WTF-ness!!
Trip Start
May 17, 2007
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Trip End
Jun 30, 2007
Xining,
China
Monday, May 21, 2007
Mozzies in Xining too?! At 16deg!
My RIGHT eyelid is swollen now.
Talk about yin-yang and balance, whatever. rawwwrrrr!!!
ANGRY!
Woke up to a steady drizzle, cold and pattering on the dusty windows.
Washing your face in such temperature is seriously no joke. brrr.
Spoke to Losang, the Lonely Planet Tibet guru ystday, and it seems that getting to Lhasa isn't a problem.
But beyond that, it's out of the qn.
i.e.: No Everest!!! :''( *cries*
well... there goes my possibly only chance to get to the highest point on earth.
pfffft.
i guess if i REALLY want to fulfil the Everest obsession, i'll have to go with Alex in November via Nepal. hmmmmmm
(( AAARRGHHHH!!!!!!!!! THE DOG IS SMELLING ME RIGHT NOW!!!!
help help help help help help help
i can't take a shower and scrubdown each time it comes near.... aargh ))
ok, dogs and mozzies aside, i'm doing quite well.
oh, last nite, working the washing machine was hilarious.
Nimrod was washing his clothes, so i decided to put in my dog-slobbered pants / tshirt to wash too.
we put everything in, threw in a generous load of washing powder, and then the machine started to whirr.
about an hour later, Nimrod told me "the machine's spinning. but no water".
huh?
i realised you had to manually put water in, via a hose at the side!!
so... we had the clothes + washing powder spinning around... w/o water.
*facepalm*
rarr. chinese technology is very interesting, isn't it?
ok, anyway, i gtg pack.
go grab some breakfast then at 10am we go to Kumbum and Takster today, where the Dalai Lama was born.
tata~~
Comments
Msg from Twin to Twiny
Oh dear, sweet twiny attracts all the mozzies and THE dog (at least u r not afraid of dogs..). hope your mopiko works for the 16deg-mozzie-bites.. get mozzie-coils gal! your travelmates sound like great ppl to get along with, but i just chuckled at ur description of Rob as a 'typical American' in the previous post.. i noe i noe.. wahahaha.. =P
Thanx for sharing ur trip with us.. take care!!!
that washing machine...
btw, that washing machine totally reminded me of the one we had during my grad trip to HK, when we stayed at my bf's friend's grandma's hse in Yuanlang.. hv to manually put water in (thru a hose) too! oh dear, come to tink of it, there was a dog in that hse too!! at least it was chained up.. *phew*
Re: Msg from Twin to Twiny
haha he's from California lor.
Orange County somemore...