It’s so strange how normal I find everything, even when it’s not. On my way to school, I pass a Buddhist temple, a hunchbacked beggar, and the Communist Police (complete with hammer-and-sickle armbands), all without blinking an eye. What’s wrong with me?
It’s going to be even stranger, though, going back to Milwaukee. Clean drinking water! Nobody spits! Unhealthy food! Crass commercialism! (well, more of it) Wonders will abound. We’ll be back on the 22nd. It seems like such a short time. See you then! (or some of you, at least. 😦 )
-Ivan
bamboocivet 
Glad to hear you are still observing. I miss your critical eye on the world.