By AndrewWe (Eric, I, and my dad) arrived on August 15th, and surprises ran rampant. At the airport, there were security guards everywhere! We got through easily enough (my Dad providing more than a few headaches) and, after meeting up with my mom, made our way to our apartment, Xiang Mei Gardens.
My dad sleeping
On our way there, my Dad spotted a Chinese guy who, in the rain, had stopped his vehicle on the side of the road to pee. Naturally, this became our joke. Whenever we see something different, we ask if it's been peed on.
Anyway, our apartment is on the 35th floor. Because the numeral “four “ is considered bad luck in the Chinese culture it is not used in the numbering of the floors, e.g. 4th, 14th, 24th, 4oth, etc. So we will actually be living on the 30th floor of our tower (13th floor is excluded also). We were noting these numerical exclusions in the elevator when Dad pointed something out to me: my number in football for seven years has been 44. He said that if I tried to use my number in China, no one would want me on their team. Hmmmmm.... quite the observation, dad!
Never the less, the apartment is awesome. It has a great view of the Pudong area. Looking to the East, we overlook Century Park, the largest city park in Shanghai.
The building itself is easy to find from a distance. Just look for the balls on sticks.
Anyway, It's going well. The food here is really weird, and it's entertaining to watch Dad use chopsticks. It's really fun.
It's really nice, and my brother and I got our own rooms! Very important.
4 comments:
COOL, now where are the pictures???
"Darrell providing more than a few headaches"
Darrell...Really??? He's usually so cooperative and well mannered!
BTW, I agree with Jaimee...photo's? I'd like to request a time line of Odis, showing off his Far-East diet progress.
If you don't have the internet up, how can you be bloggin this stuff? Are you just trying to avoid me? VERY SUSPICIOUS, ANDREW!
Hey Hoth Boy! I went with my Andrew to TVMSC open house tonight. They talked about your award winning fuel cell /science bowl team. WOW! It sounds like you're having an awesome adventure.
Remember "the good old days" when you got to sit by Spencer on way home from EMS?
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