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okay, i'm going to stop complaining about being locked in a classroom for 9 hours a day this week, because my friend P has it worse. a few days ago he left for a business trip to shanghai... and the other day the authorities tracked him down at his hotel because there a woman on his flight came down with swine flu. they've moved him to a separate hotel full of quarantined people, and come in daily to take his temperature and make sure he's not showing symptoms. there's no english-language TV, a sporadic internet connection, and little else to do... i'd go completely batshit crazy.

dude, if you're reading this, chin up. i feel for you.