Shan Wu

I think I’ve got a morning routine down. Alarm set for 7:30, snooze until 7:50, call Victor, get dressed for work, and out the door by 8:40/8:45.

On my way to the bus stop, I buy two pork buns at the 7-Eleven (1.20RMB, or $0.17, each), which I eat while waiting for the bus. Buses are super frequent. Thus far, I haven’t had to wait more than just a couple of minutes (knock on wood).

My work computer, which I got today, is thankfully set up with an English operating system. The default input language upon startup, however, is Chinese using Windows Microsoft Pinyin input.

I switched to Google Pinyin Input on my own laptop a couple of weeks ago without much fanfare. If I hadn’t been forced to clunk my way through Microsoft Pinyin today, I may have never come to fully appreciate just how much better Google’s input engine is.

In other news:
1) The cab that I took to dinner smelled like pot. That confused me.
2) One of the more expensive menu items at the Japanese restaurant tonight was called “Pimp My Roll.”