ೋ 由紀奈 (moonrise) wrote,
@ 2008-07-17 11:13:00

Pardon my dust; I took down my userinfo because I'm working on a new one and my layout isn't that great. I took coding I'd used on another journal on GJ (an RP journal, actually) so I need to work out the colours and get a header and change the word for the comments and blah blah blah yada yada yada.

Today I take him back to the airport and he goes home. Of course I'm disappointed that it didn't work out, but I feel a bit... cheated out of a great many things and very disappointed. The only thing I'm looking forward to now is when Paine's parents leave and I will be staying over at her house while they're gone. I'll get to get away from my parents and have some peace and quiet before I head back to Shanghai.

I haven't been exercising or eating well while he's been here, so I need to get back on the ball with that once he leaves. I do not want to go back to Asia and be called "the really pretty fat girl" or hear "it's okay that you're fat because you're American." Worst part is that here no one really understands because by American standards I am not fat... just average. But by Asian standards... dear god. And besides, I don't want to miss out on the shopping.

I had to go back to my university yesterday to re-apply for graduation. It was really annoying having to drive two hours there and two hours back, but for the sake of my degree it's worth it. I'm in the clear and I'll get my degree at the beginning of next month.

I really hope I can find a way to get a job in Shanghai. Usually they don't let you even have a part-time job with a student visa but it's been done before. However, the Chinese police have been cracking down on those who accept part-time jobs as English teachers. In fact, a lot of my American university classmates who had settled down in Shanghai are having issues because they changed the law; you have to be 25 to get a working visa. Most of them are either 23 or 24 so they will have to leave China soon. D:

I'm sure life will work itself out.

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	manderr 2008-07-17 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	is it bad that i've never really been impressed with china? i wonder what i'd be by asian standards. i don't think i'd be that bad. i'm 110 lbs and i'm 4'11". i just look bigger because i have a gut-ish. (Reply to this)(Thread)

moonrise
2008-07-17 11:07 pm UTC (link)

I don't know. That depends on your point of view. I went to China and fell in love with everything about it, so when people say they aren't impressed with China, I don't understand, but then again, I have devoted my entire life to China. No joke.

Actually, by Asian standards, you'd be fat. I know someone who is the same weight as you, taller (5'4"), and they say SHE'S fat. But that's Asia. Asian women are obsessed with being REALLY, REALLY thin.

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	manderr 2008-07-17 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	i think the reason people say that is because they haven't been there. they've only seen what the biased news has to say. so, maybe it's pre-mature judging on my part. i don't know, but i wouldn't mind going to see it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	diaochan 2008-07-17 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	I suppose I would rather be the 'really pretty fat girl' rather than the 'really ugly fat girl'. Still not impressed with China, my dear, or the rudeness of them calling you and other Americans such. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	moonrise 2008-07-17 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	It's the exact same in Taiwan and Korea and Japan. My Korean female friends all tell me that they diet before going back to Korea, and so do my Japanese friends. ALL of Asia is like this, especially with the women. It's Asian culture, not just China. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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