so much food
I ate a lot today. I've been having Chinese lessons before work twice a week with a couple of my coworkers, and this week our teacher invited us over to her place for lunch. There was a lot of food and everything was good. The one dish that really stood out for me was fried peppers with garlic. The peppers were large, pointy green ones that were spicy and sweet. I think it was called something like hu pi jian jiao, but I can't remember exactly. Anyway it was really really good. I think I ate about half of what was there and there were six people eating...
Anyway I stopped by the train tracks on the way home from the subway station to take this picture
and I figured I would take a picture of my bike while I was at it, since I haven't posted one yet. Here it is, in all its glory.
As you can see, my shiny new kickstand does a good job of holding the thing up... for now. In the basket are my lock, and a tissue that I use hold my chain when I put it back on after it falls off. Sometimes it doesn't happen for a couple days, sometimes it happens several times in one day. Since it doesn't rain very often I usually get pretty good mileage out of the tissues that I leave in the basket, but I have a spare pack in each of my bags just in case.
Time for sleep now, but hopefully I'll be posting again during the week about the joys of buying coffee beans in Beijing.
Nice pictures. I like the basket and fenders on your bike.
hello, ben.
it's jai!
how have you been? all is well in the wonderful land of ottawa, but i can't help but feel jealous of you and your current living situation.
i'm glad to see that things are going well and you're adjusting to a whole new culture. i like your bike; i think it's really cool.
i was wondering (when you have the spare time) if you can send me a post-card with a coin. a lucky coin if possible. if not, any coin will do. i'd like to add it to my collection of coins from around the world.
anywho, i'm not gonna bore you any more. take care, keep eating lots of food. oh, and have a shot of sake for me.
cheers,
- jai
Your bike is pretty glorious.
One of these days, I'm going to get myself a basket, and maybe some shocks, and a new paint coat, and maybe a new bike all together!
Until then, I'll just ride around on the purple bike, then maybe take over the red bike.
You should have an adventure on a train :D
Blog about it!
It would make a truly awesome blog..