Can you see blue like I do?
So a few nights ago, we had a pretty big storm here - lots of rain, lots of lightning and thunder. I made a short video, but decided it wasn't actually that interesting - we've all seen lightning before right? What interested me the most was that it seemed to sound so very different from a Perth storm. I don't know if was something to do with the thick cloud cover, or geographical layout, or just the walls of all the tall buildings bouncing sound around, but the thunder seemed clearer, deeper, louder and longer. So that was kinda cool.
Yoohoo, blue!
The next day, there was another cool thing. Apart from big pools of water still everywhere at 2pm, we had relatively clear skies. Seriously, I saw blue. I'm not kidding. I took lots of photo's. I promise they're not photo shopped. YOU GOTTA BELIEVE ME! Amusing, the night after the storm was relatively clear. I could see the moon and one bright star, which I"m guessing was actually a planet. I still kinda laugh at that - only being able to see two objects in the night sky. Probably shouldn't laugh...
On campus. Blue blue blue.
I got my medical back on Thursday I think it was. Surprise surprise, I'm still not broken. Or at least, I am as broken as I was since my last medical, a month or two ago. Thanks China.
One thing that one of the local girls I met at the park explained to me was that in Chengdu, people have a more relaxed lifestyle. And it's something I do kind of notice. I mean it's a bit unfair for me to say, when I'm not working and not seeing all the people hard at work, but in the afternoons I have spent walking around, there's just heaaaaaaps of people sitting around and chatting and relaxing, playing Mahjong and Go and cards. As the day gets a bit later, you have a lot of people using the sports fields, jogging or kicking soccer balls around. Later in the evening, as the sun nearly disappears, the streets get pretty packed, just filled with people walking around, talking and laughing. I don't remember this quite so much anywhere else I've been in China.
Sense a pattern with the pictures yet? ~Blue~
It was kind of funny actually, she also mentioned that Australians love sport, a lot more than the Chinese. Thinking about all the empty sports fields and ovals at home, I'm not so sure. Speaking of though, there's a Chengdu rugby club that Rafie made me aware of, who do training on the Chuanda ovals every... Monday and Thursday I think. I'll see about getting involved.
'Nan men' aka South gate, feat. Blue Skies.
To wrap things up quickly, my housemate is still pretty much AWOL - I got no idea where he is most of the time. I still love air conditioning and taxi drivers are still crazy.
It's a weirdly shaped building. Could do with more blue...
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