well, maybe one great thing....Saturday I had to call a plumber (that's obviously not the great part). I gave him directions to my house, but he called back to say he couldn't find it and asked if I would come out and meet him. So I'm waiting at the gate to my building watching all the folks coming and going trying to guess which one might be the plumber. This guy passes on his bike and then I see plumbing-type tools strapped to the back so I yell at him and ask if it's him. It is. He replies, "I saw you standing there but I didn't think you would be who I was looking for. From our conversation on the phone I couldn't tell you were a foreigner."
It was maybe the best compliment a girl who's been studying Chinese for 3 1/2 years could ever hope for.
However, later I did find out that he's from southern China, hasn't been here long, and isn't used to the northern accent and I know his opinion is not the standard. I don't care. I liked hearing it.
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Congratulations!!! jana
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