After another coconut milk matcha latte, drank at leisure with the cats, my day began something like this (video failed to upload because #thisinternetblows):
Just please play this while you look over these photos.
I am doing my darndest to get together a group to do some video smash-ups for a dance video. If you want in ... I mean, you want in ...
... and then the workout actually began.
After this dance sesh and a 25-minute HIIT workout, there was indeed a lot of workworkworkworkwork.
While I enjoy the quiet space to #work, coming into to SIS has been strange.
Anyone who enters is usually greeted by Peggy and Leah, arguably the two women who keep the cylinders turning here. When I walked in this morning, there was just a guard who looked up from the video playing on his phone to buzz me in.
I peaced out of school just before lunch to walk to Buttery, the best café in Shekou, for some food and more company.
Much of Shekou does look like this: deserted. Emily's usually has a steady crowd of café lovers sitting down for coffee and a nice breakfast bowl.
This is a main intersection on my way to and from school each day. I hardly even have to watch for passing cars at this point.
I was hoping to upload a video of how quiet the street is on my way to the café. Instead, here is a still shot of me looking like I am ready to shoot some adverts for pita masks.
It was lovely to settle into the quiet space of Buttery -- an SIS family, who also frequents the cafe, was there, and we chatted a bit about enjoying the nearby "mountain" and all of the things that Lulu freshes cooks, sautés and bakes. "Life is just better with Lulu," said the father.
Since I have been sitting down at Buttery nearly every day for two weeks, I have gotten a chance to talk more with Lulu about opening the café. It is clear this place is a staple of the community. More on Lulu and Buttery to come.
So I am eating well and working hard here in Shekou, Shenzhen in the People's Republic of China.
I consumed those veggies, and the large chicken leg that accompanied them, a number of hours ago now, so I am about to dig into the dish I cooked up in the instant pot tonight.
