Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
And how it feels so weird! My plane from Shanghai left on 12/19 at 6:30pm and my flight landed in JFK at 7:30pm on the same day, so I really only lost an hour. The first thing I saw when I came into the US on TV was that Britney Spear’s 16 year old sister was pregnant. How surprising…
I left China in tears. I spent my last night out to dinner with friends at Element Fresh. Afterwards we went clubbing for the last time at Richy’s. As my last meal in China, we went to dim sum for lunch. I couldn’t be more thankful for those that I’ve met in China and the friendships I’ve made. The hardest thing about leaving China was leaving some of the greatest people I’ve ever met behind. Most of them from the US, so I’m hoping we’ll reunite one day. I’ve come to realize during my semester in China that international business might not be for me. From my experience with spending a semester there, speaking and interacting with the locals, and attending and speaking with a representative from Deutche Bank, I don’t know if I could stay in China for long term. It might be different if I got a job there, then I could say if I could really work there or not. We’ll see. I’m currently looking for internships in Asia along with major cities in the US, so China isn’t ruled out yet.
When I got back to the states, it took me about 2.5ish hours to go through customs and get my luggage. My dads friend met me at the airport and then we met my mom in Chinatown. It was weird being back but it was nice I suppose to see they city all lite up and all the snow on the ground. We just had snowfall earlier that day. I drove halfway home in our brand new car, so nice! It was nice finally being able to drive again. It was nice that when I was in a car I wasn’t being jolted everywhere like the taxi’s in China. When I got home I wasn’t tired so I got on skype and got to talk to some of the people in China. It felt nice. I really miss them. Afterwards, I opened up some mail from the last few months. I got my last paycheck from my summer internship! It feels nice nice to have money in my pocket.
The next morning, my brother woke me up when he woke up to go to school. He’s grown so much! The first meal I had since I was back was Chinese noodles from Chinatown for breakfast. I’m not sick of Chinese food and never will be! hah First show I watched after having no TV for the last few months was Saved By the Bell, love that show! But apparently the writers in Hollywood went on strike a few weeks ago and there haven’t been new shows since. Everything on television has been re-runs. I haven’t really done much since I’ve been back. I’m pretty jet lagged so I spent my first day sleeping. Yesterday I went to the dentist and caught up on some e-mails before I fell asleep at 6:30pm. Then I woke up and ate dinner and watched some tv before falling asleep again. Now it’s 2:30am and I’m awake again.
My sister comes home from school tomorrow. I haven’t seen her in so long besides the few days in August before I left. I missed her completely in the summer since she was doing an internship in Singapore. I need to apply to more internships and get some things done around the house. I don’t have a phone yet so I can’t call anyone to say hello, sorry about that! I only have a couple weeks before I have to return to school in January. It’s so close! I can’t believe just a couple days ago I was on the other side of the world and now I’m sitting in my room. As I hit more shocking moments during my return, I’ll be sure to share.
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