captain raid

actually, it's harry's drunken brother. but i think he needs a new title. this is the yahoo who delivers roach motels (the new one is in sabina's room - pretending to be a clothes wardrobe), comes armed w/ a can of raid, and then denies using it (by pointing out the can of chinese lemon pledge he's holding in his hand). he thinks i'm so easily fooled...

the interloper

i'm pretty sure i attempted to post this last night. but, with the great wall here, its amazing that anything gets thru the cracks. 'cept these little buggers. a full 3 inches long (not including the long wiggly things sticking out of its head). resting peacefully on my non-working printer. on the THIRD floor office. i KNOW he came from the ancient chinese furniture (which is STILL outside under the carport). after a few minuettes of staring at each othe we promptly double flushed him down the toilet. where i'm sure he spent the next 8 hours trying to crawl back up the inside of the toilet stack.

ewwwwww....

progress

so maybe other people see the bright lights big city. this is what i get to see on my way - um, just about anywhere. 'cept most of the time there's a fruit/vegetable stand next to the pathway.

yes. people live back there.

roach motel

its a beeyootiful piece - ancient chinese (or so harry, the landlord tells us). 400 yrs old? i don't think there's much in china that is 400 yrs old any more. perhaps the eggs of the previous tenants of this loverly item.

either way, we ended up with a nice little infestation in the kitchen. took a few weeks to convince our personal s.w.a.t. team that a can of raid is not gonna do the trick. and then a "professional" pest control person came. with a plastic baggie (lunch?) and about 8 syringes full of some beige gluey stuff that he squirted in all the hinges of the kitchen cabinets.

either way, the roach motel is now residing OUTSIDE under the carport. apparently cuz the landlord can't bear to part w/ it - roaches or no.

crispy drumsticks

mmmmmm, cheeeps

crispy drumstick flavor. yummy.... of course, this isn't Lay's only classic MAX flavor. there's also italian meat flavor, barbequed texas steak flavor, and one i'm not about to try - savory prawn. why does it seem that everything revolves around meat and meat-type flavorings? eeeuuuwww...

a loooong way down

jack says there are 47 steps. i'm inclined to believe him. only one set of stairs though, and they're in the back of the house. no grand staircase for us. jack has also managed to find a long enough area to slide down, too. he gives it a big thumbs up.

sabina's bed

really, it's quite stunning. all i have to do is get the fabric for the curtains and whatever you throw over the top. and yes. i guess we'll have to buy some actual beddding. gold perhaps? sabina absolutely loves it. who wouldn't?

cheeeeeze

is really expensive. i just paid 43RMB for about 160 grams of gruyere. um, that would be about 6 dollars for a sliver of cheese. well worth it. my kingdom for a sliver of wisconsin cheddar...

vodka, however is cheaper than cheerios. kids will not be having absolut for breakfast, however. need to find that picture...

day three and we're still here

found a house. (yep - that's it). did some snack shopping. found the tomato chicken flavored potato chips. purchased the tomato chicken flavored potato chips. bag was thrown away before we could take a picture of the tomato chicken flavored potato chips. next time...

its national holiday. and we're living in disneyland for the time being. the house? um, it's a castle. in the middle of shopping/eating/entertainment area. much better than disneyland (which is in the middle of nowhere and that's where all the white people live). 'cept disney has the pools...

blogger is all in chinese characters. weriod. might take a while to get used to posting like this. hope i push the right buttons...