Burger Madness

Last night I was treated to my first Western meal, at the good ol’ Outback Steakhouse, which I have never been to anywhere. We arrived, the waiter promptly took our beer and burger order, and about 15 minutes later our beer had still not arrived, and we had to chase down our waiter. He was no where to be found, the burgers arrived, the order was almost correct except the bacon missing from my burger, and then our friendly waiter finally appeared with our beers. The cost of this meal? My 32 ounce draft Budweiser was US$4.65 and the burger was US$7. Amazing that they can charge US prices and still have not even Chinese service, just bad service.
I went out with a man named Winter Wright, an American living in China since when I first got here [1996] who I met also through Jon Hakim. He has his own copywriting business, www.winterwright.com, which seems like something I would really like to do, but he was not about to hire me. He works for himself by himself in his house so maybe it would not be perfect. He thought my 2004 healthcare year in review project was a good one, and would definitely look good on my resume, so I appreciated that support.
On another note, I stopped by the nearby to my work breakfast cart, aptly named Beijing Breakfast, and purchased a beverage [I was looking for my hot soy milk but this place was not a traditional breakfast place] so I purchased a orange and pineapple drink called Have Fun, and I am actually having fun drinking it, it is pretty yum. Also available for consumption was some type of meat sandwich with the English words on it Wart Coil. I almost bought it just to save the wrapper, but I knew I would try to eat what was inside, and yesterday I had a scary experience when I bought something that they called an egg, but upon further investigation there was no yolk and the consistency was scary. That set back my snack eating adventurous spirit!