Qianqian jie,

 

It's unbelievable how we can reconnect like this after all these years! If only I can read Chinese well...then I can understand your blog easily, and see how you are these days. I was letting my mom read some of it...she said it was very kind of you to spend your salary on getting things for ppl you love (and then she said "Why don't you ever get us anything with the money you earn?!" hahaha).  

 

I'm not very into sports, so unless it's tickets for the closing ceremony, I doubt I'd get much out of a game at the Olympics. And plus, I wouldn't even know who to cheer for, Canada or China! I wish I'd have the time to travel around more and see sights in China...~sigh~ oh well, we'll see. I miss Harbin a lot, but sometimes I'm just a bit scared when I think about going back and seeing how everything's changed. Harbin in my mind is still the way it was when I left, but that's definitely not the case anymore. And I'm afraid that once I see the change my memories would be gone. Did you know, that when my cousin came to Canada, she brought me all the Barbie dolls I had left her when I came to Canada? Seeing them felt surreal, and to feel their texture, and the dresses and shoes and the hair...I cried for so long, and I didn't even know why.

 

Well, I should go soon because we have to attend our neighbour's child's birthday party. She's turning 1 year old, and oh my gosh the heaviest kid I've ever seen. Maybe they'll have good food there because they are Italian, hehehe! Take care and I wait eagerly to hear from you soon!

 

Love,

Jiaojiao

Qianqian Jie!!!

 

I can't type Chinese on my laptop, so this is the best I could do--PinYin, hahahaha!

 

Ohh yes, I remember that day very well. After we moved to Guangzhou, you have no idea how I sad I often became. It was the first time I had moved away from a place that meant to much to me...and I really wanted to go back to Harbin, ALL THE TIME! Whenever a long holiday came I'd cry because I wanted to go back and couldn't, and whenever I went through all the gifts, letters and goodbye cards that people gave me, I'd cry even harder. I still had the glass windchime you gave me. I almost brought it to Canada with me, but decided against it the last minute, because I was afraid it might break on our way here. But now I have no idea where it is....my uncle sold our apartment in Guangzhou before he immigrated here with his family last year, and along with the apartment he sold many of our furniture as well. So I don't know what happened to all my stuff that got left behind. The first few years in Canada, I was always like, Oh well, one day I'll go back and bring them here, you know, all my books and toys and other things. But now I guess it's too late.

 

And you know what? I often wonder too. Especially when I see ppl my own age who have just came to Canada after getting into high school. And I wonder how different I would be had I stayed in China, and what would I be studying in university, and who my friends would be,etc etc. And I wonder if I'd still be the same person that I am today. It's weird...so weird!

 

I'd love to go back and visit. Next summer, I am actually planning a trip back to China. However, I don't think I'd have the money to buy any Olympic games tickets--plus aren't they sold out already? Most of them anyway? I've been working part time and saving up some money, so that I still can go back if my parents don't let me. I really want to volunteer with a volunteer organization in Xian, to teach English and just help out with the orphanage there. It doesn't cost that much money, and my parents don't know this yet because I know they wouldn't let me do this (for health and safety reasons). But yeah, if I do go back I'll be in Xian, hahahaha! Or somewhere equally poor hahahaha! But maybe we can meet up to see the Terracota Warriors or something? =:D That would be so very cool. I miss your mother as well. And Harbin. And if I do get a chance, it would be the first place I visit.

 

Anyway, it's getting late, and I should go to bed soon. I didn't know you read my MSN space!? Perhaps I should write in there more often! And I updated my pictures too, so if you'd like to take a look at how I am, you are more than welcome. I miss you so much! <3 <3 <3 

miss the days in the university