Finally, finally met up with my Chinese 'penpal' of sorts. It was short, but with all our schedule conflicts, I was glad we were able to see each other at all.

After today, I've concluded that he's pretty much the nicest guy I've ever met. He even brought some small gifts from Jiangxi province (where he was away for business) and bought breakfast for me when he heard I hadn't eaten. ^^

His company is having their annual meeting in Nanjing over the next couple days, so depending on whether he has time, we might get to meet again. :)

FYI, I was nervous as hell when heading to the meeting place. Esp. since I knew he would insist on primarily speaking to me in Chinese, haha.

In other news, as of this weekend, I only have about two weeks left in China. Have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I am going to miss this place and the people I've met here. I'm really going to miss my professors here, too, which is a first for me. (Not that I hate my American professors, but I can't say I'm close to any of them.) On the other hand, I can't say I'm sad about getting to go back home, either, nor am I sad about having a month and a half-long winter break. :)