Life and love in Asia

So me and GG are pretty good actually. Called him the other day (a very expensive phone call from Sweden to London) and he said that he would pick me up at the train station when I arrive. It is not really him to be like that. He is the most unromantic person I’ve ever encountered, which sucks, since I love romance. The really cheesy stuff, dripping of cuteness. But I still like him, despite his lack of gestures. 

While I’ve been at home, I have gotten a lot of questions asking where this relationship is heading since we broke up in January and then started seeing each other again. Although, we haven’t established what ‘we are,’ I don’t really feel that that’s something that is necessary since it will end soon enough. I just think it is just as important to be content with what we are now instead of stressing things and putting a label on us. It ruined us the first time, why wouldn’t it do it again? 

Anyhow, people get so surprised when I talk about the reality of this relationship. That it will end once I move to China, and then the likelihood that I will see GG again is very small. To be honest, I’m not too sad about it actually. Partly because I look forward to the escapades I will be having in Shanghai and also because I know that him and I would never work out. Not in the long run. And this is what people react to: How can you be together with someone that is not a 100%? 

First of all, GG represents London for me, I met him within my first month and we’ve been spending a lot of time together and gotten to know each other pretty well. In relation to that, I like the way he make me feel - laughing, joking etc. However, he is not the man I would usually fall for. And we are complete opposites, he is needs to plan in order to execute, whereas I am spontaneous and do most things on a whim. Should probably weigh each other out on this one, but creates a lot of obstacles. I would call him up and be like ‘Hey, wanna grab dinner? I just finished up at the library?’ or ‘Movie later?’ around 8PM on a regular week day night. He would usually answer me that he was too comfortable and doing work/watching tv/reading Wikipedia to be bother to go out. And he would always end with ‘You have to give me a 24hour notice’ - what the fuck? I am so not used to that. Most of my friends and ex-BFs have all been pretty spontaneous. Makes things more fun. 

But it is good just now, and London has always been a stepping stone. Plus I’m always on the move, so we kind of have this unsaid deal that there is no point of starting ‘loving’ instead of ‘liking.’ I think that’s why we broke up - it became too intense for him, and with me leaving within a couple of months, he must have thought that it wasn’t worth it. True. 

So, I have decided I won’t be doing an MBA. Instead I’ll study Chinese 36 hours a week for a year in order to be fluent. I’m really exited. According to the school, I’m supposed to reach level 6 of HSK. Highly doubt that, but I know my Chinese will improve tremendously. Plus my mom read an article in the Swedish version of Financial Times - Dagens Industri. According to a article - Chinese firms are hiring Westerners to bridge the gap. Awesome. 

In the midst of applying for universities in China. Not too existing. Got rejected from the first one because of a lack of work experience, oh well.. the least one I wanted to get into. Doing the GMAT next tuesday. Not too exited about it. It will be me and all the brainiacs; perhaps I shouldn’t be applying for an MBA. Perhaps I should be focusing on learning Chinese and applying for internships, which might lead to a job. 

But two years of MBA studies wouldn’t be too bad. I would love to learn the business side; management etc. Although, I don’t believe that it is something that you can actually learn in the class room. 

Well, fingers crossed I’ll be admitted to Jiaotong and Fudan. Keep fingers crossed for me boys and girls.