So as I'm writing this blog I'm surviving on basically 1.5 hours of sleep (with 4 hours the night before that and climbing the Great Wall) but I'm surprised as to how un-sleepy I am.
Last night the US vs. Ghana game was on at 2:30 a.m. so a couple of friends and I met up to watch the game. We ended up at one of those small restaurant with a TV and tables outside. The tables were split between the US fans and Ghana fans. Our US table consisted of some IUPers and two ｏｌｄｅｒ ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ ｍｅｎ (one of which bet on the game for USA ｔｏ ｗｉｎ．Ｔｈｅｓｅ ｔｗｏ ｍｅｎ ｄｉｄｎ＇ｔ ｋｎｏｗ ｅａｃｈ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｂｕｔ ｒｅｆｅｒｒｅｄ ｔｏ ｅａｃｈ ｏｔｈｅｒ ａｓ 大哥（ｏｌｄｅｒ ｂｒｏｔｈｅｒ） ａｎｄ ｗｅｒｅ ｖｅｒｙ ｔａｌｋａｔｉｖｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｕｓ， ｗｅ ｗｅｒｅ ａｌｓｏ ｔｏｌｄ ｔｏ ｒｅｆｅｒ ｔｏ ｔｈｅｍ ａｓ 大哥． Ｎａｔｕｒａｌｌｙ ｃｏｎｖｅｒｓａｔｉｏｎ ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ ｓｏｃｃｅｒ ｆａｎｓ ｓｔｒｕｃｋ ｕｐ。 Ｔｈｅｙ ｔｏｌｄ ｕｓ： No need to go to class, just come here every night, we'll teach you, and said to 一边喝一边学 (to learn and drink at the same time).
By the end of the night we learned two new 成语 （Chinese idioms), had many many empty bottles of beer and promised to come back the next night to watch the England vs. Germany game. One of them was especially adamant about us coming back and asked one of us for our phone numbers and address!
When we were heading home it was already bright out and people were already waking up for the day.
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
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