Yesterday, before class, I met with Luichang in the CIES
lounge. After we fixed ourselves some snacks and engaged in a little small talk,
she asked me if it would be okay if she interviewed me for one of her classes.
For the next twenty minutes or so, we talked about my favorite hobbies, my
hometown, my favorite food, and other things along the lines of things that I
enjoy doing. I feel like I marketed Valdosta very well! Once the interview was
complete, Luichang told me that her birthday was coming up on Friday. She said
that she will finally be 21. I asked her if she was planning any kind of big celebration.
She stated that she did not have any big plans regarding her birthday, but that
she was looking forward to getting her driver’s license and buying a car here. Apparently in China, there are two separate driver’s
licenses – one for a manual vehicle (which includes the ability to drive an
automatic) and one for an automatic vehicle. If you only have the license to
operate an automatic vehicle, then you are not allowed to drive a manual
vehicle. I thought that this was interesting. While on the subject of driving,
Luichang showed me a scar on her chin that she received from a motorbike crash
in Thailand. I will not disclose the details of the story, because she was
pretty embarrassed about it, but it was a hilarious story!! J The scar was also
pretty cool. You know what they say, “Great scars have great stories” (or
something like that).
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