I sleep diagonal in my bed
Why? Because I can. Because I'm sleeping in giant bed in my own room with a door that closes and NO CATS. It's been amazing, so far, the new digs. I go around showing off my very own key to anyone who will listen. Yesterday I purchased some essentials: speakers for my discman ($4), a hair dryer ($3), and tape to hang photos of my loved ones [Lindsay, sib's, my precious VW and Mitchell, among others]. Waking up and seeing everyone up there makes my day. The apartment is called 'Phoenix City' and is located on the NW corner of where the NE 3rd ring road meets the airport expressway- directly across from Carrefour, their version of Walmart.
Introduce "The Girls from Shandong," the coastal province where Qingdao is located, and where Hakim's wife, Rose, is from. Remember the woman who is the general manager of the excutive fitness club? Rose's best friend. Last night I met Summer, who Hakim introduced me to, saying she was looking for a roomate. Turns out she is my age, very 'ku' [cool] modern, speaks fabulous English and just may be batting for my team. We talked, we're having dinner tommorow night to start our cheap but conveniently located apartment search! I am very excited to have found a cool Chinese roomate. Prrrfect.
I finally had dinner with Xue Ji Xiu, or "Joocy Jew" as my father so correctly pronounces it. [I'll call her XJX to make everyone's life easier]. She's the executive major marketing head honcho for IBM China, and she just got through being auditing by the government, which sounded about as much fun as doing a triathalon with no legs, but for three months instead of a few hours. She said she hasn't had a weekend in months and was working 16 hour days. Due to her hard work IBM passed the audit! Way to go, XJX. She's quite a talker, which left me time to enjoy some high class healthy Sichuan food ["you're eating with a middle age woman" she said]. She's smarter than most, that XJX. Her conversation is filled with "cheng yu's" which are traditional sayings typically used by the especially scholarly. One was describing her being low maintenance, "su mian chao tian," literally translated as 'pure face facing the sky'.
We decided due to our busy schedules we would do a monthly checkup. It was nice to hear someone speak of my Ol' Man with such incredible respect. Like he's some IBM G-d, which of course he is. A legend, that J. David. He's got morals higher than the Petronas Towers. Hopefully he passed some on to me!
Introduce "The Girls from Shandong," the coastal province where Qingdao is located, and where Hakim's wife, Rose, is from. Remember the woman who is the general manager of the excutive fitness club? Rose's best friend. Last night I met Summer, who Hakim introduced me to, saying she was looking for a roomate. Turns out she is my age, very 'ku' [cool] modern, speaks fabulous English and just may be batting for my team. We talked, we're having dinner tommorow night to start our cheap but conveniently located apartment search! I am very excited to have found a cool Chinese roomate. Prrrfect.
I finally had dinner with Xue Ji Xiu, or "Joocy Jew" as my father so correctly pronounces it. [I'll call her XJX to make everyone's life easier]. She's the executive major marketing head honcho for IBM China, and she just got through being auditing by the government, which sounded about as much fun as doing a triathalon with no legs, but for three months instead of a few hours. She said she hasn't had a weekend in months and was working 16 hour days. Due to her hard work IBM passed the audit! Way to go, XJX. She's quite a talker, which left me time to enjoy some high class healthy Sichuan food ["you're eating with a middle age woman" she said]. She's smarter than most, that XJX. Her conversation is filled with "cheng yu's" which are traditional sayings typically used by the especially scholarly. One was describing her being low maintenance, "su mian chao tian," literally translated as 'pure face facing the sky'.
We decided due to our busy schedules we would do a monthly checkup. It was nice to hear someone speak of my Ol' Man with such incredible respect. Like he's some IBM G-d, which of course he is. A legend, that J. David. He's got morals higher than the Petronas Towers. Hopefully he passed some on to me!
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