Day 22

September 11, 2010 - Xi'an, Shaanxi Provence - China

I had planned to go to the city wall today, but that didn't pan out. So, I slept in nice and late.

I've been having a little problem. You see, I have money in China. I took out my spending cash so I'd have it if I needed it. But, I don't have much money in America right now. This problem seemed to be fixed by the announcement that my tuition disbursement was happening this week, a whole month early. That excitement was tempered when I received an email saying that an error had messed up the Cashier's Office and refunds would not be going out. This was, of course, after I received the receipt for my refund in a previous email. Blah. They said they've fixed the problem, and things should be OK by Monday.

Nothing too adventurous today. A little trip to the market, lunch at KFC. Not totally exciting. My lunch today did come with...


Egg Pie. Courtesy of KFC.

...an egg pie. It's sort of a sweet custard in a flaky crust. Pretty good.

Also, my birthday is soon. I'm not sure how that's going to be here in China. Jordan said he'd buy me dinner for my birthday if I buy him dinner for his. His birthday is on the 19th of September, incidentally. In any case, I bought myself a present today:


Bread Head. I have no idea, either.

He was only about $2. And he's a bank! I'm not sure why this cube man has bread on his head. I'm also not sure why his butt has "It's So Delicious!" printed on it.

Hayden