Conjunctions and Conjunctivitis
Okay, so I have not been very good about keeping up with my blog. I promise that I will try to be better about it.
Well, a lot has happened in the last month and a half. The biggest thing, of course, was Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is the biggest holiday in China. I would have to compare it to Christmas in the States. During the festival (which lasts about two weeks) people usually return to their hometowns and spend the festival with their families. At midnight on the first day of the New Year, the sky erupts into a war zone of fireworks. For about an hour night seems to turn to day, and the constant sounds of exploding fireworks ripples through your body. It is truly extraordinary to witness.
During the holiday, all of the students and teachers left my school, and many of my friends left town. I was hoping to have some much-needed downtime, but that didn’t happen. Many of my friends who are studying in other cities returned to Changzhou. So, many of them called me and I met up with many of them.
I also had the rare opportunity to watch the Super Bowl. Some friends and I went to a local hotel and stayed the night. We woke up at 5:30am to go to a conference room to watch the game. The hotel had arranged a satellite connection for us. The game was announced in Japanese, which made it all the more funny.
The holidays went well, just a little busier than I had expected. Now school is back in full swing. The students returned a few weeks ago, and I have been teaching too. It is really good to see them again. I missed them very much.
This week has also seen another complication. Somehow I have managed to contract conjunctivitis (pink eye). I have no idea how, and given that I see so many students, and use so many public facilities (restaurants, busses, gym, etc.), I could have picked it up anywhere. Thankfully, it is only in one eye. I have been praying that it won’t make it to the other. Many of you have asked me for a picture, so here it is:
Aren't they lovely?
I saw a doctor this weekend. He gave me three kinds of eye-drops and a pill. This is making me crazy, because I hate eye-drops. One of my cardinal rules in life is: Never let anything touch your eye. So, it has been difficult to administer the three different eye-drops 18 times each day. I think that I die a little each time a drop hits my eye. Oh well, it’s only supposed to last for a week. I can put up with anything for a week. The doctor also told me that I could not use the computer, watch TV, teach, read, or write. He also told me that I should keep my eyes closed as much as possible. Yeah… that’s going to happen. I’ve been going a little stir crazy.
Well, that is about all that is happening here.
Well, a lot has happened in the last month and a half. The biggest thing, of course, was Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is the biggest holiday in China. I would have to compare it to Christmas in the States. During the festival (which lasts about two weeks) people usually return to their hometowns and spend the festival with their families. At midnight on the first day of the New Year, the sky erupts into a war zone of fireworks. For about an hour night seems to turn to day, and the constant sounds of exploding fireworks ripples through your body. It is truly extraordinary to witness.
During the holiday, all of the students and teachers left my school, and many of my friends left town. I was hoping to have some much-needed downtime, but that didn’t happen. Many of my friends who are studying in other cities returned to Changzhou. So, many of them called me and I met up with many of them.
I also had the rare opportunity to watch the Super Bowl. Some friends and I went to a local hotel and stayed the night. We woke up at 5:30am to go to a conference room to watch the game. The hotel had arranged a satellite connection for us. The game was announced in Japanese, which made it all the more funny.
The holidays went well, just a little busier than I had expected. Now school is back in full swing. The students returned a few weeks ago, and I have been teaching too. It is really good to see them again. I missed them very much.
This week has also seen another complication. Somehow I have managed to contract conjunctivitis (pink eye). I have no idea how, and given that I see so many students, and use so many public facilities (restaurants, busses, gym, etc.), I could have picked it up anywhere. Thankfully, it is only in one eye. I have been praying that it won’t make it to the other. Many of you have asked me for a picture, so here it is:
Aren't they lovely?I saw a doctor this weekend. He gave me three kinds of eye-drops and a pill. This is making me crazy, because I hate eye-drops. One of my cardinal rules in life is: Never let anything touch your eye. So, it has been difficult to administer the three different eye-drops 18 times each day. I think that I die a little each time a drop hits my eye. Oh well, it’s only supposed to last for a week. I can put up with anything for a week. The doctor also told me that I could not use the computer, watch TV, teach, read, or write. He also told me that I should keep my eyes closed as much as possible. Yeah… that’s going to happen. I’ve been going a little stir crazy.
Well, that is about all that is happening here.
Talk to you soon.
"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."
-Helen Keller
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