It’s been a couple of days. Here’s an update. On Friday, we were informed that there would be no classes this Monday. This information would’ve been nice to have several days prior. At this point, I’ve kinda given up on trying to anticipate the schedule (for what it’s worth, we were given a school-year calendar when I first arrived, but 1. we’ve already made several departures from the scheduled dates, and 2. the calendar is color coded but was printed without blue ink, making it pretty much impossible to decipher anyway).
During Saturday’s reading club, I was finally able to get a copy of Tayde’s short stories. It’s been more than a month since she first mentioned them, and I’ve been very curious. There’s are seven stories and I’ve only read one so far, so I haven’t drawn any conclusions yet, but I’m excited to read more. Progress on my own short stories been difficult and slow. Coming up with ideas is hard enough, but I have no idea how to write characters.
Saturday night, I had a date with a girl I had met on Tinder. It was an okay time. We met in the park, got dinner, and then returned to the park to watch the clown (who I learned is named Kooky). It was the first time I’ve had been on a date entirely in Spanish (the girl I met in San Cristobal spoke English pretty well) and I feel like that made it hard to connect. I was able to hold a conversation, but it felt like I was just running through ice-breaker questions without hitting on any common interests. She seemed like a nice person, and I felt bad for feeling bored. We probably won’t meet again.
Later, on Monday, I informed the school here that I will not be returning for another semester. Instead, I will be moving to Shanghai this February (I didn’t tell them that). I feel a bit bad about changing my mind after saying I would stay, but I think this is the best decision for me. Chiapas is nice, but the town is small and it’s been hard for me to meet people. Shanghai is the second-largest city in the world, and with that comes a lot of opportunities that I just can’t get here. It’ll also new challenges (like learning Chinese), but I’m feeling up to the task.
That’s about it for today. Not sure when I’ll post next, but I’ll try to keep it soon-ish. I’ve been thinking writing a weekly personal update and a weekly topical essay. No promises though. We’ll see how it goes.
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