Small blog for a minor miracle

Well I'm writing this date down in history - Sunday October 15, 2006. I proudly received AND more importantly understood my first compliment in Chinese. Okay okay, so it was only in regards to my taxi chinese, but this is how it went down...

Will and I were driving back from a group outting for brunch on the WAY other side of town. First, I was able to give the taxi driver our cross streets/address and he knew what I said. Second, as we are approaching the intersection, the guy asks me does he need to turn right or left. I told him - IN CHINESE - turn left at YuYuan lu and that our apartment was the big building (okay I had to point out the window but I correctly stated "That big building" - and I was grammatically correct!!!). Will is a witness - the guy turned slightly and said something blah blah blah (I didn't get all of it) but he said "hin how" (thats my phonetic spelling) which means "very good" - I blushed of course and had to use my fingers to say "just a little" (I almost said un poco, but that would have blown my cover) - but I nicely said Thanks Thanks (shey shey in chinese). Yeee Haw! (yeah, that was for 10 years of living in Texas for y'all).

P.S. To change the subject drastically - I learned a new game (to be played while watching any season of 24) from one of the couples here - now they don't "really" play it, but I thought it was hilarious. To play: get out your favorite alcoholic beverage - and any time Jack says "copy that" you have to drink. I think they are on to something - maybe every time Michelle puts that stupid ear phone in her ear to take a phone call we can also take a drink. And if Kim ever says ANYTHING stupid (which is whenever she opens her mouth) you down what is left in your glass because how else are you going to get through an episode with her in it.