That's all I can say. It has been so hectic for me this past week. Sorry for not posting anything while in China, but as many of you know, China hates Google... and all social networking sites (including YOUTUBE!)... and most things about Tibet... and most things about politics, specifically democracy... and porn... (not that I would know). FYI Tom, you can't get past the Great Firewall of China (which I might post about later) with any proxifier. I tried for days to search for one, but I don't think any of the free ones will work, and I'm not willing to throw away money so I can post for three weeks.
RANDOM FACT #1: You can access the Wikipedia page about Tibet in English, but the English page about China is blocked.
I didn't really do anything interesting in China. Except maybe go to the Expo (which I also might post about). That wasn't fun. It was so crowded. And HOT. That was the worst part. Heat and humidity. The day we went, I think it was 35, with humidity feels like God knows what. It was just really bad. And the line-ups were obviously freight train length. We went on a weekday, and still, the line-up to see the German pavilion was over 4 hours long. I honestly can't believe people would line up that long in that weather.
RANDOM FACT #2: Most free proxy sites are blocked, so you can't attempt to get hold of a site that has no way to get past the Wall in the first place. (Read that sentence again if you're confused.)
The plane ride back was interesting. I got ground sickness. See, I took three flights. One was an hour long. The second was twelve hours long. The third was two hours long. So I was fine on the first and second flights. Then when I got off of the second flight, I sat down to wait for the next one. As I was sitting, I started to feel nauseous. It got worse and worse, to the point where I had to close my eyes in order to not throw up, and I was holding a "sanitary bag" as they call it. By then I was sitting on the plane, desperately hoping that it wouldn't move for a while. But when it started on the runway, my nausea suddenly receded. And as the plane rose, it was like we were leaving it behind. Yeah, that was really random. And so is this:
RANDOM FACT #3: All the buildings in China look at least 200% better on the inside than on the outside. This is especially true of residences.
Ten hours before the second week of school started, I arrived back in Toronto. And then it was my first day, and a surprising amount of people knew my name. But I didn't know anyone else's. And it all felt really wrong. And of course, the next day just had to be Pinecrest, which went alright. But now I have to catch up on all the work I missed, and as I type this, I should be fillling in three geography worksheets which require a lot of research. Hopefully I can use my lab report and French sheets as an excuse.
I have to remember to comment on everyone's posts sometime. I hope with Hannah and hopefully everyone else that high school will not be a distraction to the blog. Honestly... 8 posts in August? We can do better than that! We're Giftees!
I get what you mean by all the insides of residences look a whole lot better than the outside. It's probably because a lot of them look grey or have these nasty streaks over them because of air pollution.
ReplyDeleteI didn't post about Pinecrest right away because Tom kind of did one, and I didn't really want to talk too much about a trip that not everyone was a part of. Too bad. I'm talking about it anyways. : /