Last night I was taking the bus to a friend's campus and sat down next to a grandma. Now, in the words of my friend Patrick, "Chinese grandmas are the sh*t." It's true: they can do anything and exude a quiet confidence I aspire to. (Also, they can totally snake all the good veggies at the market before anyone realizes what's happening.) They rule with a silk fist. You don't mess with a Chinese grandma. And to a Chinese grandma, all the world's a grandchild, especially a lone foreign girl. I sat down next to grandma in my short skirt and knee-high boots, sans stockings, and she immediately began chastising me for being bare-legged. I explained I don't have stockings, and she started running her hands up and down the bare-showing parts of my thighs, trying to warm me up. After a year and a half here, this didn't faze me (haha, I first wrote "phase" me), but I still had to laugh at the image of a Chinese grandma feeling up a random foreig...
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I will remember the: 'outbreak monkey' phrase...your family is a hoot.
Vitamin C my friend!
Get all the rest you need, Chica, and feel better soon!
I most likely had back in May (early adopter!). Yeah, it kicks your butt.
Wasn't the sickest I've been, probably just barely made the top 10. But it was memorable!
Pamper yourself and feel better soon, Chica!
I do hope you feel better soon! Keep us all posted!
Let us know how you're doing!