Making friends

Kids are curious about the only paleface on the train and generally
stare until I acknowledge them with a smile or a quick shot with my
camera. Many of them are studying English but never met anyone who
spoke it! It's a lot easier to make a breakthrough with them than most
adults. This cute little fellow was blown away when I dropped a
perfect "nice to meet you" in Chinese in him. I've practiced that one
a lot.
Phonetically it is " gin-dow-neen-hung gow shin". The timing skips a
beat between the last three syllables. Wins friends every time. They
expect me to know a lot more after that though and I have to confess
pretty quickly that I don't. I think most folks are pleased that I'm
making any attempt.