The Long March - In 1934, Mao Zedong led the Chinese Communist Party on a massive military retreat to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang army. The communists escaped in circling retreat to the north of the country, which ultimately covered some 8,000 km over 370 days. 71 years later, a particular Chairman Yao embarks on his 150-day tour of China and chonrincles his adventures in the Chink Chink Diaries.

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Awesome 3Some

I was riding to school this morning when an outrageous thought popped into my 脑袋 - I feel like I'm in the OC. Yeah, that OC with Ryan, Marissa et al.

Going to school everyday is so OC-y here: you put on an undershirt, then a long sleeveed, then your sweatshirt/fleece/jacket/scarf/coat.... I've never gotten so much fun in dressing up. The you take your 自行车 and zipped down the road to school. And meet 500 other cyclists along the way. Ho ho.

Ok, this is kind of drifting from the OC bit. In any case, it's just that I enjoy riding my bike in TJ so much (cool name for Tianjin, yeah?) - you put on 3 layers of clothes and yet not break a drop of sweat. Don't you just love autumn?

Speaking of which, it's getting really cold here and you know it's cold when you still have to wear long sleeves at home after shutting all the windows.

Cold -> Dry -> Moisturize. So I happily went to Watsons yesterday and stocked up on moisturizers. I couldn't believe how much men's beauty products they have - at least one aisle, both sides. Didn't know Chinese men so metro. Anyway I got myself this nice, minimalist-looking Mentholatum facial moisturizer. They call it the MOISTURE VEIL. ~~~oooooh. Add it to the Nivea Body Lotion and Vaselin Lip Care - voila, I have what I call the "AWESOME 3SOME"!