As I look back at my journal (which I ended up keeping for less than a month because I am terribly slack) I am amused by my first few days of my new life. I arrived in China late on a Saturday night and began teaching on Monday, two days later. Talk about a period of adjustment! 1st Full Day (Sunday) : It's customary, it seems, to greet new and 'honored' staff with a wonderful Chinese meal to introduce them to the culture and the staff with whom they will have the privilege of working. So on Sunday I had this customary dinner with my boss and at least 12 to 15 other people. We went into the restaurant and my boss took me to the seafood area and asked me to point out which seafood I might like cooked. (There were tanks all over the walls in the room, holding fish, lobster, crab, and other things I don't like to mention or name.) Sadly, I hadn't realized what a picky eater I was until I moved here... so I kindly tried to tell him I rather liked vegetables instead....