A Bryson in China

Humidity??!!?? Ha Ha!!!

Ha Ha! Michiganders! Such humor! “High humidity today.” Hahahaha!! What a blast! “High humidity!” Are you kidding me! This ain’t high humidity. This is GREAT humidity! It’s FANTASTIC!! Ohhhhhh! How I miss this! Blue skies! Warm days. Cool nights!

I’ve been asked several times what I enjoy most here. The weather is high on that list. But you know the elbow room is too! I mean I can stretch out most anywhere. I am driving (a little scary at times, after not being behind the wheel in over six months!) and there are no froggers jumping across the road. It is just so comfortable to drive without extra obstacles of walkers, bicycles, and just millions of people.

But the stores! OHHHH! WOW! I mean I can walk in a store with an aisle to myself! My elbows are not being banged by thousands of shorter shoppers bumping me from all sides. It is just soooooo comfortable! You just can’t believe the difference between the huge numbers of people in China and the comfort of the extra room in stores and all walks of life in the US.

And it has been GREAT being back. I had dinner and drinks last night with about 20 friends from my past in Grand Rapids. And we had great Sam’s ribs. Didn’t even use chopsticks! What great pleasures here!

Labels: China, Michigan, weather

posted by A Bryson (formerly) in China @ 11:48 PM Comments: 0

Mighty Fine

Blue skies/ Smiling at me/ Nothing but blue skies/ Do I see/

Willie Nelson singing that song has resonated in my mind all week this week! What a week! It has been absolutely beautiful here. Okay, maybe not that beautiful, but a lot better than usual.

The weather forecasters here classify it simply as: "Fine." I just love to hear that. It says it pretty well.

Wednesday was the best day I can ever remember here. On Tuesday night, it rained heavily, and by the morning the skies had cleared, and there were blue skies! Yes! Blue skies in Dongguan! You just don’t know how rare that is in this industrial Chinese region. Why heck, you could even see the mountains. The days you can see the surrounding mountains is about as rare as seeing a bird here. So the second line of that famous Sinatra song about bluebirds, didn’t quite apply as well as the first line.

It’s still been pretty good the last couple of days too. I just hope it lasts on into the weekend, for my visit to Hong Kong. That would be really good.

Labels: China, Dongguan, weather

posted by A Bryson (formerly) in China @ 5:29 PM Comments: 0