China's weather is so perfect. If I could get into the humidity a little more, I would be in Heaven here. This morning it looked absolutely frigid outside. The wind was blowing... it looked like it could maybe rain but it was just overcast... and if it does rain, it's more of a mist. So lovely. So I grabbed a light sweater and we opened the door to outside our complex and we were met with a burst of perfect temperature air. Definitely no need for a sweater... just a T-shirt. So perfect. The last few days have all been really very nice. Hence, another beautiful day in Zhongshan. :)
In our complex, we have a number of really great neighbors... ha. One of whom is the Tai Chi master that the girls have been learning from. We passed him, as well as another elderly couple today on our way to the bus stop. Tai Chi man is so intense. He makes us want to be Tai Chi masters. I love watching him work his Tai Chi. The elderly couple...they were doing their meditating. Something that is not uncommon here... at all. Which is why I have decided to add #12 below to my list.
12)Meditate. In Nature. For a long Time. Everyday. Without moving a muscle.
The random old man with the bird cage that was mentioned earlier... is one of our neighbors and we always run into him! And everywhere he goes, he takes his bird cage with him. Which is also not uncommon apparently. We read recently in a book about Beijing that there is actually a park there dedicated to the Elderly and their birds, because a lot of the older generation have birds and they carry them with them. We saw the bird man in our complex on the bus today, with his bird :) HA. I laugh out loud every time I see him. One morning I was running and he was practicing a karate kick against this tree outside his complex and he had his bird in its birdcage hanging from a low branch right above him on the tree. HA HA HA. I absolutely love him. And his bird.
We did not miss our stop today, and we got to the school on time :) I continued to work on my sweat bands that I am making for gym class for the kids to wear, and we did some decorating for Spring Festival. When lunchtime rolled around we went down to the cafeteria. Lunch was a egg/meat/cucumber mix of some sort with rice. It was way good... but it was so weird, when I picked up my chopsticks to eat today, they felt SO comfortable. I couldn't decide if we were just getting that used to eating with them or if the chopsticks we used last night at diner were uncomfortable... I just know they felt very comfortable and not awkward like they often times did in the past. It was fun.
Running. Running is one of the very best ways to clear your head I think. It's up there with temple attendance, reading your scriptures, walks, and bike rides. It is so good.
*Just a fun fact I learned today. There are over 56,000 Chinese Characters.
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