If you're planning on visiting China for a quite Christmas away from the commercial hustle and bustle, get togethers and Christmas mayhem, maybe you had better rethink. I have never been so busy with social engagements in my life...of course the usual thing of having a birthday close to Christmas has added to it...but neither has actually arrived yet and I have been showered with well wishes, gifts, meals and much generosity. I had pictured this time as having quite time alone with just a few decorations for Christmas and quitely letting my Birthday slip past..my family and friends in Australia know that I'm very shy about attention and rarely celebrate my Birthday (my parents gave up trying to organise parties for me) So ironically (again) it seems that I am being made to make up for many years in one big swoop :-)
There will be a Christmas get together at my apartment on Saturday and I invited Nettie, Jess and the kids over yesterday to help me put up the Christmas decorations.
I actually found a Christmas tree (about 4 foot high) in a shop in Yiling Square...I bought it thinking they would take off the lights and decorations and fold it up for me to take home...but NO I had to take it as it was, fully decorated, on a bus, in China,carrying a decorated Christmas tree back to my apartment (lol) All I could do was look out the window and try not to feel all the eyes staring at me and the SILENCE was so quite you could have heard a pin drop...I have never heard a quite bus...anyway...
I think everyone had an ok time decorating and the evening ended up as a huge suprise for me..I will write about it later(I will also post the pictures later as the internet connection is very slow and dodgy at the moment)...right now I need to go and meditate as I have another dinner engagement at 5.30 tonight...
OK here's a few pic's
2 comments:
Haha! The image of you carrying a fully decorated Christmas tree on the bus makes me laugh hysterically! Way to go though!
:-) The things we have to do !
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