i miss...

speaking in half chinese half english. taking taxis everywhere. five kuai rice. pearl city. going to baker and spice in the mornings. thursday choreography day with siobhan. crap coffee. the girls. quiet days. friends places smelling like bathandbodyworks. scooters. surprising people with my chinese. being so close to every other country in the world. 3+2. sheefs. peter's tex mex. sunday night dinner crew and massages. bian li dian. bargaining. dvd stands. h+m. the fabric market. being different. chalet. my pudong friends. vpns. people with different accents. sitting for hours in starbucks. my room. journalling. things being easy and familiar. the crandalls. nanjinglu costa. everything being open late. staying up (more than once) till early hours of the morning in 85 degrees. my parents.