One of those things that I like about being here is that nothing is at is seems. Everyday is quite different, a challenge, worth waking up for. Today was one of those days.
I woke up at 7, left the apartment at 7.20 just in time to catch the bus to work. The bus was its usual crowded self but this time I got myself into a conversation with the conductor.
It started with the usual curious questions ‘where you from?’ ‘what you doing here?’ ‘how old are you?’. Then he asked me about football, asked my opinion about the England team and the dismal World Cup display. I asked him ‘what team he supports?’ I’ve been asking this question recently to quite a few people, I’m just curious as to what the Chinese know about British footbal.l
The answer kind of stunned me. He said ‘考文垂’ ‘Kaowenchui’ It took me a while to register what he was saying but then it clicked. The guy was saying that he supports Coventry City. Annoyingly, I had to get off at the next stop so I never had time to probe further, but It made me think. What are the chances?
