When I agreed to participate in this REU, I certainly expected I would encounter situations not necessarily of the most ordinary composition. Nonetheless, Sarah and I were a bit shocked when we were repeatedly solicited by photographers in the City University Library! I must admit I didn't expect modeling would be one of the propositions I would be confronted with. And imagine that TWO different photographers asked us to model in the library on distinct days! I suppose Sarah and I were the picture of diversity. My mind almost immediately jogged to the flyers adorning the HKBU buildings alongside the NTT House. You know the ones I'm talking about with the Chinese basketball player and the eager blond girl. I suppose the administration is not aware of the absence of western students here. Or perhaps they are simply hiding during our stay? Everyone needs some flagrant misrepresentation in their surroundings I always say.
So, if you are near a university institution like a library beware rogue natives with cameras. They may just ask you to join in the awkwardness of posing for the website of a Chinese University. Who knows, the next REU might get to enjoy the smiling faces of all of us on the next generation of HKBU flyers. We're almost students here though, so I guess they are entitled.
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