hello. i am going to shanghai AND hong kong AND stopping over in malaysia to see my darling nephew, during the winter holidays. for a WHOLE month plus. Yays for me. but between now and then, i have made a solemn promise to work my butt off (because i have no choice, and because i don't want another crappy grade) and get very little sleep for the next two months to compensate the amount of money that is going into funding this trip for me.