M had her first Trick or Treating experience last night. We were joined by our friends Javie and James and their kids Aixa, Alexandra and Alia, as well as Gabby Tebo and her parents Cara and Travis. The whole complex was completely mental by six pm and there were people everywhere. We met up with various swarms along the way as we tried to denude the complex of chocolates and lollies before any else could. Here are the girls sitting on the porch of their latest victim.
Today it snowed and snowed and snowed. M ate, rolled in, punched, kicked, swam through, stomped on and threw snow, the whole time chuckling. By the end of the snow half hour she was pink cheeked like Santa.
We also had our driver’s tests downtown which was a total bust. 27 people from school headed down to do the test and the pass was set at 90%. I got 89%. I was pretty pissed off with myself, until I realised that only three people actually passed. The ultimate joke is that they let the Chinese people drive.
Before anyone yells racism at me, you have to witness the nightmare that is the Beijing roads. The only law on the street here is “do unto others before they do unto you.” It really bugged me to fail the ridiculous (poorly translated) test, especially considering I have been driving since the end of 1992, when the number of cars in China, that were not government owned and operated was 87.
Comments (2)
Yeah I kinda dread the day that snow loses its novelty for me … hasnt happened yet! When it does though, those 4am mornings of shoveling the 4ft of snow from around my car so i can get to work are going to be a real bummer
As for your lisence, I would feel proud of failing to be honest. I mean if you had of gotten it first go then it wouldn’t say much for your driving ability.
Comment by Dennis — November 2, 2009 @ 6:33 am
oh Alex don’t take that comment above to reflect your driving abilities
) well now you come to mention it, I never saw them. It was always me behind the wheel. Me!
Seeing Em in the snow in that hat made me sad
as it reminded me soo much of last winter. Hasn’t her head grown?
Comment by Yvee — November 6, 2009 @ 3:47 am