It ended up that I didn't go to work as early as I planned but not late either. However, it was another intensive day. Though I had so many on my plates today, a fire drill interrupted my plan for half an hour. It's good to have a morning break anyway, especially hundreds people piled in the parking lots chatting under warm sunshine.
It's a very interesting discussion of pronunciation of "L". Asians might not be able to pronounce it easily. I never paid attention to it. As I shared, I was born and lived in Beijing through all the years until going to college at 18. Beijingers are notorious to judge others' accents because mandarin is based on Beijing's dialect. Probably English should follow my accent as a standard. Just kidding.
It's another pleasant discussion of our trip to Scandinavia next month. It triggered me to recall the last time I went there in August, 1996. The bridge hadn't been built, so I took ferry from Kastrup to Malmo. After I passed border control, I just walked to the hotel by dragging my baggage. That was a three stars hotel only 10 minutes walking distance from the ferry dock. Though I am not able to remember its name, I will definitely recognize it if it is still there next month. I plan to take a picture in front of it. My memory is that it was a 3 stars hotel with many glass windows on it. There was a tall flag pole in front of its entrance. The officer at Border Control was a young man at the similar age of mine then. His polite smile gave me a very pleasant impression. I have great memories about Scandinavia especially Sweden and high expectations of this trip. I may be disappointed because things could be changed after 20 years. Back then, I had a very bad experience with US immigration but Swedes treated me so well after I went back there. Today, as a happy American, my perceptions may be different. However, I always treasure Swedes' hospitalities during my difficult time. I often think if I had become a Swede as planned 20 years ago, would my life be totally different today?
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