encounters

today i met some american girls who insisted that i should let them through the fast access lane because the chinese people would want to take pictures with them inside the pavilion. i do not think they were very happy with me after our little chat. i also met some wild chinese young people who sat on a train for fifty hours - two days and two nights from northern china - to come to expo in matching outfits - matching plaid shirts and jeans and big lens-less glasses. over dinner at the little dirty, one of the bao an talked about how he wants to work very hard while he is young so that someday he can move to america.