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Thursday, January 11th

Catching up with Adella...

Adella and I were both up pretty early. I actually got up at 4 a.m. and worked on my UBB. We caught up briefly and talked about our trip back home. She too had spent time up and down the East Coast. Adella also asked me if there was anything new with Little Joe, and it reminded me of an incident that I was too busy to note when it happened.

I never responded to his forced confession. What more was there to say? Little Joe must not have been satisfied with my reaction, because ten days later he sent me ANOTHER email, or should I say, the very same one he had written me earlier. Both to my ORIENTED and Yahoo accounts. I, in turn, forwarded it to all those in-the-know, with these comments:

             "No not once, but twice!! See TO and CC. Both to me and ME.
              I GET THE MESSAGE. GO AWAY. Or is this an email virus of
              some sort which sends an automated email to everyone in
              your address book indicating that the sender is married to
              Yvonne and adopted her daughter Alexandra? That it? You
              guys heard anything in the news about this? Or is this a
              weekly newsletter of sorts. How do I UNSUBSCRIBE?!"

Adella couldn't stop laughing. Everyone else back in the States pretty much had the same reaction when I told them about it during this last trip back. My West Coast friends met him in April when we threw that huge picnic, and those on the East Coast knew about him because he was originally suppose to be my date at Justin's wedding. Even Jenny freaked when I showed her his photo. She met him too in New York City. Through her I know Bill and Sheldon, all friends of Little Joe from Boston. And the list goes on and on.

Signature photo... too lazy to take pictures today Leave it to me to turn a totally pathetic situation into a New Economy Comedy. What more could possibly happen? I'm still not sure what to do about this, if I do anything at all. I really don't care about him or her, but I do feel a moral responsibility to warn other women in our specific circles.

Jim put it best when he exclaimed, "Christine that is an AMAZING STORY," refering to the entire saga and how I've spun it into my journals. Jim, my friend, it most certainly is.

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Year-end Party...

My department had it's Wei-Ya tonight. I'm so out of it from all the traveling that I had forgotten about it until someone mentioned it to me earlier today. These traditional Wei-Yas are quite interesting, nothing like annual company parties back in the U.S. I wish I had more time to elaborate for those who've never lived here before. Too busy today.

Suffice it to say that a lot of games are played during these Wei-Yas that really test the knowledge of everyone's understanding of the Chinese language -- yes, their own native language. The Chinese language is made up of PICTURES, tone differentiation, lots of ancient sayings, and the ability to memorize thousands and thousands of characters. (You can tell I never studied the language formally).

It was FUNNY watching everyone trying to come up with the right answers, especially when they played CHARADES IN CHINESE. It makes the game SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING than when it is played using English. I only wished I understood 100% of what was said, sigh... my Chinese will never be good enough. Click on the pictures above to see all the photos I took tonight. It was a lot of fun but MAN did that jet lag kick in around 8 p.m.

By the way. For dinner, we had all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet.

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