Originally Posted by weewee23 (Post 8752615)

Me: 您好.
July: 您好. 你不是本地人吧.
Me: 不是.是外派. 我想跟您说您的照片好看.笑的很甜. J
July: 呵呵, 夸奖了.
July: 你可以不要用”您”吗? 太有礼貌了吧.
Me: 哈哈哈, 习惯了吧.没妨碍您休息了吧?
Me: 对不起，应该用”你”吧.哈哈
July: 没关系．不妨碍．我还在赖床，不然我再睡一下．再聊吧．
Me: 嗯，不打扰了．

Originally Posted by weewee23 (Post 8752615)

Having backpacked in all 6 continents (most of them alone), I always thought I could handle loneliness with ease when it was announced that I would be posted to China for 2 years (sorry cannot really say where I am posted to as I worry someone will figure out who I am. All I can say is the people here really like spicy food!) Perhaps I was naïve – after all, backpacking and being posted overseas is completely a different ball game. After 3 months here working my socks off everyday, I felt so worn out thinking if it is really worth it. With no family and friends, life seems tough. The so-called “friends” aren’t really friends – they are probably out to get more business for their companies. Nothing wrong with that; its just how this world works.

Felt really lousy when I woke up during one of those stupid arbitrary mornings. Don’t feel like messaging my girlfriend; won’t expect any reply since she is often busy. Turned on the Look Around function of my WeChat account and randomly send greetings to strangers. Don’t know why I was doing that.

After 5 minutes later (while I was dressing up for work in the dreaded office), I heard my iphone vibrate. I went to take a look and realized someone had responded. Her name was July.

Me: 您好. <-- hi, how are you?
July: 您好. 你不是本地人吧. <-- hi, how are you? You are not local right?
Me: 不是.是外派. 我想跟您说您的照片好看.笑的很甜. <-- no, I'm from oversea, I wanted to tell your that your photo very nice, smile till very sweet.
July: 呵呵, 夸奖了. <-- hmm hmm, thanks for your compliment.
July: 你可以不要用”您”吗? 太有礼貌了吧. <-- 1st phase I don't know how to translate. But is using a word that make her sound like ts is very friendly.
Me: 哈哈哈, 习惯了吧.没妨碍您休息了吧? <-- I'm use to it, I hope I didn't disturb your beauty slp.
Me: 对不起，应该用”你”吧.哈哈 <-- this link yo the polite stuff.
July: 没关系．不妨碍．我还在赖床，不然我再睡一下．再聊吧．<-- it's okay, you didn't disturb me, I'm still rolling on bed, if not let me go slp awhile more, tata talk later.
Me: 嗯，不打扰了．okay bye dont disturb your beauty sleep.

With that, I thought it is the end of another meaningless conversation. Never did I think that it was going to be the start of something interesting and yet a painful experience in my life.

Originally Posted by weewee23 (Post 8752615)

Having backpacked in all 6 continents (most of them alone), I always thought I could handle loneliness with ease when it was announced that I would be posted to China for 2 years (sorry cannot really say where I am posted to as I worry someone will figure out who I am. All I can say is the people here really like spicy food!) Perhaps I was naïve – after all, backpacking and being posted overseas is completely a different ball game. After 3 months here working my socks off everyday, I felt so worn out thinking if it is really worth it. With no family and friends, life seems tough. The so-called “friends” aren’t really friends – they are probably out to get more business for their companies. Nothing wrong with that; its just how this world works.

Felt really lousy when I woke up during one of those stupid arbitrary mornings. Don’t feel like messaging my girlfriend; won’t expect any reply since she is often busy. Turned on the Look Around function of my WeChat account and randomly send greetings to strangers. Don’t know why I was doing that.

After 5 minutes later (while I was dressing up for work in the dreaded office), I heard my iphone vibrate. I went to take a look and realized someone had responded. Her name was July.

Me: 您好.
July: 您好. 你不是本地人吧.
Me: 不是.是外派. 我想跟您说您的照片好看.笑的很甜. J
July: 呵呵, 夸奖了.
July: 你可以不要用”您”吗? 太有礼貌了吧.
Me: 哈哈哈, 习惯了吧.没妨碍您休息了吧?
Me: 对不起，应该用”你”吧.哈哈
July: 没关系．不妨碍．我还在赖床，不然我再睡一下．再聊吧．
Me: 嗯，不打扰了．

With that, I thought it is the end of another meaningless conversation. Never did I think that it was going to be the start of something interesting and yet a painful experience in my life.