An American in Beijing

Lists!

Okay, everybody loves lists. By everybody, I probably mostly only mean me, but since this is my blog, I think that's fair. This post contains a bunch of boring lists, because people like me get a thrill out of making these lists so we can cross each neat little line off and feel good about our day. So, without further ado: lists!

Things to buy (here):

• luggage (at Macy's, on sale. going tomorrow.)
• Immodium AD (at CVS. ewwww I dread the future.)
• acidopholous (probably also at CVS. ditto on the above comment.)
• Traveler's Checks (at the bank. probably also tomorrow.)
• memory card for my camera (best buy?)
  

Things to buy (in China):

• alarm clock
• notebooks
• cell phone
• ice cube tray
• calling card

Words that I definitely, totally, emphatically and most decidedly need to know before boarding the plane on Tuesday:

• hu4 zhao4 (passport)
• qian1 zheng4 (visa)
• bei1 (north)
• nan2 (south)
• dong1 (east)
• xi1 (west)
  
• da3 di1 (to take a cab)
• da3 biao3 (turn on the meter, in a cab -- something I need to make sure the cab driver does so he doesn't rip me off)
  
• chi1 su4 (vegetarian)
• kai1 shui3 (boiled water -- the only kind of water I'm supposed to drink)
  
• luu3 xing2 zhi1 piao4 (Traveler's Checks)
• zi4 dong4 qu3 kuan3 ji1 (ATM)
  
• shou3 ji1 (cell phone)
• guo2 ji4 chang2 tu2 (international long distance)
• dian4 hua4 ka3 (calling card)

Also:

• The address to tell the cab driver (when I leave Sara's and go to HBA!):

• It's kind of a lot to remember, but I'll have it memorized before I get there... I hope.

That might be enough listing for now. Haha, this has got to be the most boring post in the history of Blogspot.

P.S. Kevin, I miss you!!
This is sort of like a picture of us, if we had been born a couple of millenia earlier than the stellar year of 1985:
I love you! Stay safe!!!

posted by Kelly @ 6:29 上午