Mr. Ji, My Hero...

We teach 440 of them.

Now we are two of them.

We won't blend in, but we can try...


Here's how Matt and I scored the holy grail of Beijing - two Junior One (7th grade) uniforms.

We were locked out of our office. So I found Mr. Ji's office (the headmaster) and asked if he had an spare key for us, but our minuscule tragedy morphed into a gold rush when I noticed a box of over-sized Junior One uniforms lying in a box. I asked Mr. Ji if I could have two of them and he smiled and nodded, not knowing that with a bob of his head made dreams come true. So I snatched two 3XL unis and giddily trotted back to Matt to show him the treasures we had found thanks to our own stupidity.

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P.S. - On a less joyous note, Mr. Ji did not have a spare key. So I hoisted Matt into the adjoining classroom and by some gymnastic feat he vaulted himself through the window into the office. But, I would rather have a priceless polyester red and white uni than easy access to my office...