Pain in chest
So this morning I woke up with a horrible pain in my chest, apparently that's what happens to a lot of people when they first come to Beijing and have to get used to the pollution. Not sure that I want my body to get used to pollution, but I guess it will have to.
This morning two of my roommates were going to go snowboarding but missed the bus, so Alex woke me up and told me that they were going to a restaurant called Steak & Eggs where you can get American breakfast. Normally I would have continued to sleep, but I could not pass it up. Unfortunately they did not have waffles, but they had French Toast, Pancakes, BACON and all other American breakfasty things. The bacon was pretty sweet.
Alex and I went to an art store today and I managed to buy quite a bit in art supplies for only $35. We are going to try to paint and draw on a somewhat daily basis. Another fun translation on a bottle of turpentine was "Keep it out of children." I will be sure to keep it out of children when I am using it. As a little note about mistranslations, I have created another blog just for translations that I find amusing. Again, the link is to the right.
After the art store we went to this little Chinese restaurant for a late lunch. We were the only people there and the menu was entirely in Chinese. Luckily it had pictures, so we tried to pick out some good stuff to eat. Somehow there were some problems with our order and we got slight variations. I don't know if MSG looks like slime, but our broccoli was definitely covered in a gelatinous snot-like substance. I am hoping it was MSG. I did learn how to say "no MSG" today and now I forgot. I am trying to learn some Chinese so I can get around, but it is pretty hard. I really need to get over being shy and just practise speaking.
MCK (a friend of Alex's) and his Chinese friend came over for a bit today and they picked a Chinese name for me. I think it sounds a bit egotistical, but apparently it is common for girls to have names like this. My name is "Luo Mei Na" which means "Beautiful girl." I think I can deal with that.
That's all for today. No new photos. Not sure what we are doing tomorrow, but I think it will involve painting, drawing and maybe more wandering if it is not too cold.
This morning two of my roommates were going to go snowboarding but missed the bus, so Alex woke me up and told me that they were going to a restaurant called Steak & Eggs where you can get American breakfast. Normally I would have continued to sleep, but I could not pass it up. Unfortunately they did not have waffles, but they had French Toast, Pancakes, BACON and all other American breakfasty things. The bacon was pretty sweet.
Alex and I went to an art store today and I managed to buy quite a bit in art supplies for only $35. We are going to try to paint and draw on a somewhat daily basis. Another fun translation on a bottle of turpentine was "Keep it out of children." I will be sure to keep it out of children when I am using it. As a little note about mistranslations, I have created another blog just for translations that I find amusing. Again, the link is to the right.
After the art store we went to this little Chinese restaurant for a late lunch. We were the only people there and the menu was entirely in Chinese. Luckily it had pictures, so we tried to pick out some good stuff to eat. Somehow there were some problems with our order and we got slight variations. I don't know if MSG looks like slime, but our broccoli was definitely covered in a gelatinous snot-like substance. I am hoping it was MSG. I did learn how to say "no MSG" today and now I forgot. I am trying to learn some Chinese so I can get around, but it is pretty hard. I really need to get over being shy and just practise speaking.
MCK (a friend of Alex's) and his Chinese friend came over for a bit today and they picked a Chinese name for me. I think it sounds a bit egotistical, but apparently it is common for girls to have names like this. My name is "Luo Mei Na" which means "Beautiful girl." I think I can deal with that.
That's all for today. No new photos. Not sure what we are doing tomorrow, but I think it will involve painting, drawing and maybe more wandering if it is not too cold.
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2/25/2006 09:50:00 AM
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