My Advid readers are probably shocked! (2 entries in 3 days)
If you cannot tell, I am not one that particularly cares for writting my thoughts down.  There is a lot that can be gained from keeping a journal or blogging but I typically find myself too busy to sit down and do it.  It just takes so long to write about what has been going on.  I have a free minute or two though so I will clue everyone in a bit more!

Last night Tabatha and I went into Zhenjiang with Olga to eat at Tumen.  It was our weekly trip to get some good home cooked food.  The food was delicious as always!  We had "cha shoe goo" phonetically that is which is a form of sauted tree mushrooms, corn on the cob, chicken wings, mashed potatoes, and of course rice.  I must say it was not very good for my diet though.  It is difficult to lose weight on home cooked food.  I suppose I made up for it though because I walked close to 10 miles.

I have recently decided that in an effort to be more healthy as well as to gain more of an understanding as to how the local Chinese people live, that I will walk almost everywhere I go.  The mill provides a bus, but 3 times per day I walk to work which is about 2 miles.  The miles add up quickly as you can see.  The Chinese eat so much food here when they go out or if they eat as a family, but they walk and bike everywhere so they do not gain weight.  It is a very healthy lifestyle in that respect. 

Today was one of the more exciting days since I have been here.  Not so much because of what I did but more because of who I was with.  Some new friends I have made in the Research and Development department invited me to go to Zhenjiang and sing Karoke with them.  I was very apprehensive because I did not really know them nor was their English very good. When we talk in the office we use Yahoo's Babelfish translator.  I ultimately decided to go though - you have to live every now and then right?   They showed up at my dormitory today in a white sports car.  It was apparently a treat for those riding because it was the bosses car.  I could barely fit in it but it was so fancy.  Black and red bucket seats, the works...

As we finally got to the KTV (Karoke place) I realized it was only the 4 of us.  The driver and his girlfriend and myself and the other girl.  I am still not positive but I believe it was a double date.  I told several of my friends I would not catch yellow fever while here but she was really cute...We sang for a few hours and then went out to eat.  There was so much food - close to 20 dishes for 5 of us (a friend of the boss joined).   They kept thinking something was wrong with me because I did not eat much.  But in actuality I ate so much - they just ate more.  The dinner experience was great.  Our conversation was composed of Chinglish as I will call it with all of us speaking a broken mix of English and Chinese.  It sure made for an interesting and great learning experience.

After dinner we headed back to Gold East for the night.  I believe I will rest tomorrow.  I need some sleep for a change.  Hope all is well with everyone!

Richard
Posted by rwpridge ( Jul 05 2008, 08:03:16 AM GMT+08:00 ) Permalink Comments [1]