The China Match

Plain and simple.

Good: Back in Beijing.
Bad: Did you know that “Smoke” was even a real weather condition? Come now.

Good: We have electricity! Woo!
Bad: I left my power adapter in Xi’an. Not a problem at home, but at work my computer won’t be able to plug in. Annoying.

Good: Went to another temple festival today.
Bad: Got lost on the way there, had to walk for like an hour to find it

Bad: I dropped my camera on the way to said festival. I am beginning to break or lose all that I see as valuable. My laptop eyes me warily.
Good: I fixed it when I got home with my dual 10RMB ‘Swiss’ pocket knives and a pinch of common sense. Booya.

Bad: No pictures from the festival
Best Possible: The last picture I took before I dropped the camera:

I stand forever in his shadow. Also I'm suddenly overwhelmed by the urge to purchase a watch

I’m heading back to Beijing here in about eight hours, which would be fine and dandy except there’s that whole problem of my house having no power and my not knowing how to pay the electricity bill. Also having no credit card with which to pay said bill if that’s necessary, but here’s hoping that it’s not. If it is, there might not be updates for a little while, given that I don’t have a credit card until Thursday at the soonest and wont be able to get to a bank with credit card in hand until Saturday. But that’s like the absolute worst case scenario, so no worries