So some days I swear I forget that I am in China...days go by with such ease...I go to work and come home from work and hang out with no issues and no struggles...and then there are the days where you are trying to get something done...and magically it all comes back that I live in China...Saying I don't know in Chinese or I don't understand only leads to more talking that I have no chance of understanding... it is like because you can say I don't know suddenly you must be able to understand everything.
Today's adventure was brought to you by the need for Chinese police to know where every foreigner is....Today I decided would be the day I tried to register at the police station now that I have an apartment. There is a police station down the street from me...so I walked there today in the freaking hottest weather I have felt in a while...like possibly hotter than Florida weather... anyways I get to the station and quickly realize I need someone that speaks Chinese...so I call some people from work that speaks Chinese and had them talk to the policeman only to realize I have to go to another station....back out in the awful weather....I finally find this place and the policeman thinks it is soo funny to parrot my words and then I get someone to tell him what I need he looks at my stuff giggles and hands it back to me and says okay...So end result I never got registered with the police....
Then I was trying to go to my center and got on the bus only to get dropped back off at my apartment complex instead of my center...so I waited in the hot sun for 15 min and finally caught a bus only to accidently get off at the wrong stop....Such a me move...so I wait again in the hot weather and finally get to my center...ugh what a day.
But I am back in Shanghai for the weekend relaxing and having a great time with friends :) Much needed break from reality :)
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