I celebrated my one-year anniversary in China last month. October came quietly and uneventfully. Well not entirely true, the end of September found me at the hospital getting x-rays and a cast on my right arm. I wish it were sometime heroic like a first decent over a waterfall but it was merely yet another real-life example of why you shouldn’t make assumptions in China. I had an accident with a motorcycle while finishing my 3 hour bicycle ride. It was his fault but after yelling something at me (and all I understood was something about “very fast”) he took off. I showed off my Chinese by yelling at him to “be careful.” I called my friend Angel and asked her to meet me at my house. She took a look at me and said we’re going to the hospital.
Since she knows all the doctor’s she called some people and we breezed through things. She even helped the doctor wrap my cast. Here’s the awesome part… I’m uninsured but no need to cringe, the total cost was about $32! 
So to answer those curious, yup, I’m staying here! I’ll be home in America about Dec 18 - Feb5, then heading back to southeast China and Wenzhou.
Peace,
Chuck
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