Jul. 20, 2007 - A Pretty Good Day
I caught Number One Son in a curry restaurant in the basement of a mall enjoying Pork Chop Curry -- he said it was so good that we're going to have to learn to make it! He says:
"I got to this blog today for the first time. It was great! I was so thankful y'all are doing that. I haven't had time to journal and this is such a relief to me to know it's all getting put down there!! I accessed it at this little internet cafe near a police station (and it's odd what is accessible and what isn't - strange to test things out right there). It is right good for lunch. They have set menus that range from $2.50 to $4.50 for a meal and drink. This one has western and eastern stuff - I've eaten everything there from portuguese pork chops to chicken cordon bleu. This is about as cheap as you can get western food - WiFi and cheap meat - how much better does it get?"
"It looks like the mall is closing, so I'd better scoot out and see if I can get some peach ice cream before they close. Curry and ice cream -- comfort food! The things I've missed the most are not american food, but the wonderful ethnic food that our family loves to make at home like mexican and curry."
"Uh oh! The ice cream shop's closed and the escalators shut down - it's time to leave - only 3 or 400 folks left in the mall. :-) Maybe I'll go to McDonald's and get some nine lives juice and a mcflurry cone. Nope, I'll get something dessertish at KFC [which are everywhere here]. Okay, they've got an ice cream sundae with green goop poured over it. I have got to try it. Let me see what it is? Uh oh! Forgot my change! It's not much - less than a dollar - but I appreciate their honesty. I can not tell what this is -- some kind of fruit in it - it has jelly-like sections that are obviously fruit and green stringy stuff, too. What in the world is it?? There's not much on the menu that's the same as home."
"I'm heading home now. Will get home in about 20 minutes. I'm at the subway station and trying to decide whether to take the subway or walk. I think I'll walk. It was raining this evening and now it is horribly humid. So hot. Uh oh! They've closed my exit. I'm in no danger of being shut in - there are hundreds here, just they close the lesser used doors first. The climate a little better in the station than the streets so I want to get as close to my direction as I can. I don't want to go out this exit - I'd have to cross the street, let me look for another exit."
"I get fooled by the size of buildings. You can see buildings from so far away and they look so close, then you start walking and it's a ten minute walk away. I'm almost home by now. I do live in a gated building, but I have no idea how the security works - I've never had to show anything :-) but then again, I'm instantly recognizable around here." [He's huffing and puffing from the exercise.]
"I find myself feeling stiff all the time. The job has been way tougher than I imagined. I'm working harder and longer than I ever thought I could. I'm okay, though. I'm not run over today. Getting off an hour and half early [he got off at about 8:30pm] covers a multitude of sins. I feel like I don't even have time to breathe in the day time. I get up at 6:30 and get going and I generally don't get home until 11pm or later. I got up earlier this morning - still later than I like - but early enough that I was able to have a relatively calm morning, so it's been a pretty good day."
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