Dalian Expat

As usual, have managed to have a good time at the Dalian expat area, generally go there and meet a few interesting people. A guy from India who has been studying to be a doctor at a medical university in Dalian, for example. So it is a very interesting experience, and also a good opportunity to see quite a few foreigners who are sitting around. I was also going to go on a trip to a cherry orchard with my workmates, but since it started raining in the morning I didn’t do that or go running as planned, just ended up going to the expat meeting, drinking a bunch of coffee, and finally coming home.

Unfortunately coming home, I did feel very sick after drinking a lot of coffee and eating some pizza. Had pizza at this place called pizza time, which tasted great, but may have been the cause of my stomach pain. Basically a feeling like I am choking. I haven’t been smoking recently, so I am not sure where this painful feeling is coming from, and it is also giving me a head ache. I think that it may be in relation to working in the night shift, so I am starting to realize that I need to get a day job of some because living in the night has to be bad for my health. Also I’m starting to see that it is pretty hard to maintain good friendships after moving to the night, because everything gets cut off from normally reality whether related to schedule or normal life. I like Dalian, but the night shift life is killing me, and I think what might be best for me would be to get into school somewhere here and stick there for a couple of years.