I think the most interesting thing that happened to me in the past two-and-a-half weeks is that I basically got boob flashed.

happened last wednesday when I was on my weekly jog. I noticed a lady standing beside a car as I went past; I made my halfway-mark u-turn not long after that and was going to pass by her again when she stopped me with a pitiful look and outstretched hands. she asked if I lived nearby – I thought she needed directions, so I said I lived up the road (this is true – just that it was actually a 10-minute run up the road) and could I help you with getting somewhere?  then in a long spiel that I guessed was rehearsed, she talked about how she hadn’t had food in a few days, and her children as well, and some other unfortunate things that I couldn’t catch, and she just needed to come in for a little bit, and she had no milk to give her baby, and then without a flinch she pulled down the left side of her top and squeezed the breast to prove the point. finally she finished and I said, I’m sorry, but I don’t live that nearby. her expression changed completely, and she said, you said you lived just up the road!, and then stalked away (she had pulled her top back up by this time of course).

I wasn’t quite sure whether to feel shocked or amused or sobered or sorry for/to her after that.

in other news, school is okay.

I am trying to make this term an approach to the literature I’ve always wanted to read but never did. so far I’ve finished Hemingway’s A Farewell To Arms (a revelation, if I may be pretentious enough to say so), Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse (lovely writing in some bits, but generally a bit too much for my taste) and I’m halfway through Fitzgerald’s short stories (some amazing writing a la Gatsby in there). Heart of Darkness and Dubliners are sitting on my bedside table waiting. any other recommendations?

oh, 新年快乐, 恭喜发财, 万事如意, 年年有余, 步步高升, 身体健康, 考好成绩, 红包多多, etc!

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