This moring was so nice. I woke up to the birds chirping and it was such a calm, peaceful thing. It is so beautiful. The weather is getting warmer, so we've started to leave the windows open at night and this morning the birds had an especially cheery song to sing. I did kind of get attacked by bugs last night, I don't know if it was because the windows were open or if it's just starting to be that time of year.
It was just a beautiful morning, it made for a very satisfying run. It was the type of morning that you just don't want your run to end. The weather was perfect. Cool breeze, balmy... just lovely. About 70 degrees. Mmmm. Love it.
Oh! I was so sad. So I've been a little sick this week. It's just a nasty cold, achey, tempature type stuff. So last night after skyping with Mom it was pretty late so I didn't get the greatest nights sleep, and we had planned to wake up early and go for a run and do Tai Chi with this Tai Chi master that teaches in our apartment complex, but this morning the girls didn't wake me up because they are so sweet and thought I needed the sleep, which is probably true but I am SOOO sad I missed Tai Chi! blah! But it is alright. I have a hunch there will be many Tai Chi Saturdays ahead of us :)
I got to skype Tarah and the Halls today... SO FUN! First time we've skyped with connection for both of us. We had a Chinese lesson. Ummm, I think it went quite well. She could use some pronunciation help, ha... but overall a successful lesson.
We kind of just played today by ear, very spontaneous. Jaimie, Shaila, Brianna and I took the bus to the Fruit stand and walked to the Park n' Shop Mall which is a big shopping area here in Zhongshan. IT IS ENORMOUS... and we just walked around and shopped some. But THE BEST PART! Oh my goodness I am so excited. When we were finished at the mall, we walked back and we saw a street vendor selling street bikes. We had defnitely talked about buying bikes while we're here because they are way cheap and totally worth it, and would be so fun to have for 6 months. But once we got here and experienced first hand the way they drive, it kind of became a fun idea that we HAD but just got pushed to the back of our minds. So today we passed this shop and we decided to stop and get the prices and check them out a little. They were selling for just over 150 yuan which is about $20 dollars and they were just too great. I was thinking to myself how much I just really wanted one but it wouldn't work because I couldn't have one by myself because we cannot ever be alone. Ha. But then Jaimie came out and said how much she really wanted one and I got SOOO excited and told her I would ABSOLUTELY buy one with her, so we did! WE BOUGHT ONE! WE BOUGHT BIKES! They are so Chinese too. When I say that, I mean they are practically falling apart already... which is awesome! We'll use them for 6 months, run them down and leave them to some bum on the street who could really use it after we leave :) We are going to become excellent riders... because if we can get around on a bike here, we will be champs anywhere else we ride bikes.
For dinner tonight, we shared four very large dishes for $7. It came out to be about $1.50 for each of us, and it was very satisfying. Not one of us were even a little bit hungry afterward. Eating out is going to be so different when I come home. I'm going to expect so much for so cheap. I'm probably going to try to barter everything and never buy anything because everything will seem far too expensive. :) Which will probably be a great thing. Hmmmmmm.
Wan an.
OOh! SO fun about the bikes. I am sure you will
ReplyDeleteget your money's worth out of them and even be able to sell them to someone when you leave.