Cause=Time

I'm so psyched to be in China for Chinese New Year's. These people go berserker for it, and travelling immediately pre and post-event is equally hectic because one billion people are trying to get back home to their families. The last two days have been absolutely frustrating, only linguistically though. I've gone the whole entire two days listening to conversations, jokes, arguments, stories in Chinese, and I don't know even a little bit of what is being said. The people I'm staying with are so so happy, and they are forever laughing, and I'm forever wishing I was laughing with them. Humour is lost in translation, the humour is lost when the moment is over and it is explained to me second hand, and frustration builds. I can't make jokes that are contextually advanced, linguistically advanced, or even little comments without having to explain them. And there again, with the explanation is a lost moment. Instead of being on my way to bilingualism I feel more mute every day.