I'm afraid that the people who've already tried it may think it tastes really bland. I tend to really like bland tasting things, but on the plane trip back to China, I happened to have some sachima and some m&ms in my purse. So this wonderful new snack was born. Anyways, if you get the chance, try it!
(sigh) Our apartment... When something goes wrong, we only bother having someone fix it if it's a big problem. Because whenever we need a repairman, someone else needs to arrange it and we also need a translator to come over. It's just a big ordeal. We've had two breakers blow and those are the only things we've brought someone in to fix. But here are some problems we've had that we've just been living with.
The kitchen faucet handle is not securely attached to the faucet. This has been broken for most of the time we've been here. Many times we'll go to turn the water on or off and the handle will just fall off into the sink and get all gross. Last week it fell onto a dish and broke it.
Our bedroom lightswitch is not securely fastened to the wall. This has been broken the entire time. And its connection with the electricity is hit or miss so sometimes the switch works and sometimes it doesn't. It's been working pretty consistently lately.
Look at what's going on with this wall! It looks like water damage but I don't know how water would get there because this room is the farthest away from the kitchen and bathroom... it's been slowly getting worse over the months.
The light in the kitchen has been out for 6 months at least. We would have fixed it right away but we couldn't figure out how to get the light fixture off the ceiling. Luckily the room gets enough sunlight that our housekeeper is still able to see while she cooks. But the bathroom light just went out this week so that needed attention. The bathroom does have a silly little mirror light which flashes blue and red LEDs:
So we've been using that. But we still thought now would be a good time to fix the kitchen light too. The light fixture turned out to be really easy to remove so we feel dumb now. But anyways, after picking the photos for our album, we had Dreamer take us to a place to buy light bulbs because these particular lightbulbs weren't available at the Carrefour. We went to this little hole-in-the-wall place, literally.
This type of store is extremely common in China. Besides places like Carrefour and RT-Mart, these are the places you buy things from, especially if you're looking for something specific. He sold lightbulbs, tubing, wires and other electrical and plumbing knick-knacks. And he had exactly what we needed. So the lights are fixed now. Horray!
Here's Smudgie getting a belly rub:
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