Party Time On Saturday Night: We Quaffed Wine

Saturday night always means something. Finish the work of the whole weekdays, no pressure (if you can really do that), and plenty of time. Everybody is looking for someone to be with, to do something together.

Last Saturday night was a good one to me since I came to the States. All the international students went to a nearby city Greenville to celebrate the nice couple Ben (the french) and Shelby (the American)'s birthdays. 5 cars, nearly 20 people, boys and girls, all the way to a Japanese restaurant. It was good, a lot better than the cafeteria of school. 

I treasure the time of enjoying food with people after I came here. When I am in Hongkong, people do not talk that much when they eat. I guess it is not a Chinese thing. Chinese do not usually share what they think. I guess. People just keep looking at their cellphones, sending out text messages, or playing games. They seem too busy to talk. But here, people carry out conversations on the table. People more treasure the quality time when they eat. As I am here, I do the same. Every time when I eat with my friends in the cafeteria, I talk, I listen. It becomes a very important to me in a day. I see it as a mingling time, friends become closer to each other. I cannot eat alone, I do not like to eat alone.

We back from meal and we decided to play all night to celebrate the birthdays. I think it was a great idea because it was Saturday night. I had bad mood on that day, even the day before, or the past one week. Having fun with friends for one night does not harm!

A table of alcohol. Lights off, lase on. We danced, we talked, we watched videos, we took silly pictures, we quaffed wine. We had fun. I know we did. Party is never a thing that I used to. I do not party a lot back at home. The so called "party" to me is not like the party in USA, not consuming alcohol that much, not dancing that much. 

But I felt like not hating it on Saturday night. I enjoyed it a lot. I felt safe being around with friends even though we were all drunk. We did not even know what our conversations were, we just talked nothing. It meant something to me. Yeah, it was the night that I really felt release. 

"Let's go all the way tonight, no regrets just love;
 We can dance until we die, you and I will be young forever."


Me and my friends sing this song in the car for one million times.

 

 

Sunshiny in South Carolina: enjoy here,breathe the air

As usual, I overslept this morning. Missed one class, the third time. Not good.
I felt so bad when I woke up. I know I am bad at getting up. But at the same time, I cannot stop asking myself: is there something wrong with my body? Why I sleep like passing out recently?

Yes. I told my friends there must be something wrong with my body. Two truths are:I nearly work out everyday, and, I am on my period. I should drink lots of water, eat lots of fruits, or taking tons of vitamin pills like eating chocolate, just to make sure that my body is alright.

Chinese is always making sure everything is alright. I am Chinese, I do the same. Before I came here, I tried to make sure I have enough money for travel. The first week I stayed here, I wanted to make sure I can adjust the new environment. And now, 3 weeks later, I am still hoping things are good. I walk properly, I eat healthy, I clean up my room everyday. I think everything would be just as fine as in Hongkong. However, no matter how much you do, things screw up. I had bad mood in the past few days, the weather in Clinton has been raining and foggy, perfect mate for my sorrows. Emotional emotional, that is how woman works, right?

"I do not want to be like that anymore", I talked to myself after I was up. I opened the window, damn, the weather was so good. Sunshiny, birds are singing, grass is smiling ( I must be crazy because grass does not have a face how can they even smile?) but the weather is really good. Warm outside.

I grabbed something quick to eat, a hotdog and a chocolate trifle pudding cup. I do not want to think about how sweet how high fat it is, I just want to eat. I do not want to lie,  the pudding cup looks so yummy!!!

When I went back to the dorm, Ida, the Norwegian girl, asked me if I want to sit under the sun. I never been asked to sit under the sun by someone as just asking me for a walk. This is one thing that I do not usually do in Hongkong. At weekends, we would go out for shopping, for a movie, for some exhibitions, but not for "sitting under the sun". "Hm, interesting", I mean, "why not?"

This was my first time to feel so relaxing and did not need to think about anything, to just sit with a friend, enjoy the beautiful weather, talk whatever we are interested in. Ida and me talked about our own countries (Norway and Hongkong, China), discussed recent issues, shared our personal stories and future plans, from 2pm to 4pm. I suddenly felt so released in these causal conversations with a friend on Friday afternoon. Two people from different places were sitting on the stairs outside of the dorm in the States. That was amazing.

                  

I was thinking, maybe the weather will be like this after today. Maybe better. Some of my friends told me that it will snow in South Carolina soon. I am looking forward to it. I know it will be cold when it snows, but I am not going to feel cold, I will enjoy. Making sure everything to be good? Well, everything is actually great here, isn't it?