Two colds were not enough for one season.

Mom, don't ever let me complain about your telling me how to take care of myself! Now I'm getting it from an entire country! Yes, yes, I know they just want to express their concern and affection, but I certainly feel more like digging out a saying I learned this summer, '别告诉做什么。我自己做.' It's probably wrong, but it's the closest thing I know to, 'Don't tell me what to do, i'll do it myself.' Oh the irony that I, Shelley who does whatever she wants, would come to China....

Here's another picture of my partner in illness (although he's recovering quite nicely from his (or that who was formerly a he) surgery. I settled on the name 'Hun4 Dun4' 混沌. Which means primordial chaos or something. You can check it out on Wiki. Most Chinese people assume that I named him after a certain kind of dumpling, and when they realize otherwise they wonder why I would ever name him that. Then again, I wonder why my students name themselves Super, So-so, Ice cream, Wancy, or D-star.......

Some things we will never understand.

(混沌：looks pretty chaotic and faceless to me..)

you know my christmas spirit is dampened when i listen voluntarily to an Aaron Neville Christmas album....

Oh dear.