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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

My semi-charmed life....




Well, I have made it through another national holiday on Sunday – okay – so I made this one up – its called National Stare at the Red Headed Foreigner Day. I still smile, but it is getting old. I really want someone to fall off their bicycle or something because they were rubber necking in my direction. I think Mary has a better idea – she is starting to turn around and stare back – and make faces and then let out a big huh-rumf. She is training for the Shanghai Marathon (you go girl!) and she gets it daily – like they stop and stare and stand in the middle of her path in awe. If anyone has any fun suggestions for us, that would be great. I’ve even caught a few more taking pictures of me with their camera phones.

Anyway, funny thing also happened to me on the way to my Chinese lesson. I’m sitting in the Starbucks reviewing my vocab and all of a sudden I’m interrupted with the phrase, “Excuse me, you look like you speak English.” I’m thinking, who’s the brain trust in the suit. Oh, well, he opened his mouth and said more and – big surprise….he’s French. Nah, I’m just kidding, he was nice. He asked if I would tutor him in English because he was getting tired of his French company and wanted to improve his English interviewing skills. I ask him a few more questions and find out he’s married and has lived in Shanghai for a year. He seems respectable. I told him I wasn’t sure if I could meet with him, but that I would also check with my local peeps to see if they could help him out. So I may actually have another tutoring gig at least short term…hey, just more cushion for the fabric market, um, I mean presents for Will.

And when I got home, I had an hour to chill and our wonderful Daisy showed up. She ironed and then proceeded to make us dinner….that will feed us for a week!! She made a broccoli and garlic dish, tofu dish and fried rice. All for about $1.25 – and I’m not kidding, it will last for a week! So here is our first picture of Daisy – sorry – I promise she doesn’t have a sleepy eye – I couldn’t figure out Will’s fancy camera to enlarge the photo and reshoot. Then, a picture of DINNER!!! Woo hoo!

2 Comments:

Jenny H said...

Well...even though people are staring at you like it's goin' out of style I have to say I'm in awe of the amount of times opportunity has just walked up and slapped you (figuratively, of course) right across the face. I think it's so cool! Take hold of those opportunities...you're there for a reason! love and miss ya...jenny h

PS. Tell Patty I said hi! :)

11:07 PM  
Anonymous said...

Hey Tracy Lou!
Just emailed Rob for the first time in forever and he gave me this address. Wow! What an experience you're going through! Very fun to read.
Reminds me of my days of being an au pair in France. There were some great days and some days I felt utterly lost. I imagine they are staring at you as not only is your hair red, but it's flaming Red! Yowza! ; )
This will definitely be a life changing experience for you both. Good thing you're documenting it for posterity.
Alisa from SPI

12:32 AM  

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