Thursday. I got up at 710 this morning, enjoyed some yogurt for breakfast, got called by Moo, did a bit of writing on my paper, and then headed to work. This morning I mixed soil for Wendy and heated medium for Yulan. Then ended up being Yulan's shadow while she prepared some stuff. I talked a lot with Lili, or a lot by my standards. She does not like Beijing but wants to be close to her boyfriend. She much prefers a smaller town and wants to teach, but her boyfriend thinks that there is more money to be made here. I hope she works it out.
Lunch was not bad except for fact that I ordered the same tofu dish twice instead of getting the alternative dish. But the Chinese know how to use tofu - so it was quite "delish" twice. I went to the bakery after lunch and got a tortilla. There were a ton of people in there, and it took forever to get what I wanted as the others would just shout out and the guy would get the stuff ready. The Chinese people do not respect the "rule of the line" (on dry land or in the water). It is most unpleasant to be "part of a line" because it is more like who can jostle the most instead of just chilling in the line.
This afternoon began with some more heating of medium followed by the making of PDA, or at least the start of making PDA. I left at about 520. When I got to the the lab after lunch, I heated the stuff up. Yulan forgot about it so the heating was in vain, but she was able to plate some in the morning (so it was fine). After heating, I headed out with Faith to buy potatoes. I showed her where the potato store is and then she got potatoes while I bought peaches. After buying what was needed, we headed back. When I went into pay for my peaches, I noticed that there was a very nice convenience store on the inside (or at least a comparatively nice one). Many stores are very sketchy on the whole.
When we got back to the lab, we started processing the potatoes. Yulan really wanted to eat the cooked potatoes so we were using all clean utensils. This meant that the only tool available for cutting and peeling was the cleaver. So I got to cut and peel potatoes with a cleaver. It was interesting to say the least. They do not seem to think that there are any other knives than a cleaver as I have only ever seen the use of typical knives in stores and restaurants. Someone brought some cucumbers for us to eat as well. They were some old cucumbers, the stuff that we normally throw out. They were not too bad but not something that I would go out of my way to eat.
There was an argument between Mister Chi and Yulan about space in the growing chambers and so I got to listen to an argument in Chinese. They speak very fast when they are arguing. At the end it turned out a compromise was reached, and Yulan got some more space. We moved all of the stuff from the sixth floor down, or at least most of the stuff. I said goodbye to the plants up there today as I will probably never see them again.
Tomorrow - there is something going on at Renmin universtiy that I am going to in the morning. I meet Yulan at the west gate at 730 in the morning. I also need to get photos from Yulan!
Tonight I did not do much: I wrote on the paper, went and had a new peanut dish with some lamb from the Sesh Wan place, and played guitar and uke.
Things are winding down.
Good night and God bless.
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