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1. You feel like a celebrity every time somebody asks to take a picture with you.
2. You didn’t understand it at first, but you’ve come to realize that KTV is the best.
3. Strangers ask you about your body hair because they’ve never seen so much on a human before.
4. You feel pure joy when you find real American food.
5. People constantly offer you jobs teaching English.
6. Literally everyone tries to add you as a friend on WeChat.
7. You’ve suffered the *ahem* uncomfortable consequences of eating street food.
8. No matter your actual competency in the language, everyone tells you that your Chinese is incredible.
9. Old women have physically bullied you out of the way to get on the bus first.
10. You truly appreciate being in spaces not jam-packed with people.
11. You’ve developed a whole new sense of style because clothes in China are cheap and awesome.
12. People flirt with you WAY more than they do in America.
13. Everyone assumes you like basketball.
14. You’ve been asked if you know Obama.
15. Kids stare at you.
16. Adults also stare at you.
17. And, you make amazing friends in an amazing place.
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