One of the highlights of the year for the foreign faculty is supposed to be the end-of-the-year-banquet to thank all teachers for their hard work. I guess this year’s highlight was that the food only lasted for the first half of those who lined up. (Talking about “banquet” here.) Unfortunately, I was one of the latter half of those lined up, in other words, I was one who didn’t get much food except a bit of leftovers (no more than I would get for a normal dinner).

But then, I got to be one of those who were allowed to line up early for the dessert. It’s a small comfort, isn’t it?