再见，中国！

Maybe it is a little unfair that I am writing this last post in America, but with all the stuff I had to bring home and the early flight from Shanghai Pudong to Seoul, I just didn't have the time to write! Technically, I could have posted yesterday, but alas I was sleeping, watching my bootleg season 2 of The Tudors, and eating wonderfully. // I was so sad to leave China, for the disappointment of having spent so little time there was hard to fathom. I was nervous upon landing in America; in fact, when boarding the Seoul-Atlanta flight, there were so many 外国人 (foreigners) on the flight that I must've had the same facial expression as Chinese had when seeing me! I just am not used to seeing so many white faces! // Friday was a special day in Shanghai- after our test, we had a banquet and "graduation". Then Richard and I went around the Bund area to see Pudong across the river, but also we just wanted to walk around and see as much of the nearby areas of Shanghai as possible before we left. After that, dinner with Lydia's dad, talk with mom, and packing- lots and lots of packing. // With that, there's not much else to say but: I'm home! And now that I'm here, I'm very happy. The past two and a half months in China were an overall absolute blast, and I hope to go back there in the next couple of years. Despite all the differences that were hard to adjust to, a part of me is, has been and will always be Chinese. // I knew of course, that I had been away for a long time, when I noticed gas prices have dropped to less than $2 per gallon; Obama was the president; the air is clear and clean; and I felt reunited with those I love and the memories that made my return so worthwhile. // With that, 再见，中国！我要在去！谢谢！