A less frequently updated blog means a busier, funner life. I'm living such a luxurious lifestyle right now, with no work, no school, for now, enough money saved up, and plenty of fun and intellectual stimulation. It's kinda shocking what a good deal this is to take time off. I got a bunny. I've been dreaming about a kitten, even though it'd be pretty irresponsible to get a kitten for only 3 months. But a bunny would be easier to take care of when I leave. I got it on an impulse when I saw a woman 挑着 / carrying all these little cages of bunnies and birds, walking down the street. For the first 3 days, it only ate and didn't poop, and we were quite worried that it's gonna die w/in the week, but it's better now. It's soooo cute. It fits in my palm, and it tackles down piles of vegetables that's 3 times its size. I named it 雪糕, it means "ice cream," and it literally means "snow cake," so it has the connotation of "white". This bunny is gonna keep me company when I'm by myself later on.

My friend May from Boston/Singapore and I have been going to all the touristy things and art shows around the city, ranging from both the ultra-modern to the ancient. I've been to the Bund 5 times now. The skyline with the futuristic looking buildings, and 东方明珠 / the Pearl of the East Tower, has gotten old already. The Yu Garden, from the Ming Dynasty, was this huge recreational garden with suh classic rocks, ponds, goldfishes, winding paths and bridges. Quite a visual feast, with incredible details everywhere, intricate wooden window carvings, figures on the roofs, and designs on the tile on the floor... But after 3 hours of exploring the garden, we got bored cause it just went on and on, never endingly. This governor who built it must've had a lot of money.

I'm having a really annoying problem with a guy who won't leave me alone. He's a friend of my cousin's friend, and sorta more interesting than the other random people I've been meeting, who're all working in boring, high -stress jobs and living domestic, boring lives. I've been feeling more flexible than usual in the type of people that I'd hang out with, a lot more open to people who I'd find really boring in the U.S. And I was only really friendly to him at first cuz I thot he might be gay. But after a lot of probing around, I don't think so. Now he calls everyday to ask me to go do stuff and emails me and IM's me... Men are quite annoying.