My Day of Buff’s

10/15/09

I pulled two major “Buffin’s” today. I think Hallie originally coined the phrase “Oops, I just made a Buffin,” or “Wow, I really Buffed it,” but many have caught on to this trendy saying.

-My First Buff: It happened at lunchtime. We had dumplings today at lunch and were individually served up by the cook. He also brought out a big crock-pot of soup that Chinese people use for dousing their dumplings. The soup was yuck, so I ate mine plain. We always have fruit for dessert and today we had ‘pomelo.’ The best way to describe it is a grapefruit-orange hybrid when it comes to looks, but more similar to grapefruit in flavor. I gave the fruit a second chance today and it was a little better than my first time eating it. The cook put a dispenser full of sugar next to it and at first sight, I grabbed it and sprinkled away on my slice. All the Chinese teachers began to stare at me and laugh. I asked them if it was normal to put sugar on the bitter fruit and they proceeded to tell me that the sugar was for the dumpling dipping sauce. Right………
Round 1: China 1 Buff 0

-My Second Buff: I have a crazy amount of time in between my morning and afternoon classes. I usually spend it eating lunch, going to the DVD store, getting coffee with my married friends, reading, catching up on e-mails when the computer is free, and getting my school supplies together. Really, it’s an absurd amount of time that’s wasted because I have to stay close to the school. Today, I was writing a brief e-mail and the Chinese teachers all at once started filing out the door. They said, “Time to go Buffy.” I told them that I was coming and spent about 50 seconds signing out and getting my backpack. I start racing down the stairs, and at my dismay, I see the van turning out of the school. They were leaving me! I start running frantically down Shanxi Rd (the street our school is on) shouting. They finally stopped and I hopped in the van. I gave them an evil/what-the-eff-are-you-doing-leaving-me stare. Sometimes I think everyone here is just plain crazy.
Round 2: China 2 Buff 0

Although I was slightly embarrassed and annoyed, it was a good day. Because now I have the weekend and a yummy grilled cheese sandwich to look forward to.
Round 3: China 2 Buff 1

Wait!: Deng!