Just a quick update for those of you who may have heard about the large Earthquake in Sichuan and the smaller earthquake near Beijing which happened today at 2:28pm.
I’m completely fine and to be honest - if it wasn’t for the news i would not even know that an earthquake had happened. In fact, at the time I believe I was shopping underground in the cash and carry so maybe thats why I didn’t feel much.
Anyway, thanks for the emails and phone calls from those people who were concerned. The above picture shows some of the damage that the earthquake has caused in Sichuan - however, as far as I know there has been no damage in Beijing.
A great quote from Prince William when interviewed about starting at university:
“The last thing I want to do is cause loads of hype or problems, I just want to go in there and get my asparagus or whatever.”
I remember when reading this quote I cracked up into hysterics. I’m not sure about other UK university students but I’m sure that I never ate Asparagus during my time at Leeds last year. Don’t get me wrong, I love the stuff; but with the recent inflation of University fees, it was more than slightly out of my budget.
Well… all that has now changed. You see in China, Asparagus is actually fairly accessible - you can get a nice fat clump of it from the supermarket for about 20p, something that would set you back a couple of pounds in the UK I’m sure. Making the most of this opportunity (Asparagus is seasonable, it’s not going to hang around for long I suspect) I’ve been eating steamed asparagus shoots twice or three times a week now - food fit for a king!
Well… certainly fit for a prince anyway.
A card that I received through the post today reminded me that its my birthday…
Only kidding! I hadn’t forgotten - although I must say that despite being another year older and no longer able to call myself a teenager I can’t say that much has changed overnight. Oh and for those of you who don’t know… I’m now 20 years old!
Thank you Nain for this splendid birthday card with the Welsh dragon - which goes nicely with the Welsh dragon fridge magnet you sent!
Okay… so we had two really hot days on Thursday and Friday, both topping at about 30°C, so I guess this is punishment today! Don’t think I’ll be going climbing any mountains as was originally planned… sigh.
Jono
