{"id":784,"date":"2013-11-24T19:47:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T12:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=784"},"modified":"2013-11-24T19:51:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T12:51:18","slug":"potluck-dinner-112313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=784","title":{"rendered":"Potluck Dinner, 11\/23\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoy a lazy morning.\u00a0 It\u2019s been a little frustrating as well.\u00a0 Our cable TV has only 4 channels in English (ESPN Asia, CNN Asia, HBO Asia, and Star Movies).\u00a0\u00a0 None of them have been working for the last week. The signal is badly garbled.\u00a0 No problem!\u00a0 I\u2019ll just watch HULU or Amazon Prime.\u00a0 Wrong!\u00a0 Our internet is really slow also.\u00a0 That makes for lots of waiting when I\u2019m working on the computer.\u00a0 Ugh!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">I leave in time to taxi over to the South German Bakery and pick-up my cake.\u00a0 I also get several different loaves of German bread, and grab a taxi for the trip to BHSFIC.\u00a0 This is the first time I\u2019ve ridden a cab over to my school.\u00a0 It just seemed too far away and cost prohibitive.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t want to trust my cake and breads on a crowded train, so the taxi worked great.\u00a0 It cost about 50rmb ($8.50).\u00a0 Since I\u2019ve always been below ground in a train on my trips in the past, today\u2019s trip is really interesting.\u00a0 I saw sections of Beijing I\u2019d only seen in photos.\u00a0 It was a fun trip.\u00a0 Rolled by the Tian\u2019anmen Square area.\u00a0 We haven\u2019t been able to visit here yet, but it\u2019s at the top of our \u201cto do\u201d list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-786\" alt=\"Tian1\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian1-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian1-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian1-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian1-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-787\" alt=\"Tian2\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian2-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian2-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian2-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian2-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-788\" alt=\"Tian3\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian3-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian3-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian3-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tian3-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">We have an enjoyable potluck dinner at BHSFIC.\u00a0 There were 16 in attendance.\u00a0 Mr. An, our Head of School, brought a couple of homemade Chinese desserts that I\u2019d never tried.\u00a0 I\u2019m still not sure what was in them, but they were great.\u00a0 The cake and breads were a hit.\u00a0 No cake leftovers, but I managed to bring some of the bread home.\u00a0 I\u2019ll try to leave a little for Judy when she gets home tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">She checks in around 10:00 pm.\u00a0 Her roommate isn\u2019t feeling well, so Judy doesn\u2019t have much chance to talk about Shanghai.\u00a0 I\u2019ll get the lowdown when she gets back late tomorrow night.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoy a lazy morning.\u00a0 It\u2019s been a little frustrating as well.\u00a0 Our cable TV has only 4 channels in English (ESPN Asia, CNN Asia, HBO Asia, and Star Movies).\u00a0\u00a0 None of them have been working for the last week. &hellip; 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