A most fulfilling blog post

Chinese TV is not very good.
I'm not saying this to down the Chinese people, I'm just saying that to me, the TV is less than entertaining. Not always, but usually. Right now it's on behind me, and some guy is playing his accordion in concert, and there are Chinese language titles in the lower third. The only English channel was just playing a story about a painter, which could have been interesting, but it was in Chinese. There were English subtitles. Last night was a bright spot of sorts, though. The movie from the 90's, Nine Months, with Hugh Grant and Julianne Moore and Robin Williams, was on. It was in English, but not on the English channel. Also yesterday I watched an American travel show filmed in Miami, but it was overdubbed in Chinese. I enjoyed seeing pictures of the U.S.

I finished the 9th Bowge of Circle 8 of Hell today after waiting in a single line for two hours, then going downstairs, back upstairs, getting a document stamped, and then running away in fear that they'd ask for another document. I escaped! So tomorrow morning I get to take my placement exam and let them know how Mandarin ignorant I am.

Today I was feeling particularly hard pressed on every side. So, I had some study time and a good bit of conversation. An image came to my mind:

There was a person stooped in the middle of a sidewalk which was overflowing with people all walking the same way. And then one person walks up behind the one stooped, and he stops behind. This man, in a grey suit and with a tie, created a barrier. His body, him stopped, keeps anyone from trampling the one stooping. The best I can figure is that I'm stooping. And once I get up, I'm to look for someone else who is stooping. I will be the barrier for others that He is for me. That is why I'm here.

T