March 23, 2010: Another Mission Accomplished

Another bus ride downtown! The Ralph Kramdens of Deyang are virtuosi of the horn as they maneuver around the streets of the city. I love how they don't slow down when some slow-moving vehicle is in front of them. Nope, they just lay on that horn! When I was waiting at the bus stop to go home, some moke was walking in the middle of the bus lane, oblivious to the bus horn blaring at him and to the shouts of waiting passengers (including me). He finally moved away.
I opened a bank account today so my paycheck can be direct-deposited. Armed with a piece of paper saying in Mandarin that I needed to open a bank account (I had a Chinese colleague from the college write that out), I marched into the China Construction Bank. Once again a pretty young woman who spoke some English helped me out. I now have a Chinese ATM card!
I ran a few errands before going back to a little sushi bar I had eaten at Saturday. A delicious shrimp tempura sushi dish costs 12 yuan ($1.75!). I walked back to the bus stop through one of the many shop filled streets you find in Deyang. I passed a little restaurant. There, picking at leftover greens on the ground, was a chicken. I wanted to yell, "Run, little chicken, run! You could be tomorrow's special!"