"Are you hot? I'm so hot!"

Miss Chen was a lovely stocky girl, like a female version of Garfield jumping out of the comic book, much diligent, though.

She was an intern helping with a PR project. We were receiving an agricultural delegation from the EU and their last day’s schedule was a trip to the Great Wall. Each intern was assigned to accompany a guest during the visit.

It was a warm spring day in late March. Chen seemed excited about being a tour guide. The view was stunning, but the stairs were too high for her and within a few minutes, she was dripping with sweat.

Then in the middle of the Great Wall, she turned to the guest and asked in a hospitable tone, with a smile on her chubby cheeks:

“Hey, are you hot? I’m so hot!”

The guy must be taken aback. Yes, she was hot in the gaudy dress that day.

I’m not poking fun at her. It was her sense of humor that made the trip we took 4 years ago so vivid and memorable.