I'm not sure why I thought I could get away with not doing an essay and a homework assignment and just hope the teachers would forget about it--these are CHINESE TEACHERS. D'ohhh.
My sense of hearing is really bizarre. On the one hand, it's incredibly acute. One night I couldn't sleep because a sound was bugging me, and when I got up to investigate, I realized I was hearing my watch tick from across the room. When I complain that the construction and honking outside wakes me up and people tell me to just wear ear plugs, I want to punch them in the face--they may as well suggest I use a spoon to bail out a sinking ship. At the same time, my ears fail EPICLY at distinguishing sounds. If there is any sort of background noise when I'm talking to someone, for example in the cafeteria or on the subway, I can't make out what they're saying at all. It's annoying because I feel like my mom constantly saying "what? What?" (Although it would help if my hao pengyoumen stopped mumbling so badly, KYLE) I think this is also why I have so much difficulty understanding spoken Chinese--I can barely 听懂 English!
Like most of my problems, I'm choosing to blame this on my two brain surgeries as a kid.
I can't even believe I'm heading home on Monday. I want all this class nonsense to be done with, but I don't want to leave!! I just know there will be tears.
I don't feel bad about forgetting to submit pics to CET's photo contest anymore, because now that they announced the winners it's clear I never had a chance--didn't have enough friends to pose in a gross tourist pic in front of a temple *gag* I could have used the prize money, though--more 圣诞节礼物！
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