The day was filled with random lucky and unlucky events. Here's a quick synopsis:
Unlucky: While eating out of a large clay bowl filled with soup and noodles downtown in a Japanese restaurant we all heard a loud crack. It sounded like a light had fallen from the ceiling or someone had shot a gun and people started freaking out. It wasn't until there was soup running all over my corduroys that we figured out what had happened. For some reason my bowl had suddenly cracked in four places and then shattered, but the noise was so loud we couldn't tell where it was coming from. It was weird. My Chinese seatmates couldn't decide if this was a good omen or a bad one - a little disconcerting.
Lucky: They brought me another new bowl of ramen.
Lucky: After my last class at Web at 9pm, a student was waiting outside the door to give me a ride home. I was particularly happy about this because trying to cram on the last 9:05 bus that leaves downtown is a nightmare that can sometimes lead to physical injury.
Unlucky: My student, Anna, was very nervous and excited about giving me a ride home. So much so, in fact, that she couldn't remember where she left her car. We searched for 30 minutes in several different parking garages all while she was almost in tears and apologizing profusely. It was awkward but then we finally found it in section D.
Unlucky: While driving home, we got in a car accident which mangled whatever shred of nerves Anna had left. It wasn't her fault; someone rear-ended her at a light (he says that he thought he was putting his car in reverse but accidentally put it in drive). He drove away after giving Anna about $15. She was super angry and embarrassed that I had to see all of that happen (it was a pretty big scene that gathered a crowd of onlookers very quickly).
Lucky: Speaking of driving, my roommate, Qin Chen, passed her driving test today! (I wish her the best of luck on the Chinese roads because the driving is among the worst in the world)
Lucky: I called my sister because her birthday is actually April 1 and she was actually home so we got to chat a bit.
Lucky: My dad let me know that I received a little bit of scholarship money from NOLS to help with the tuition cost! Fire up!
I hope you had a good/interesting April Fool's Day too!
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