This is another entry into the fun, yet not so fun category of “Tonight i ate.”
So last night i was at the airport in Xi’an and i found a coffee shop. “Perfect”, I thought. I sat down at a table, politely asked for a menu and then realized i can’t read the dishes. I had the waitress name a few dishes. I started feeling bad that she had to name off all the dishes so i finally just chose one; the cheapest one. My logic there was since it’s a mystery i’ll just go low on price.
Well… of course as my life would have it… a big plate of tomato’s with sugar comes out. Does anyone out there in biscuet.com-land understand how much i hate tomatoes? I don’t like tomatoes on sandwiches, on hamburgers, on salads, on ANYTHING! I simply don’t like tomatoes. I certainly don’t like a plate full of tomatoes with sugar sprinkled on top:
I have managed to find wireless internet in the airport as i wait to board my plane. I’m a full two hours early, but i think that’s going to be a good thing because this place is extremely busy. My weekend has been busy with meetings lots of new friends, shooting a lot of video and i even had some time to relax last night and this morning. My new friends are absolutely amazing and the things they are doing on their campus is awesome. The most memorable time was at lunch yesterday where it wasn’t about the food, but purely about the people and the community. There were eight of us and out time together was something i’ll never forget. Thank you to my new friends in Xi’an. I hope to see you again very soon. Also, a huge thanks to Wes who let me crash on his futon all weekend and made me feel at home.
Another Update:
The fine folks from Grace Campus in Auburn have safely arrived to Hong Kong for 10 days of pure greatness. I’m jealous. And i’m doing everything i can to join them on Wednesday.
I’ll write more and show you some video and pictures when i get back to Beijing.
So, i didn’t technically eat this tonight… but it still falls into the “tonight i ate” category.
My teammate, Genevieve, made an amazing crab apple pie the other night. I hate to admit it, but i didn’t have high hopes for the pie so i was truly shocked and amazed at the deliciousness that abounded. Check it out:
It’s a new category and a new twist to biscuet.com. I get so many questions about the food here that i decided to make a category called, “Tonight i ate.” Whenever i weird or even normal food i’ll try to document it for you.
Let’s start now.
Tonight i ate… wonderful microwave pizza. I got home from class with only 30 minutes before a team meeting so i had to throw something together quickly. A nice Chinese microwavable pizza was perfect. I wanted to take a picture of the actual pizza, but i ate it. Those green things in the picture… don’t worry, those are english peas. Delicious.
While i prepare for my first class at 8 a.m. tomorrow i am listening to something that i think we have all heard 100 times. Listen to this clip that i cut out and let it invite you to dream again. As i prepare for class i’m dreaming of greater things! When you press play try to avoid that thought of, “oh i’ve heard this before.” Take two minutes, close your eyes, and dream again.
I finally got into the city yesterday to get a quick glimpse of what it has to offer around the BIT campus in the city. Starbucks, a mall, a tea house, cool western restaurants… it was a blast. Here are a few photos:
One thing i love about biscuet.com is the comments from people literally all across the world. My friend, Patrick, lives in Nashville and is easily one of the funniest people i have ever known! His comments this morning had me laughing out loud! On multiple occasions i have told Patrick that we can’t eat meals together anymore because all i do is laugh the whole time and never get to eat. Seriously, you should meet this guy!
