Xin Nian Kuai Le!

That is “Happy New Year” in Mandarin in case if you do not understand it. I know I don’t. That is why I had to google it first.

So My roommate and I were in the middle of watching a movie (it was I Spit on Your Grave), when all of sudden his Chinese girlfriend came out to the living room and looked very upset.

He was like, what is wrong, sweetie?

She said, I do not want to watch this movie!

He said, owwkay…so what do you want to watch huh?  You want to watch a Chinese movie?  Okay let’s watch a Chinese movie..with subtitles, okay?  He proceeded to grab the remote, paused the movie, and switched the channel to the computer channel (we call it the computer channel because we have a computer hooked up to the TV and it is assigned to a specific TV channel. It allows us to watch any YouTube videos, Indonesian TV shows or some legally – I repeat, legally – downloaded movies on TV).

She’s like, no I do not want to watch any movies.  I want to watch Chinese shows.  It is Chinese New Year, okay!  I only want to watch it for an hour.  I always follow you, now it is your turn to follow me!

Believe it or not, my roommate just gave in and let her watch her Chinese TV show.  So basically, we went from watching a unbelievably hot girl running around the woods butt-naked while being chased by a group of rednecks..to watching some Chinese people doing some magic shows on TV, celebrating Chinese New Year.

Mean while, I was just sitting there and had no clue whatsoever how I should respond.

I guess that is what some people call…LOVE.  Xin Nian Kuai Le!