Whopper meal deal with onion rings
Mom's Meatloaf;
Big Bag of Peanut M&Ms
Cold Mountain Dew... no 2 liters though
Pizza with real toppings that are fresh
Ice.... whenever I want it
A car ride in which I DON'T get sick from the horrible driving
Just had KFC for lunch. It was actually really good. Not sure where they imported the corn from but it was also very good. On my list of things to eat again before I leave here next week.
Work is going well again - I'm still saving IBM over here (haha) but things are progressing really well. The guys here are extremely smart and diligent so when a system has problems, they do everything and anything to get it working again which is good.
I've given up learning any new Chinese. Not only are the words themselves important, but also voice inflection and syllabic emphasis. I think it's a totally new language for Americans to learn that is why it seems so difficult. It's not a European language that we are used to learning in high school or college. And it seems to be a very quick language in my opinion. Tony also speaks Arabic when he is talking to his family on the phone so I get to hear a lot of that too. Arabic is a very chaotic and harsh sounding language with a lot of consonants (think German but only worse). Gives me a headache after a while;) I am pretty ignorant though knowing primarily one language and bits and pieces of German and French. Someday I'd love to learn another language enough to call myself "bi-lingual". I know geek-o-neese which I consider a foreign language to so many people out there that it should be an official language. Ever been to lunch with a bunch of Engineers from IBM? Then you'll see what I'm talking about when I say geek-o-neese!!!
Here are some other pictures from my "pre-camera lost" days in China. The first is Tony and I waiting outside of the ISTC building in the Special Economic Zone waiting for our Gypsy Cab the other day. The second is with some kids in the Food square on the 24th. The mothers were so excited to have their kids taking pictures with the big giant. I think I'm becoming a legend here.
Note that everyone does the peace sign in EVERY picture (including me... when in china, do as the Chinese do right?). But I think the kid all the way on the left of the picture is smarter than that. He's flashing some gang signs to his boyz back home.
Still on plan to go to Hong Kong tomorrow morning for a couple of hours. It's the best we can do with work calling but I'll take it! It'll be nice for a change of pace for that couple of hours!
Hope all is well for all of you in US! It's still very warm here! haha
2 comments:
still miss you lots!! Emily had an awesome Christmas!!! It is so much fun and has a lot different meaning when you see it through the eyes of a child even as young as here...I also have a prediction of my own to make...in the next day or so you will receive exciting news from a dear friend!!!
Brian pregnant? I told him to be careful out there in California! They were less likely to use protection out there and now Pitzen's pregnant.... should have covered his Jamie Hole.
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