WC 1M Post Challenge - You Ready?!

[raycpl]

Yeah, when I think of expat, the first thing that comes to mind are many of the characters in Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises".

I think Hemingway's was one of the options in my English class in Grade 13. We chose Hamlet instead!!

 

[MSFTisMIA]

I think Hemingway's was one of the options in my English class in Grade 13. We chose Hamlet instead!!

Had an English teacher so feared you'd hear more noise in a cemetery late at night than in her classes.

 

[libra89]

At this point it's 50/50 with a big I don't know...

I also wish you good luck with this. You really do have two different options.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Most adults will too.

The Chrysalids by John Wyndham is in that arc too. High school reading for me back in the day.

I'm not familiar with that one.

 

[Laura Knotek]

I think Hemingway's was one of the options in my English class in Grade 13. We chose Hamlet instead!!

I had to read Shakespeare too, including Hamlet.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Oh no doubt there are a lot of adults who would completely miss the messages in The Cather in the Rye. Funny how that book would be even more relevant today.

Thing is, it's a very slow book and in high school it's a tough read for anyone. I really slogged through it and got most of it. I probably missed a lot too at the time.

I found it very dated and couldn't get past the 1940s slang. It was as bad as florid 19th century Tess of the D"urbevilles by Hardy.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

I'm not familiar with that one.

https://www.enotes.com/topics/chrysalids

 

[Laura Knotek]

https://www.enotes.com/topics/chrysalids

That sounds interesting. It seems to share similarities with Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

That sounds interesting. It seems to share similarities with Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five.

It's very relevant today on lots of levels.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

I'm looking forward to the semi break for the hokiday next week. I'm off Wednesday and Thursday of next week, with the hope of a lighter week. We will see what happens.

 

[worldspy99]

I’m enjoying my Beijing tour. Can’t upload pictures via Tapatalk since I hit the limit of 10 pictures.

 

[raycpl]

Guess we'll have to wait for your wonderful pictures. An alternative would be using a browser, I tried Edge and Vivaldi but it's a bit tricky..
but enjoy yourself!!

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Guess we'll have to wait for your wonderful pictures. An alternative would be using a browser, I tried Edge and Vivaldi but it's a bit tricky..
but enjoy yourself!!

How's the house coming along?

 

[raycpl]

Packing is 99.99% done. The transporter will arrive tomorrow. Sad to leave the house, but we gotta move onwards.
My wife has been meticulous with the packing and boxing. Some of the stuff have been in storage for years. She does freaks out a bit thinking about stowaway spiders & daddy-long legs hitching a ride from one house to other!!

 

[Laura Knotek]

I’m enjoying my Beijing tour. Can’t upload pictures via Tapatalk since I hit the limit of 10 pictures.

I'm glad you're enjoying your visit to Beijing. I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures when you return.

 

[raycpl]

Meanwhile, about half a dozen neighbourhood cats have taken to our garden as a rendezvous point....

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Meanwhile, about half a dozen neighbourhood cats have taken to our garden as a rendezvous point....

That's a lot of in one spot (nice way to side step how I really wanted to say it...ill save my next trip to Laura's doghouse until Q2 2020)

 

[Laura Knotek]

Meanwhile, about half a dozen neighbourhood cats have taken to our garden as a rendezvous point....

Will you return to the house in 3 months to adopt a kitten?

 

[raycpl]

haha.. we have been hearing wailing and weird noises... it must be the moonlight, under the serious moonlight..

https://youtu.be/mcUza_wWCfA

 

[N_LaRUE]

Packing is 99.99% done. The transporter will arrive tomorrow. Sad to leave the house, but we gotta move onwards.
My wife has been meticulous with the packing and boxing. Some of the stuff have been in storage for years. She does freaks out a bit thinking about stowaway spiders & daddy-long legs hitching a ride from one house to other!!

Though I was never really scared of spiders. Any type of fear that remained left when I lived in Australia. Having large huntsman spiders walking across your wall while watching TV at night time is enough to give most people chills.

I never killed them, just caught and released. Bloody quick critters. I don't like to kill spiders in general or any insects because they all play an important role. However I understand that people don't like them and species that have 'invaded' places need to be controlled.