Sino-psis

tonight, went to a teachers' day banquet where all of the waiguoren and all of the chinese teachers all got together in a huge set of rooms at a restaurant nearby and ate platefuls of fish meat veggies tofu whatever you can think of and drank plenty of beer and pepsi and 7up. the atmosphere was grande and the raffle doled out many prizes to the lucky few. everyone present got two bottles of shampoo (yippee) and all of the karaoke singing and impromptu italian arias and swing dancing that they could take/stomach. banquet conversation is always the best, ranging from "exactly when does one eat the chicken's head?" to "oh, i look like i'm only 42? i'll drink to that".

i guess the main course of events tonight will lead me to a live band bar called the cotton club and various types and sorts of debaucherous activities, but as of now, 8 pm, i am quite satisfied with the way things have gone tonight. i've been a little tired, since i got out of school and came back, ran a couple of miles, and then took a shower immediately followed by an unexpected nap.... if you plan a nap and set the alarm, those usually are refreshing for me.... but if a nap just happens upon me... i'm just kinda zonked at the moment. currently debating whether my body would be more grateful if i just called it a night or if i put more types of food and liquid in my bloodstream in the next few hours. it's gonna be a hard won debate.

i find that i am getting a lot better at recognizing street names and, more importantly, ways to get from zheli to nali. it's always important to know how to get from one's place of residence to another place of interest, and more important still to know how to find one's way back. i'm getting there, slowly. the map i bought helps, but nothing helps more than sight-memory formation.

i should change. either into bed clothes or going out clothes. i'll let yall know which one goes down.

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