Coffee and Duck with Tofu

Ok...Saturday morning...I woke up early and decided to go to Julin's mothers coffee shop for some GOOD coffee.

My stomach hasn't been very well lately, Keith from Journey East said maybe after two weeks or so I might be having a little trouble...

Last time I talked to him I told him I was doing well with the food and wasn't having and problems.

Two weeks in and boy was he right.

Too much water buffalo!!

Last night I had a good old peanut butter and jelly sandwich to ease the pain.

It seemed to help.

Today will be three weeks in Changxing.
So far...I love it.
The people have been more than nice and very friendly.
What more could you want when traveling to another country?

Tonight I will be going to a party with David and his family.
I think it will be like a concert in the park...Music and Pi-Juo (beer).
As far as I know I will be the only foreigner there.
I'm really looking forward to it. I hope it's not too darn hot out.

Before I came to the coffee shop I went to Jeffs place...I saw Woo Bing pull up as I arrived...He was driving his brothers Hummer...Nice ride.
He motioned that I might go with him, but he speaks NO English and I wanted to see if Jeff was home first.
He took that as a no and took off. With that my point was made.
I speak too little Chinese and he speaks too little English.


I talked to Julin and Bill. They said that Jeff left this morning for Shanghai. He is meeting with some guys that play in a band..He'll be jammin' this weekend.

It's been very windy the past few days here in Changxing.
This is the monsoon season...Just like hurricane season on the Gulf Coast. I need to buy some candles or at least a flashlight.
I heard the power goes out when a hard one hits.
I can deal with the dark but I don't know about dealing without air conditioning.
Did I mention that it was hot here?

Last year I was in Mississippi six days after hurricane Katrina.
I took my dad some supplies...He lives in Pass Christian, 30 minutes from New Orleans.
He didn't have any damage to his home or vehicles...We call him the luckiest Hoosier in southern Mississippi. But he was without power for a week.
He bought a generator before the hurricane but it wasn't big enough to run his air conditioner.

Well, Woo Bing just pulled up in the Hummer.
He told me(motioned) that we were going to have lunch with Julin and Angela.

What's on today's menu?


















Duck legs and Tofu.....Hmmm.














We also had fried eggs in soy sauce.
I know that sounds weird but it's really good!
And pork with...I think they were potatoes but everybody says they were something else they couldn't translate into English.

You would think I would be gaining weight with all of the pictures of me eating?
Two days ago I moved a belt notch...In.
Most of the food is fresh and non processed.
All organic!!





The girls chillin' after lunch.















Is it me or does Angela look sleepy?