apparently...

1. I'm not the brightest person in the world. Because I've never bought cloves in my life and hadn't seen any til Dana sent me some earlier this year and I finally used them this week...hence the following conversation: Kim messaged me from Shanghai on either Monday or Tuesday (I forget) and asked if I needed anything at City Shopper. "Can you get me some cloves? Maryann had the idea for me to make some for Thanksgiving dinner." "Sure, no problem."

...Several hours later. "Yeah, I got them. Jace said that they sell them in every grocery store in Nanjing. He laughed when I bought them (at a foreign supermarket in Shanghai)."

In my defense, Kim didn't know they were that common either. She specifically had her mom send some last year from the US. So there. :p

2. My students are not the best at studying. When more than half a middle school class fails their writing exam, you want to have a little pity, until someone gets a 97. No pity whatsoever.

3. and last but not least whatsoever...a quote from a high school speaking exam. "...and my mother, she gave me birth." :)

Behave yourselves kiddos. I'll be in the city all weekend, staying with Jamie and Meg, girl-chatting it up and attending the singles seminar (if I'm not kicked out for being engaged) then leading worship on Sunday.

Be blessed y'all. zia jian