a few thoughts-
-yesterday i learned that Jackie Chan owns an apartment on the block next to mine. i'm very excited about this. also, did you know that in China, Jackie Chan is not only a film star, but also a singing sensation?
-this morning i ran into a coworker as i got off the train heading to work. as we walked to the bus that takes us the rest of the way to the office, he told me about all his worries about being a good dad, and his plans for teaching his son to be succesful. he was so earnest and afraid he would do something wrong. it was maybe the cutest thing i had ever heard, and also kind of scary that someone around my age has a baby (well not quite, he's 26). also, because his son's name is Ma Zitung, we always joke that he's going to grow up like Mao Zedong.
-i just sat through what i hope will be the last meeting i take minutes for, though it was cool seeing all the nbc execs. i thought about asking them for a job, but that probably would have been awkward. anyway, my last deep thought regarding the olympics is that its going to feel weird to have so many westerners here. even though the foreign community living in beijing is huge at this point, it still feels like its your own discovery. china is the most amazing place to live. its cheap, beautiful, the people are nice, and you sort of get to feel like a celebrity but also not feel like people care that much what you do. and you wonder why everyone doesn't want to live here. anyway, hearing the NBC executives talking about how all the footage they got from beijing was so beautiful, i know that all these foreigners coming over are going to go so wild about the place. and all of us who came before that are going to start feeling really possessive, and worried that their hidden treasure has been discovered. and things won't ever be the same. i know that seems kind of weird, a little obnoxious, and totally unfair to the chinese who are eager to become part of the international community, but that's how every foreigner who lives here is, and you can't help it.
-yesterday i learned that Jackie Chan owns an apartment on the block next to mine. i'm very excited about this. also, did you know that in China, Jackie Chan is not only a film star, but also a singing sensation?
-this morning i ran into a coworker as i got off the train heading to work. as we walked to the bus that takes us the rest of the way to the office, he told me about all his worries about being a good dad, and his plans for teaching his son to be succesful. he was so earnest and afraid he would do something wrong. it was maybe the cutest thing i had ever heard, and also kind of scary that someone around my age has a baby (well not quite, he's 26). also, because his son's name is Ma Zitung, we always joke that he's going to grow up like Mao Zedong.
-i just sat through what i hope will be the last meeting i take minutes for, though it was cool seeing all the nbc execs. i thought about asking them for a job, but that probably would have been awkward. anyway, my last deep thought regarding the olympics is that its going to feel weird to have so many westerners here. even though the foreign community living in beijing is huge at this point, it still feels like its your own discovery. china is the most amazing place to live. its cheap, beautiful, the people are nice, and you sort of get to feel like a celebrity but also not feel like people care that much what you do. and you wonder why everyone doesn't want to live here. anyway, hearing the NBC executives talking about how all the footage they got from beijing was so beautiful, i know that all these foreigners coming over are going to go so wild about the place. and all of us who came before that are going to start feeling really possessive, and worried that their hidden treasure has been discovered. and things won't ever be the same. i know that seems kind of weird, a little obnoxious, and totally unfair to the chinese who are eager to become part of the international community, but that's how every foreigner who lives here is, and you can't help it.
posted by Amanda at 2:53 AM
1 Comments:
hold on, look outside for a sec, pengyou, are you really worried that people will think Beijing is beautiful!!???
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