I’m Bored!
Posted in Uncategorized on 11/04/2009 09:57 pm by AmySo I’m home with a cough and an unrelenting runny nose. It’s ladies night in Shanghai and I’m at home with a box of kleenex, my comforter, and my blog (no offence blog). My friends are out at a teppanyaki restaurant where it’s all you can eat (amazing) Japanese food and open bar..but I’m here popping antibiotics. Do you feel sorry for me yet?…No? Yeah, didn’t think so and don’t worry, you probably shouldn’t.
Today I almost lit our apartment on fire! It’s finally gotten cold in Shanghai in the last few days and so adventures in heating the apartment have begun! I have a space heater in my room, so I thought I’d break it out as my Chinese tutor was coming over and we study in my bedroom which was pretty frigid at the time. Soooo flick on the heater, close the door to my room and maybe 20 minutes later my tutor arrived and we went to start our lesson. Opened the door and smoke comes pouring out and I’m sure at that point my room is on fire. Well, there was not fire, but the top of the heater is completely black and melted and everything in the apartment reeks of smoke and burnt plastic…good thing the landlord is coming over tomorrow! Another thing this experience has taught me is that we have no smoke alarms in the apartment. I was in full-fledged ‘close the door, open the windows and start waving the dishcloth around in the air’ routine when I realized there’s not an alarm to be found. I guess there’s a good chance there aren’t any alarms in any of the apartments in our building. My friend Christian claims that German people are not big on smoke alarms either, but this just doesn’t seem right…Germans seem like the most likely nationality to have smoke alarms (well maybe Scandinavian countries first, but then Germany for sure).
Those are all the stories from the day, the rest was just going to class and Chinese lessons. Over and out!
11/08/2009 at 1:49 AM
I am not certain why you haven’t told MOM that you have H1N1. When she reads your blog on a Saturday morning(like today) she may figure it out……better set up a cot in your room.
11/08/2009 at 9:49 PM
If I have H1N1, shouldn’t I be in quarantine?
11/08/2009 at 10:43 AM
Happy Birthday Amy!
11/08/2009 at 9:49 PM
Thanks Cody!
11/09/2009 at 1:06 AM
It’s Sunday here so I want to wish you a Happy Birthday.
I got the postcard, thank you. They really do have long hair! I just cut mine so I am envious(and of course when I say cut , I mean trim like 2 inches off).
Get better. Being sick in a foreign country with no one to baby you appropriately is not fair, so toughen up princess and go kick some Shanghai ass!
Miss you and thank you for the offer to visit, I will check my passport, my dance card, my school schedule and then my bank account and I’ll get back to you!
Hugs and a bit o’ cake for your birthday!!
Alysse
11/24/2009 at 10:03 PM
Thanks Alysse!
I know it’s a bit late to be thanking for birthday greetings, but I still do appreciate it all this time later :D
Hey guess what! I taught my Chinese roommate some of our more obscure office terminology, inspired by Kate Winslet and maybe included in an email or two ;) So beneficial having a native English speaker as his roommate to teach him all this useful vocabulary!
anyway, hope everything is going well and uh, yeah just let me know when you book the flight and i’ll make sure to clean the bathroom before you come!
-amy
11/09/2009 at 9:33 AM
Hey you! I hope you feel better! I am now officially subscribed to your blog. I demand more pictures. Happy birthday to you!
11/24/2009 at 10:06 PM
Thanks for reading and for the birthday wishes Dave! I’m a bit lazy with the picture posting (darn this lack of facebook!) but I’ll email you a link with some pics from basketball that the team posted. Say hi to Karla for me!