I heart April
First step: buy a cell phone. Second step: move out the hostel. Check and check! Yes folks I am leaving my backpacking friends behind and will be moving into my new home this evening. my friend April, who I met when I was studying here in 2001, has offered her lovely apt to me, which is really nicer than nice. She lives still near Xiao Wu, in a Chinese apt building, and has a two floor flat. She lives with another girl from the US, and I will be residing on the second floor room couch. I will be sharing my living situation with two furry white cats, I am sure we will soon all be friends.
A note on my Chinese friends: well really it is only the Wu family. Xiao Wu [man] was our driver when I lived here with the folks back in 96 to 98. We were not allowed to drive [according to IBM] so he drove us around. He speaks English, and his daughter, Wu Xia [same last name as her father] is my age and her English is fabulous. Wife is YangLing, no English speak for her, but she takes good care of me and makes some mean grub.
Xiao is pronounced "sh-yao" kindof. Xia is pronouced "sh-ya"
Today I asked Yangling to help me buy a comforter for my new sofa bed, and we went to the much loved Carrefour [think Target] and bought a $10 comforter, pjs, Baobao cha [yummy tea that my father would kill a man for] and a nice thermos [the same one costs $25 at the tea spot, $3 here]. I love the cheapness of China. Yangling was a great shopping buddy, I have to say I couldn't have figured it out myself. Her funniest moment was me saying the tea smelled like soap.
What else? Well I guess that's it. Tonight I will eat at the Wu's, Yangling has made Ou Her, which is lotus root sliced, then the slices put to sandwich 'xiar' which is a pork/seasoning filling that goes in dumplings, then deep fried. It's amazing. [my mouth is watering].
Love you all. Thanks for reading.
A note on my Chinese friends: well really it is only the Wu family. Xiao Wu [man] was our driver when I lived here with the folks back in 96 to 98. We were not allowed to drive [according to IBM] so he drove us around. He speaks English, and his daughter, Wu Xia [same last name as her father] is my age and her English is fabulous. Wife is YangLing, no English speak for her, but she takes good care of me and makes some mean grub.
Xiao is pronounced "sh-yao" kindof. Xia is pronouced "sh-ya"
Today I asked Yangling to help me buy a comforter for my new sofa bed, and we went to the much loved Carrefour [think Target] and bought a $10 comforter, pjs, Baobao cha [yummy tea that my father would kill a man for] and a nice thermos [the same one costs $25 at the tea spot, $3 here]. I love the cheapness of China. Yangling was a great shopping buddy, I have to say I couldn't have figured it out myself. Her funniest moment was me saying the tea smelled like soap.
What else? Well I guess that's it. Tonight I will eat at the Wu's, Yangling has made Ou Her, which is lotus root sliced, then the slices put to sandwich 'xiar' which is a pork/seasoning filling that goes in dumplings, then deep fried. It's amazing. [my mouth is watering].
Love you all. Thanks for reading.
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