For those of you not in the know you'll be happy to discover that the 11th of November, at least in GanZhou, is known as Bachelor's day and has been described to me as the opposite of Valentine's day. At last I have an excuse to get drunk and cry myself to sleep, alone in my huge bed. Well not exactly, strangely enough I didn't even drink yesterday.
My day yesterday consisted of going out for a walk with a friend who I'm fairly certain is now trying to push me into a relationship or at least enjoys pretending that I'm her boyfriend in public. She was grabbing my arm and I'm fairly certain, intentionally wore improper shoes for the occassion then proceeded to walk off the beaten path where she'd be forced(and I'd be obliged to let her) grab hold of me for stability... Anyways, we spent the the late afternoon wandering around one of the city parks then following the wall along the rive to the old bridge. It was nice and would have been rather romantic if I'd anything more then little interest in this girl, but what you gonna do eh?
Upon my return to my nearly novelty size apartment I found my neighbour having dinner with a mutual friend(the dinner having been cooked by her) they invited me over and I accepted. Following dinner we then went bike shopping. I am now Mobile! I have wheels. The city is my oyster and there's room on the back for another(preferably light) person(as is the style). We then spent the rest of the evening riding around the town looking for Yellow wine then returning unsuccessfully to the flats where we drowned our sorrows in youzi(a over sized dry orange with too much rine and little fruit(at least proportionally)) and a game of Chinese Checkers(I think they just call it checkers here... or not)
That was my Bachelor's day, it should be noted that I recently bought a trumpet and at 11 i did play the last post, which was shortly followed by amazing grace on the bag pipes from a flat a few floors down.
Happy Bachelor's Day!
posted by Brett @ 10:15 PM
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