 13 hours. I slept the entire way.
At home, I didn't do too much back home...and it was great. I never quite adjusted to American time and my daily schedule consisted of waking up at 8pm, being up all night then going to bed at noon. We celebrated both Christmas and Chanukah. Apparently, in my absence my sister converted the family to Christianity (even a bigger feat since she herself is an atheist.) Last year it was Christmas lights, this year I walk in to see a decorated Christmas tree. How many Jews out there have Christmas trees?
Well, just like all Jews (and despite the irony,) on Christmas day we went and ate Chinese food. I missed American Chinese food, it's really quite different. In fact I think I ate Asian food 5 of the 10 days I was home. I also thoroughly enjoyed the American food I had. I visited a lot of friends and family, though it was a tad difficult of the schedule I kept.
The odd thing was I came home feeling really patriotic, almost to the point of excusing all of George Bush's actions. That died quickly. I'm looking forward to Jack Abramoff's testimony taking down 1/4 of Congress too.
Shoutouts: Thanks to all my loyal readers, especially those who send me messages while I'm in China (Dana, Ryan B, Caton, Ollie, Paul and all my family.)
Congratulations to Penn State for willing the Orange Bowl, albeit in triple OT. I'll post more later.
My mom came with me to visit China. She' ll be here for a week. Look for a special guest post on her experiences of China sometime this week.
