Bachelors' Day!

Today, November 11th, is Veterans Day back home. A day to honor those who fought to protect our country. Here in China, today is bachelors' day. I'm not exactly sure what that means other than the fact that it is a day to celebrate the single men and women of China. From a quick search of the internet I've found that it is an unofficially holiday that was started by single high school and college students a few years ago. The day, 11/11, has become quite the vogue around college campuses and though I'm not sure what exactly people do to celebrate--students are much more chaste here--I did discover that in some cities 30-something singles gather at "marriage fairs." I love that China has a day, official or not, celebrating almost everyone. Earlier I was honored on teacher's day, and now, today, I can celebrate my singledom. Take that Valentine's day.