german culture awareness week
i love germans. i also love norwegians, but they went home. and i'm not forgetting how good the russians were to me last week - god bless their stoli lovin' hearts. but germans made my night today.
last night me and inga and elisa went to lush for free shots night. this is the FIRST time elisa has gone with me to Lush, and only the THIRD time she's gone to a bar with us. this was monumentous. so we had about 12 kamakazee shots each. then we bought bodka, and the russians joined us with stoli, and after eating some of casinova's b-day cake we chilled in the lounge and drank till 4am.
and then my sweet little german kathi let me crash on her floor, saving me time, money and energy. i did NOT want to take a cab back to shangli for the third time in one day.
and it's the first full night sleep i'd gotten since tuesday. it was soooooo nice to roll over at 11:30 and realize i was there, and kathi was there, adn we were just going to laze around reading books for an hour or so till we had to get ready.
SIDE NOTE: i had REAL fucked up dreams last night. in the dream, i was in beijing, and hanging out with the whole renda crowd and jim, and i somehow developed this amazingly freakish form of cancer. it was like, backwards flesh eating disease - all my cells starting forming REALLY rapidly and building up callous like on my legs and feet. it was like a beehive of skin on my body. and i could peel it off, layer by layer, like snake skin (only really thick), and i kept trying to peel it off to make myself ok, and everyone was grossed out and telling me to peel it all off and make myself better, and i was grossed out b/c underneath was new skin that hadn't formed so i was bleeding and it was just bad and weird and i couldn't go to the club like that.
dude. what's up with that?
so yeah. lazy sunday morning with kathi. and i was supposed to meet cedric to look at apartments at noon, but he had to reschedule it to three, so instead i called up roman and bumped our lunch date up to one. i took roman on a date. we had pancakes and french toast and salad, and talked about his family, and his girl back home, and other nice stuff and it was alot of fun. so much that i lost track of time, and suddenly it was 3:10 and i was late to look at flats.
so i rush back to renda, grab mark, and we go look at the slums of beijing. after seeing choices number 2 and 3, choice number one from yesterday was looking pretty good, so we went back so mark could see it and he really liked it - SO I FOUND A PLACE TO LIVE!!!! it's two blocks from renda and 3 from the subway, and i pay 1300rmb/month for all utilities and rent and everything. i'm super duper excited abotu it, and will post pictures as soon as i move in. which will be next sunday. i'm SOOOOO excited.
and, i'm getting a bunny. my friend nani is moving back to korea, and her bunny (hei jia, soon to be renamed either action bunny, mr. bunbun or nubs) needs a home, and i am going to give him one until at least may. it's better than getting a cat. they're easier to care for, cleaner and people in beijing like them.
back to my day. apartment goodness led to cooking goodness. i helped marcus and kathi make smashed potatoes, saurkraut, sausages, fried onions and german pancakes. i was the amazingly helpful assistant to their cooking genious. we watched a crazy german movie, ate nutella on german pancakes, and drank schnapps to our hearts content (actually, i had none b/c i had FAR too much this weekend). it was a delicious meal, and alot of fun, and germans made it possible.
one more week of classes. daddy and jenna arrive in 16 days. i have a pet bunny. i have a flat. american culture week starts next monday (i need to find an hibatchi and canned potatoes! what movie should i show? JIM, do you want to join elisa and i in preparations?). i am sooooo happy and excited right now. but i should go to bed, it is late.
last night me and inga and elisa went to lush for free shots night. this is the FIRST time elisa has gone with me to Lush, and only the THIRD time she's gone to a bar with us. this was monumentous. so we had about 12 kamakazee shots each. then we bought bodka, and the russians joined us with stoli, and after eating some of casinova's b-day cake we chilled in the lounge and drank till 4am.
and then my sweet little german kathi let me crash on her floor, saving me time, money and energy. i did NOT want to take a cab back to shangli for the third time in one day.
and it's the first full night sleep i'd gotten since tuesday. it was soooooo nice to roll over at 11:30 and realize i was there, and kathi was there, adn we were just going to laze around reading books for an hour or so till we had to get ready.
SIDE NOTE: i had REAL fucked up dreams last night. in the dream, i was in beijing, and hanging out with the whole renda crowd and jim, and i somehow developed this amazingly freakish form of cancer. it was like, backwards flesh eating disease - all my cells starting forming REALLY rapidly and building up callous like on my legs and feet. it was like a beehive of skin on my body. and i could peel it off, layer by layer, like snake skin (only really thick), and i kept trying to peel it off to make myself ok, and everyone was grossed out and telling me to peel it all off and make myself better, and i was grossed out b/c underneath was new skin that hadn't formed so i was bleeding and it was just bad and weird and i couldn't go to the club like that.
dude. what's up with that?
so yeah. lazy sunday morning with kathi. and i was supposed to meet cedric to look at apartments at noon, but he had to reschedule it to three, so instead i called up roman and bumped our lunch date up to one. i took roman on a date. we had pancakes and french toast and salad, and talked about his family, and his girl back home, and other nice stuff and it was alot of fun. so much that i lost track of time, and suddenly it was 3:10 and i was late to look at flats.
so i rush back to renda, grab mark, and we go look at the slums of beijing. after seeing choices number 2 and 3, choice number one from yesterday was looking pretty good, so we went back so mark could see it and he really liked it - SO I FOUND A PLACE TO LIVE!!!! it's two blocks from renda and 3 from the subway, and i pay 1300rmb/month for all utilities and rent and everything. i'm super duper excited abotu it, and will post pictures as soon as i move in. which will be next sunday. i'm SOOOOO excited.
and, i'm getting a bunny. my friend nani is moving back to korea, and her bunny (hei jia, soon to be renamed either action bunny, mr. bunbun or nubs) needs a home, and i am going to give him one until at least may. it's better than getting a cat. they're easier to care for, cleaner and people in beijing like them.
back to my day. apartment goodness led to cooking goodness. i helped marcus and kathi make smashed potatoes, saurkraut, sausages, fried onions and german pancakes. i was the amazingly helpful assistant to their cooking genious. we watched a crazy german movie, ate nutella on german pancakes, and drank schnapps to our hearts content (actually, i had none b/c i had FAR too much this weekend). it was a delicious meal, and alot of fun, and germans made it possible.
one more week of classes. daddy and jenna arrive in 16 days. i have a pet bunny. i have a flat. american culture week starts next monday (i need to find an hibatchi and canned potatoes! what movie should i show? JIM, do you want to join elisa and i in preparations?). i am sooooo happy and excited right now. but i should go to bed, it is late.