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Remember I spoke about living in Chengyang? (countryside)

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entry: 7/15/13

In case you don’t know, heres a link chengyang

Well I decided to pay a visit to some old friends over there. Mr. Wang, the guy whom I was teaching english in the complex and his kids, as well as the bathroom sandal wearing delivery kid, the market shop who used to deliver all my basic foods and just the overall community. They actually remembered who I was, and I was greeted with smiles and waves. To my surprise there are way more people there now than before, its crazy how fast china builds.  Anyways to get an idea of how country it was I took some pics.

Visiting friends in Shenzhen.

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entry: 6/15/13

So I’m in Shenzhen staying with a couple of friends whom I met in Qingdao, Brice (French) and Genesis (Alabama),  they  have relocated here. I’m on a visa run (I have to check out of the country every 90 days). Ive been considering moving to a larger city, being that I’m from LA, Qingdao tends to be a bit small. I figure why not do my visa run in Hong Kong which is 30 min away, but take the time to visit Shenzhen and see what the city is about. I must admit I quite like it, its large, modern and warmer. There’s a lot of foreigners, I notice many of the chinese are from various parts of the country. Shenzhen appears to be a city built to be a sister city for HK.  We have been getting crunk every day, especially at a place called coco plaza, which is a block radius/plaza with nothing but clubs and bars.

Did I forget to mention that good ol Gen, wanted me to feel like home (America) and decided to make some burgers, but she thought it would be a great idea to put the grill on top of her washing machine made out of plastic lol. Good times!

brice, me and gen.

what happened?

My mom came to visit me in China.

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entry: 6/9/13

What’s crazy is seeing my mom struggle to communicate with locals while I effortlessly communicate in chinese lol. I didnt know I’d learned so much until she arrived ha. she consistently asks me what they’re saying….and I actually know what they’re saying DAAAAAMN. I been here too long lol.

shes struggling with chinese crab and chopsticks