A salute...

Here's to you, overly-flu-concerned-Asian-exchange-student. You don't care if people stare at you with mild curiosity and concern, you're wearing your surgical mask to school and not taking it off. Sure, you're probably going to get the flu anyway, but meanwhile you can make other people uncomfortable as they start wondering if you have SARS or tuberculosis. It's strange, but kind of ok because you're foreign. So go ahead, wear the flimsy paper mask and flash the peace sign as you filter into the classroom, I guess the other Asians won't think it's weird. Heiwa. Ni hao.