- I went to do a demo class at a company called Areva. To get there from downtown, a driver took us (that be Summer, Lisa, and me) past Mei Yuan Park not too far from Taihu. We took a different route on the way back going past a mountain on which Xi Hui Park was on the other side. It was on the way back that I saw a complex of buildings about which I had to ask was their purpose. I thought I was looking at a school. My question caused giggles from the female passengers. "Have you heard of Hospital Number Seven?" they asked. I replied "Have I! It is the hospital for crazy people and where the KoW spent some down time in his first years in Wuxi!" They then pointed out a crematorium that was across the street. "Is that smoke coming from the chimney, burning bodies?" I asked. "Yes" they replied, and I thought to myself, the crematorium is across from the mental health hospital - you can go crazy and die there if you want.
- If Chuck Norris came to Wuxi, all children would be named after him, even the girls and the children whom he didn't conceive.
- If Chuck Norris came to Wuxi, Chairman Mao would be posthumously called Chuck Norris I. The Chairman would hit hereto be referred to as Chuck Mao.
- If Chuck Norris came to Wuxi in summer, the sun would retreat a bit making the weather much more tolerable.
- Tony knows the meaning of the word "dance".
- Wuxi has an aquarium. I never knew but an email correspondent told me it be so. Jenny just confirmed it. Admission is 80 rmb for Adults.
- I will finish A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain. It has already given me a working title for a WTU: A Latvian Canadian in Little Emperor Jia Le's Court.
- I managed to make it home tonight before my electric bike ran out of juice and it started to rain.
- I took Tony for a walk Tuesday evening. He played on the swing. I am becoming more confident of his ability to hold on and so have been pushing harder and higher and faster.
- I have just introduced Tony to the joys of throwing stones in water. Tonight, I went searching for rocks to throw in the canal near our apartment. Having found one and letting Tony throw it in so he could laugh at the resulting plop, I saw Tony immediately run to the spot I had found a rock so he could find more.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
People's Hospital #7
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