Off to Canada!

Leaving June 10

We take a bus, early Thursday morning, that will takes us from the Wuxi Bus station to the Shanghai Pudong Airport to catch a China Eastern flight to Vancouver. 

 

The Good

T.P. was 10.5 rmb.  I only had a tenner.  The storekeepers told me they knew (renshi) my wife, and not to worry about it.

 

The Bad

The wife wants to get a car because she never gets a seat on the bus, even when she carries Tony.  I, being the foreigner, always have a seat yielded to me when I carry Tony.

 

The Wonderful

Walking with Tony on Tuesday night, the neighbour seeing us, gave me a cigarette.

 

I must remember to reciprocate.

Anticipation

Sort of.  

 

Toddler-Actors

Are there any adult Wuxi Expats?

 

I ask this after reading an article, expressing an observation, I have had, that actors and actresses in Old Hollywood movies look like adults, while adult-aged actors, these days, look like teenagers.

 

Thinking of James Dean, I recall how I thought it strange that he played a teenager in his films, because he looked like an adult.  These days, if he was his death age, he would most certainly be cast as a thirty or forty year old.

 

World Cup

Going to Canada, I can watch World Cup matches at a decent hour.  I think.

 

Krugman

He strongly expresses the opinions of the other side.  But most of what he says is easily put aside -- Keynesian nonsense.  

 

He also looks like an mean conquering Alien.

 

Ipad

I now know someone who has seen an Ipad.

 

What I want to get while in Canada

• Books:  Flannery O'Connor, Evelyn Waugh, JR Tolkien, Heinlein, and Dune.
• Poetry
• Shoes
• Smarties
• Some Crown Royal and Coke.

Tony

Is Tony excited about going to Canada? 

 

Tony has no idea he is going on a trip.