March 15

It's been busy for me during the weekend, so I haven't got a chance to log on italki to write something. But anyway, the weekend has almost passed and I am back to my normal life. I will try to keep writing something everyday.

Friday was a relaxed day for me, partly due to the fact that it was my colleague's birthday. We had a small cake in the morning as a celebration and they (who is they?) left very early. However, I still stayed there late because I had an appointment with my friend. It was not so good for me to leave early since I still had to wait for my friend. After meeting up my friend at 5:30 in downtown, we came to a fancy Japanese restaurant to have supper. This restaurant has a very high score in the yelp; however, we both felt the food there was so-so. Frankly speaking, I didn't really like the atmosphere in that restaurant. Too noisy. For example, the staff there shouted something together very loudly in every 5 minutes, which made me remind of (either say "made me think of" or "reminded me of" but not both) some barbershops in China. Anyway, it may seem interesting to locals. But for me, it is not my cup of tea. After supper, I watched a movie with my friend. It was a movie about a robot who has consciousness. The idea is great and the movie is well done. It was probably the best movie I had watched here.

Saturday, there was a clearance book sale in a nearby library. I went there and bought a book called Barbarians at the Gate. It only cost me 25 cents, which is really a great deal for such a famous business book. I also checked the price of the book on Amazon, which is around 10 dollars. I was thinking I could even make money by immediately selling it online. Anyway, I have got something to read in the future. Currently I have been reading a book called 'Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory'. The author is an American journalist who lived in China for many years. He wrote many stories about those ordinary people that he had met in China during his travelling since 2000. It is an interesting book, giving me a different view and helping me to see China from a foreigner's angle, but it's a little bit too long. I started to read it in January, but I haven't finished it yet. Hopefully I can finish reading it by the end of March so that I can get started on reading other things. I don't have many friends in Toronto, so reading is probably the best way for me to kill the time during nights and weekends.