We're preparing for an esl presentation on Saturday morning and have to correct textbooks and prepare a presentation too. Everything here is three hours too long :p
Today went well - I had too classes, ate my scrumptious lunch of fruit out by myself, and went shopping. The store is so funny here - the more I see the funnier their cultural factoids are. For instance, at the store when you buy one of something you get a free of something else. Want a kitkat? You get a fruit drink too. Want a bag of chips? Get a pepsi. Want a candy? Get a real glass plate!
Also we went into the food court at the mall: two restaurants, one vietnamese, one American style. The American one had some patrons, the Vietnamese had no patrons. We split up to eat at the two locales. I got two asian meatball dishes: one sweet and sour meatballs with pineapple and the other an Asian meatball hot brown with the meatball stuffed in tofu. Tofu is prevalent here, even in meat-lover's food.
I was wanting a nice little kick of spiciness from the food, but didn't find it. All-in-all it wasn't very good. Really, nothing compares to the food found on the streets of the city. Freshness, variety, price are all met on the sidewalk. I'm glad I'm able to choose to opt for more sidewalk meals. I can eat every odd item I've ever seen on the sidewalk in a week's time (I hope)!
So maybe I'm not at xanedu, maybe I'm at hogwarts. I've been reading Harry potter.. Half way though it actually. I really enjoy the flow of it a lot. Rich descriptions, but reads kind of like a movie script with a mix of dialogue, thoughts, and actions.
I feel a little bit like I'm living at a house at hogwarts. The way the food is. The grandness of our glass and granite tower. How I feel like a star walking down the street. Yes, I know I'm the only white person in our little universe. Thanks for the reminder. I'll smile to that.
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