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August 4th, 2008 by Naomi

I haven’t written much because I’m trying to save some food writing for when I get home.  If I don’t, we’ll be without updates for quite a while. I’d like to avoid that.

I leave for the states in a week.  I am very excited, a little nervous, and quite a bit sad.  It’s a mixture of emotion I’ve never experienced before.  I’m going to miss Kunming, and I’m going to attempt to spend this last week taking in as much as possible. Tonight, Nathan, Ray and I ate dinner at Salvador’s, had a couple drinks at 半山 (Jack Daniels on the rocks for 15元 is expensive, but not any more so than it is at home), and then explored an unknown part of the city in the dark.

Tomorrow we are going to the zoo.  This is probably a bad idea;  I will probably wind up in tears, but I feel like it’s something I need to do.  I feel the need to actually witness China’s treatment of animals first hand, before I really make any sort of formal judgment.  From what I’ve heard, the zoo is fairly atrocious; however, I’ve also read that it’s one of the “better” zoos in this country.  By what standards, I am uncertain.  There’s really only one good way to find out.  And, by the time I wind up in China again, the Kunming zoo may be gone.  I imagine this is probably for the best, but I suppose I shall see.  If it is really as horrible as I am expecting it to be (I’m trying to have an open mind about this one, I really am, but there’s only so much I can do.), there is a rather nice temple nearby.

On a happier note, here are some photos that I haven’t shared here, yet (but have elsewhere).

1. graffiti from a park in Shanghai / 2. sign from Jiuxiang caves / 3. sign in our bathroom / 4. James being attacked by kindergartners in Kunming / 4. Ye 老师 and I at the goodbye dinner

The goodbye dinner was immensely sad, as I’m the only UVM student going back home, right now.  John Yin toasted me and I got a lot of hugs.  Like I said, I’m going to miss Kunming.  And my departure is even more bittersweet, because I’m graduating in December.

I’ve got a lot to do tomorrow, so I’m off to bed, and without a book to read.  I’ve finished reading In Dubious Battle for the third time in my life.  It is absolutely imperative that I pick up another book for my upcoming near 24 hours of air travel.

Oh.  And in other news, my stupid Tamagotchis have turned into the “Large Family” because I apparently gave them too much to eat.  Talk about lame.

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3 Responses to “Mostly Photos”

  1. on 05 Aug 2008 at 11:58 am   Discloner

    Buy them a mirror (or cheat and use this code: 43095). It’s either that or Milk which fixes them right up…figured that out shortly after you left.

    Mine are stuck on Ninjas…but. I’ve grown fond of their bounc-i-ness.

  2. on 05 Aug 2008 at 12:17 pm   Naomi

    Milk only turns the Petite Family back to normal. For the Large family, you need either the mirror or a calorie biscuit (which I had, apparently).

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