Today's weather:

- Day: 34 degrees and rain

- Night: 23 degrees

Sentence of today:

My stomach is not feeling well.
我肚子不舒服
"You Mama" asked me then:
肚子一点疼还是很疼？（Does your stomach hurts a little or much?

大便是水一样的吗？ (Is your excrement like water?)

大便有没有泡沫？ (Do your excrement have foam?)

(Not the most pleasant conversation, but she seemed to be really calm about it)

Today's - Good to know:

If someone looks worried that they may have offended you, try letting them know that everything is OK with a long slow Méishì没事 (´No problem.´) If you're worried that you may have caused offence, turn this into question Méishì ba? 没事吧? (There's no problem, is there?´) If you're worried that they might have meant to cause offence, then ask Yǒushì ma? 有事吗？(Got a problem´?) to find out for sure. Armed with these phrases you should be able to remedy any awkward situations that might find yourself in.

Todays tip:

Don't me fooled; all brand-name or designer goods in markets are fake.

Dish of today:

葱花饼 （cōnghuā bing)

Very delicious bread.

Today's Historical fact:

The Three Gorges Dam was completed in 2006. Significant parts of the landscape of western China are lost beneath the waters, but energy is also provided for the expanding Chinese economy.

Book of today:

The City of Heavenly tranquillity: Beijing of the History of China (Jasper Becker; 2009)
Becker's authoritative and heart-breaking rendering of Beijing's transformation from magnificent Ming capital to communist-capitalist hybrid.

My day:

Today I woke up at 10 with a really bad stomach-ache. Think is was from the Spicy Grandma restaurant yesterday. Xiaoxiao also had problem with the stomach. "You Mama" gave me some Chinese medicine with warm water and I went to sleep again. Slept most of the day. Around 4 pm "You Mama" asked how I was doing, and my stomach felt much better, but my body was really sore. My first thought was, I got a flu, but after thinking about it more carefully, it most be from the two hours of badminton yesterday.

The plan for today was to go to the Great Wall, but didn't feel like going, so we agreed going on Saturday instead. Xiaoxiao, Jiaojiao and I played card most of the day. First we played Chinese Poker 斗地主, and later in the evening I taught Them the Danish card game kasino. They seemed to like it. We also played "Seven" the whole family and I.

When I speak with the family, it's a mix between English and Chinese, and all our conversations are like this. If they say something in English I know how to say in Chinese, I automatically just say it, but if I don't understand what they say I Chinese, I just tell them I don't understand. 我不懂。And they will try say it English. Xiaoxiao's English is pretty good. So they often ask her to translate.

It was nice staying home today actually. Needed just to relax and do nothing in particular.
When we ate dinner this evening, "Deng baba" asked me if we have a red-light district in Denmark. His English is very poor, so the other always laughs when he speaks English, but this time it was even more funny. I told him that we do. And he answered. 真好！Really good!

Bedtime! Goodnight!

Ps: I miss you Vince!