[groan]

Another birthday. I’m 31 today.

I’ve told lzh that she absolutely must not under any circumstances buy me a birthday cake. I can’t stand Chinese birthday cakes, they’re so sickly sweet. She’s offered to buy me lunch at the Japanese restaurant in Beiyu. That’s a much better choice.

And in other news they’ve cut off our water without warning again. This place is bloody ridiculous. There’s never any warning when they cut the water or power. Every other place I’ve lived in has managed to warn people when they know they’ll have to turn the water or power off, but not here. The water came back on for a couple of minutes about ten minutes ago, but at a very, very low pressure, and it’s off again now.

About the Author

wangbo

A Kiwi teaching English to oil workers in Beijing, studying Chinese in my spare time, married to a beautiful Beijing lass, consuming vast quantities of green tea (usually Xihu Longjing/西湖龙井, if that means anything to you), eating good food (except for when I cook), missing good Kiwi ale, breathing smog, generally living as best I can outside Godzone and having a good time of it.

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