My American boy
It's been three years since we've been in the US for a proper Fourth of July. Myles has been very excited about "American National Day," particularly the fireworks. I'm sure he thought the fireworks activity would be much like Chinese New Year's. He kept asking when we were going to buy our fireworks. Even though we are in South Carolina this week, I told him we probably couldn't buy anything like what we had in China.
Before we left Beijing we were out shopping for gifts to bring back and Myles saw these clothes and he just had to had them. They had American flags on them, he pointed out to me. He proudly wore them on Saturday. I mean, what says "I love the United States" more than Chinese-made fake Ralph Lauren clothes with American-ish flags on them?
Giant Polo logo. I think the motto (chengyu) in Chinese fashion is, roughly translated, "Fake it, fake it big!"
Saturday night Myles got to experience that great American institution of 4th of July fireworks. We spent 20 or 30 minutes looking for parking, watched 20 minutes of fireworks (which were quite good), and then another 40 minutes in traffic to get home. Much different from walking outside the apartment and setting off our own, that's for sure!
Before we left Beijing we were out shopping for gifts to bring back and Myles saw these clothes and he just had to had them. They had American flags on them, he pointed out to me. He proudly wore them on Saturday. I mean, what says "I love the United States" more than Chinese-made fake Ralph Lauren clothes with American-ish flags on them?
Giant Polo logo. I think the motto (chengyu) in Chinese fashion is, roughly translated, "Fake it, fake it big!"
Saturday night Myles got to experience that great American institution of 4th of July fireworks. We spent 20 or 30 minutes looking for parking, watched 20 minutes of fireworks (which were quite good), and then another 40 minutes in traffic to get home. Much different from walking outside the apartment and setting off our own, that's for sure!
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