| A month has passed! A long and what would
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| | blinking like lights, and she would sing
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| have been an insufferable month but for
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| | in her own sweet, not-so-melodious voice,
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| my computer in my apartment in this
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| | a voice that, nonetheless, was music to
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| unfriendliest of places called Huainan in
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| | my lonely ears. In this unfriendliest of
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| the Anhui province of the People's
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| | places, I had my very friendly darling -
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| Republic of China. Don't get me wrong.
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| | my computer!But my darling is aging.
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| China is generally a very friendly place,
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| | She's already something like sixty (oops,
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| especially to foreigners - at least at a
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| | six, I should say!) and she's been with a
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| superficial level. And, who has the time
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| | few others. But, she never says anything
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| or need to probe deeper? But Huainan?
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| | about them, never makes me feel less
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| Huainan's another story! It was among the
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| | loved and never compares my skills
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| world's ten-most crime-infested cities
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| | against theirs. So, when I am with her, I
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| and it held on to its position for a long
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| | think she's mine, and only mine!My
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| time until the powers-that-be stepped in,
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| | darling's a little slow! I thouch her
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| cleaned up their act, and the streets of
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| | once, press, you-know-where and then I
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| hoodlums.When I first arrived here, my
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| | have to wait while she hums and sends the
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| students advised caution. 'Don't go to
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| | right message to her bird-brain that her
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| Caijiagang alone,' they said. Caijiagang
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| | lover is ready for her. I wait patiently.
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| is one of Huainan's unfriendlier-still
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| | No point rushing her, I know. That might
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| neighbourhoods and one where the hangover
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| | anger her and cause her to lose interest.
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| from the criminal past lingers on. 'Don't
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| | Oh, my darling! But, I know what I need
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| go out alone at night' and 'don't get
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| | to do to keep her in good humour. Wait,
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| into any argument with any strangers,'
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| | and then, when she's ready, start! Easy!I
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| were other recommendations. I did it all
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| | am a simple bloke and know little about
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| and, thankfully, still survived. Well,
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| | what goes on in my darling's little
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| maybe Huainan is not as unfriendly as to
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| | peabrain and my sweetheart realizes that.
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| cause me physical injury but it's
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| | I never force too many tasks on her and
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| unfriendly enough to leave emotional
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| | she reciprocates by doing the simple
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| scars. Well, not really emotional
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| | things I need her to do - though
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| emotional!Anyway, in this unfriendliest
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| | sometimes, she does them rather slowly.
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| of places, with all my acquaintances
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| | But, then, some things in life must not
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| having left for their homes, leaving the
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| | be rushed. Some things in life must be
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| vast university campus practically to me
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| | relished and enjoyed at a relaxed
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| alone, I had little choice but to stay
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| | leisurely pace.Hey Darlin', Compy, I luv
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| cloistered in my apartment. My broken rib
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| | Ya!Rajesh Kanoi (Jack) is a published
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| didn't help matters either. But, my
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| | writer, now living and working in China.
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| darling computer waited for me every
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| | Many of his short-stories, poems and
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| single day. She waited whenever I left
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| | articles have been published, including a
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| her to go out for a stroll, a meal or
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| | book of short-stories, 'From China With
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| whatever else. And, when I would return
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| | Love' (Lipstick Publishing).
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| and touch her, she would smile, her eyes
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