Jessica flew home to Hong Kong, so today was my first day going out into the city on my own. Seeing that I had an agenda of apartment hunting only at one community, it doesn't leave much time to go out and do other things...
The day started off with a delicious breakfast from Cafe 85*C. It was the same staff as the day before. Jessica had always ordered our drinks, so the staff had a slight face of confusion when I approached them. I ordered my usual drink (in Mandarin), and a sign of relief came across the barista's face. hahaha He continued to ask where "your lady friend was" and I responded that she had returned home. While I was waiting for my coffee, a mother and son (age 6-ish) were standing beside me during my conversion with the barista. The son asked the mom why a foreigner was in the Cafe and why he spoke Chinese. The mother said that he listens well, and at that point I looked over at them. The mother smile and said to her son, "See! He understands." The son was ecstatic. He began questioning me faster than a rapper after 2 cans of Redbull! hahaha He asked me why my hair was brown, how was it standing up, and if he could touch it. A fun day indeed!
I'm on my way out now to view apartments. Hopefully when I come back, I'll actually have a place to live!
Until next time,
T.E.T.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
T.E.T. Spotted in Xiamen
Today is my fifth day in Xiamen, Fujian, China. I would have to say, if Jessica wasn't with me... I wouldn't be able to get around this city at all. No one speaks English and signs are only in Chinese...
Today is also the first time I have decided to do something American by going to a 'local' Starbucks (星巴克）for a coffee - my main objective was the free wifi because it seems to be the only place on the entire island that offers free wifi.... When ordering my drink - one tall soy vanilla latté - it took some time for the staff to understand what I meant by "soy." In the end I did receive a soy vanilla latté; however, the soy was the Chinese soy that you get in drinks like this:
It was a definite surprise nonetheless, but tasted interesting... Should've added one more pump of vanilla.
Yesterday, was an amazing day though. Jessica and I traveled to the famous island GuLangYu - the island is only 0.77sq miles. We walked most of the entire island in three hours. This gorgeous island is smaller than Boston University campus, yet I dare say contains more stairs than the Great Wall of China! (Possibly a slight exaggeration, but seriously has a ton of stairs) Here is a panorama from the tallest peak on the island:
On the island, there is a piano and organ museum - both of which are amazing!
For more pictures, check out my Facebook.
Until next time,
T.E.T.
Today is also the first time I have decided to do something American by going to a 'local' Starbucks (星巴克）for a coffee - my main objective was the free wifi because it seems to be the only place on the entire island that offers free wifi.... When ordering my drink - one tall soy vanilla latté - it took some time for the staff to understand what I meant by "soy." In the end I did receive a soy vanilla latté; however, the soy was the Chinese soy that you get in drinks like this:
Yesterday, was an amazing day though. Jessica and I traveled to the famous island GuLangYu - the island is only 0.77sq miles. We walked most of the entire island in three hours. This gorgeous island is smaller than Boston University campus, yet I dare say contains more stairs than the Great Wall of China! (Possibly a slight exaggeration, but seriously has a ton of stairs) Here is a panorama from the tallest peak on the island:
The city you see in the background is Xiamen.
On the island, there is a piano and organ museum - both of which are amazing!
For more pictures, check out my Facebook.
Until next time,
T.E.T.
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