My Birthday - Shijiazhuang Style

I celebrated my 26th birthday in simple style on Saturday, March 31, 2007. After a day of studying, my Chinese host family took me to a nice restaurant where I got my very favorite dish - kung pao chicken. Er-ren (the 3 yr old) behaved most of the time. There was a period where he kept poking me in the back, saying "ding dong. ding dong;" to which I replied, "wo bu shi men" (translation - I am not a door).



Here I am at their home cutting my birthday cake. It was quite tasty!