What They Said

I was reading old entries from my journal from before I left Canada for China and I thought I'd share this one with you over a couple of posts.

I love telling people that I'm going abroad, that I'm leaving behind my life of comfort and predictable routine to start a life of new experiences, spontaneity and - most likely - gross miscommunication.

What I like even more are the reactions I get to this news.

Frankly, my dear, it's quite hilarious to see their faces and hear the comments they blurt out without thinking. I think I can honestly state I've seen more looks of disbelief and scepticism in the past few months than I have in my whole life.

And it's awesome.

Anyway, I thought I'd share some of the comments that have made me laugh, have scared me, or have made me question the relative sobriety of the commenter.

Some of the comments have been paraphrased.

"A friend of ours who went to China told us he lived off of rice and beer. You like rice and beer."