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It's been a while.

The other day walking down Dingxi Lu I saw a proud young couple taking pictures of their child posing, in GI Joe mode, with a flashing, popping, plastic, toy rifle. He was probably two or three.

I didn't realize how bad the air quality was until I went for a run today. It was warm outside and I thought to myself, "hey there's some blue up there, what a perfect day to test out this track that's sitting here two feet from my dorm." Nothing quite drives home the message that the air may be less than ideal than when after only a few laps you're wheezing like an emphysemic. I seriously felt like an 80 year old man and the lyrics of that awesome Massachusetts PSA about strokes began to play in my head. Or... maybe this is all because I haven't really done much exercise for the last two months aside from walking to/from class and the occasional city excursion. Yeah. But can you explain all the sneezing??

I bought Seasons 1-3 of "How I Met Your Mother" at one of the DVD places at Back Gate for 20 RMB (about 3USD). But all the episodes have Chinese subtitles. At least I can learn more 汉字 that way. Ish.

On a side note, got a lovely tailor made dress which actually fits me (kind of a rare occurrence for a stubby, busty, Asian chick). Of course as soon as I got it the temperature's dropped and I haven't had a chance to show it off yet but all in due time! Plus there is a great Hong Kong Cantonese restaurant a block away from the Fabric Market. Shara, Jackie and I have gone there twice.

Ok, more later, for now, Steph out!
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