This is Ewan's friend from Dalian, China. For 2 nights in July, we hosted him in our humble abode. He came with his school for an exchange programme. Ewan visited his school this past May.
He is one year older than Ewan and comes from a VERY privileged background. He is so well travelled (Europe, Asia, Canada, Maldives) and probably a little homesick too, that he wasn't too keen to visit any more places of interest with us (His school has earlier brought the students to Sentosa, Night Safari, Little India, etc.) So for the first evening where the significant other and Ethan weren't home till late at night, i brought the boys cycling. We cycled for 2 hours and i had sore bums after that :)
For his second day with us, he asked 阿姨, 你可以带我去买苹果手表吗? In times like this, i am extremely grateful that the significant other was around, lol. He immediately knew it's the ipod nano watch Ewan's friend was talking about. (And yes, he carried A LOT of cash with him). So for the 2nd evening, the significant other brought Ewan and his friend shopping, first at NEX, then at Vivocity. Honestly, i was so glad i needn't go :) One, i'm not interested in gadgets, and two, i'm not interested in shopping.
He may be from China, but his circumstances are FAR better than ours :) He is nice boy though, not proud at all. Ewan and him got along fine, so much so that Ewan actually missed his friend when he left. i'm glad it had been a positive experience for Ewan (and i hope for his friend too).
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