classic.

so today i was walking back from work, lugging a large pack of bottled water i had picked up at carrefour, and then by the time i made it all the way back...and after being in carrefour contemplating whether or not to by some milk and hershey's syrup for chocolate milk [28rmb], my mouth was just as dry as could be thinking about what i had missed out on buying.  so then i made myself stop in the ke di, and see what could possibly hit the spot.  after some deliberation, i decided on a classic--a coca-cola classic, actually.

while in china, i've done what i think is very well in cutting down, practically eliminated carbonated beverages from my routine...and for that reason, i think i justified today's indulgence all the more.  i gotta say, i'm so very thankful to coke.  ever since the days when it actually was laced with actual cocaine, the now world-reknowned soft drink is certainly very impressive...if for nothing else than it's ability to pervade every conceivable market on the planet.  for some price, you can always find a coke; and whenever you have a coke, you always get the same flavor and fulfillment as you did the time before [although i gotta say, the only way to experience a true coca-cola moment is to sip on an old-school 8oz glass bottled coke classic.  there's nothing like it.  i remember walking down the street back home from my parents' drug store to another drug store, simply to stop in, say hello, and pick up a glass-bottled coke or two.  those were the days!  it's a shame that--they can't/they won't/it doesn't make sense for them to--make like...20oz glass bottle versions...that would be phe-nominal.

anyways, that's the randomness that i had in my head for tonight--insignificant?  yeah.  but oh well, that's what i most enjoyed about my day probably! [as sad as that is! ha..]

and so for now, 再见 from 上海

w/p

oh yeah...i forgot...i realized today that it's one month until i head outta here!  it's a very overwhelming thought, as i think about how fast things have flown by and how i've spent my time so far...and to think about all of the changes that have happened in my life since/because of being here...and also about all the things i had planned on doing but never have and probably won't get the chance to...about the friends that i've made and how they'll be hard to leave...and then honestly, about how freaking hard my life's about to get now that it's getting down to crunch-time...4 weeks, 3 papers, 1 chinese final...not to mention buying stuff, packing, and still trying to make the most of every day! ahhhhh...i'm probably about to be in for the fastest/hardest/most ridiculous 4 weeks of recent memory.  it should be interesting.

[12:44am].  [04/28/09].  [shanghai].

[第三天]