I’ve been able to try some cooking here in Beijing. I’ve been able to cook some French toast (soy milk and eggs), but there isn’t any syrup around here to put on top. Then I was able to cook spaghetti using some imported sauce from the US (costs $3 for one can here). I also got to try a couple simple Chinese dishes like stir frying vegetables. It seems like the Chinese food tastes better here than if I try at home.
It has been a struggle with my in-ear headphones. I didn’t even own them a year before they started breaking. And now they are nearly unusable. So I’ve been looking around at some replacements. In the only Apple store in China I noticed some new Klipsch models a few weeks ago, but so expensive. I tried to find some other models, but they are kind of hard to find in China and the price is higher than in the US. I decided to get some cheap ones for now, some fake $5 Sony model. We’ll see how long I can take it with the cheap ones, because they do sound pretty bad.
I also bought an enclosure for an 80GB hard drive I have with me. I’m using this drive to backup some photos.
Next stop is Nanjing, by way of sleeper train.