I'm running this because a few readers said they liked the 'slice of life' posts - nothing really special to report on from today: Saw a kind gesture today and it was nice.
Had a lecture and seminar [first day back] and it wasn't actually the 150 I mentioned yesterday but only 58 correspondence girls from the top two groups in the 5th course - so we were talking serious brainpower [mentioned in the feminism post below].
The air inside the room was fetid and full of everyone's coughing and general sickness [it's going around the city currently] and I suffer from an allergy [possibly rhinitis]. A few minutes in and the girls started donning coats and hats while I was in shirt and tie, so I had to close the window, dammit. They pointed out, politely, that it was actually minus 10 out there.
With the windows now closed they warmed up and took off the coats and hats but I started to go down from the air and had to stop and go outside five or six times.
After the last time, two of them got up and opened the window again themselves, which suited me fine but was clearly against their own interests. How often would someone do that?
Someone took a photo of today's events [can't see why] and she promised to send it to me and I'll post it here when I get it.
Then it was over to the Min and when asked by his secretary whether I wanted coffee or tea, I said I'd have what he had. Sighing, she said, 'Look, what do you really want?'
'Coffee, coffee.'
'Are you sure?'
'Yes.'
When he arrived, there was my coffee on the table, along with his tea. Just before we got down to business, he wasn't satisfied. He sniffed the aroma, looked over at my coffee and wanted to change to coffee himself. I wanted to change the coffee for tea but it never occurred to us to just swap and so the secretary came in to find out what we really wanted.
He ended up with coffee plus tea and I stuck with the coffee. 'You're absolutely sure before I go?' she asked. Nods all round and she went.
He then looked over and asked, 'You sure you really want coffee?'
'Yes, yes, absolutely.'
Little bit knackered now and off to bed - it will have to wait till Sunday to revamp the blogroll, adding Selena, among others. And yes, the internet changeover went through all right. Have a good evening.
Night night.
I thought vodka was your national drink.
ReplyDeleteLOL@ Ellee.
ReplyDeleteI think that is so touching about the girls opening the window for you.
It doesn't take much to make someone's day, does it?
Now a feminist would have let you choke to death
Why did you say tea if you wanted coffee- is coffee expensive there?
They sound like a good bunch from what you say.
ReplyDeleteOne of my many peeves is this discussion over tea or coffee. I love tea but everyone else has coffee so I'm used to making both and if I'm asked rather than go back and forward I always just say what I want and if someone says I'll have whatever is convenient I just give them a cup of water. They always make a quick choice then.
Coffee, tea, vodka - have to see today.
ReplyDeleteNo tram rides lately. Still this is interesting.
ReplyDeleteAs Bags says, just say what you really want and stop mucking about! It's simpler in the long run, because then people can get on with it.
I gave a lecture at Bucharest University almost exactly one year after the fall of Ceausescu and it was so cold the toilets were frozen...
ReplyDeleteI do like this type of post and it's nice to know you are so decisive, James!
ReplyDeleteAs a feminist, I'd have opened the window too, Uber!
LOL Welshcakes.:)
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