I just called to say "wo ai ni"...

Time goes by quickly, we all know that, yet it still never ceases to astonish me. I have already been in Beijing for almost a month! A mere few weeks ago, I set out on my quest to make new friends, and that I have ticked off on my list relatively easily. I expect most things are simple enough to do if you're in the right frame of mind, determined and acknowledge the fact that some chinese people will only want to be your friend to practice their English. I've been told many many times before, mainly by my father and over-protective brother, "don't trust anybody!" Well, I'm no fool, I know that almost all relationships are formed on the 'I want, you need' mentality. "I want to see the sights of Beijing, you need to practice your English, so let's be friends!" I think it's fair to say that I have made a modest amount of friends in the past two weeks, and also bagged a modest new boyfriend, which was quite unexpected. Even more unexpected was the fact that he said "I love you" ("wo ai ni" in Chinese), in record breaking time.