Jim’s MSA Blog

The Countdown

August 9th, 2007

Jim woke up around nine o’clock last night, got up and had a good dinner. I ordered tofu and vegetables, cashew chicken–but hold the chicken (yes, they think I’m crazy) and white rice. The cashew chicken is cooked with vegetables, carrots, cucumber, etc. in a great sauce, so without the chicken it’s a really nice, nearly vegeterian dish.

He’s feeling good today…energy is up and he’s off to physical therapy. If he holds up for the weekend we might take an outing to the West Lake District. Besides the amazing pink lotus flowers in bloom during Autust on the Lake, there’s a museum we want to check out.

The Shejiang West Lake Gallery is hosting “The Last Days of Pompeii” exhibit. I hear that there are room-sized frescoes, mosaics and statues, as well as jewelry, tools and other everyday stuff that was excavated from the towns that were destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted. We’ve been watching the BBC series “Rome” so the timing couldn’t be more perfect.

It’s interesting to be able to see Roman history while we’re in China getting stem cells.

Unfortunately the American contributions to Hangzhou are MacDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut and Hooters. As Jim observed, “fast food and fast women”. Aren’t we proud.

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