Motherland April 22
I crossed the border into the motherland and now I’m just staying with the family and catching up.
They showed me their apartment and the view is quite amazing. It is odd to say but amongst the seemingly endless gray skies and flocks of construction cranes, sometimes it is possible to find nice scenery.
There are many parks, some you have to pay for admission, but they are a welcomed resort from the sounds and smells of the heavy traffic.
The meals they’ve been cooking up are always delicious and just like home. Chicken or pork is often served as beef is comparatively expensive.
After lunch, my niece and her friend sang for me a Mandarin version of ‘Click Go the Shears.’ It was great to hear the traditional song from home in another language.
It’s pretty warm and humid at the moment but at night it finally cools down, so we took a stroll around the peninsula to walk off our dinner.
Hope all is well at home.
L