Monthly Archives: August 2005

I had no big plans on monday.  I decided to wander aimlessly along Wuxi’s grand canal.  The Canal is a twenty minute’s walk from my apartment.  Near the Canal is Wuxi’s famous Xiwei park.  It is worthwhile to visit the … Continue reading →

This was the most interesting thing I saw in Suzhou.  I saw these ants carrying off a worm.  It was quite the operation.  I wonder which ant was playing foreman.  I wonder which ants were trying to be supervisors

Here is a picture of the food I ate at the Xinjiang Restaurant on Sunday night, after We arrived back from Suzhou.  This restaurant is my favourite in Wuxi.

I bought the train tickets.  Tomorrow, Michelle and i will go by train.  We will have hard seats in the morning; soft seats for the evening train ride back to Wuxi.  Suzhou is a 30 minutes’ train ride from Wuxi.  … Continue reading →

Not much.   Last night after classes, I went to the apartment.  I studied Chinese for 90 minutes.  I was listening to recordings and working through a grammar workbook.  I went for a walk about downtown Wuxi.  I saw a … Continue reading →

Here is my blog.   Thank you for coming.

August 25 is my parents 43rd Wedding anniversary.   To be married so long in this day and age is quite an accomplishment.   Ah!  That I could be married so long!

Here are some pictures of animals taken in Wuxi.  Most of them were taken the same afternoon I was eating the dumplings (see previous entry).  At the temple market, there is a section where they sell animals.  I have always … Continue reading →

Michelle took me to a dumpling restaurant at Wuxi’s temple market.  We had dumplings and soup.  The soup I enjoyed very much.  The dumplings were filled with soup and meat.  I would continually puncture each dumpling I picked up so … Continue reading →

This was a first for me.   I was on the elevator, heading to work, and I saw someone bring a live chicken from their apartment onto the elevator.  I did not notice the chicken at first.  Several people came … Continue reading →