Kimberley

Highlight of her week at the kinder is her refusal to participate in her class' photo session for some unknown reason to her teacher. We have also learned she now has a good mate at kinder. Her name is Yu Xia. The name is misleading because Yu Xia is a Russian girl. Somehow they click and like to play together. Second to Yu XDia is Da Sheng, a Chinese boy. This coming weekend, we will take Kimberley to another local hospital to get her Polio immunization candy. The two hospitals assigned to look after foreigners are too far away so we will try our luck at the local hospitals.

At the vegie market, we have been surprised with the price drop of mushrooms, by 50% since October. Fresh mushrooms are selling for Y6/kg. We have been cooking mushrooms almost everyday! Tomatoes are still Y3/kg, cucumber Y4/kg, but capsicums are Y8/kg, and chillis are now doubled at Y10/kg.

We may get our first sub-zero day the day after tomorrow at -1DegC in the morning and 9degC in the afternoon. Snow wont be far away. Indoor, the coldest section within our home never drops below 20degC. During the day, the living room, plus two other bedrooms getting the southern winter sun can get to 30degC. Home is heated by radiators as well as floor heating around some carefully assigned spots: toilets/bathroom, corridors, kitchen. Offically, central heating doesnt come on until Nov 15, but we have been getting heating for a week now. We have no control over the heating flow (heating is supplied by steam from a local heating plant for the entire neighbourhood), but no complaint here.

Photo shows autumn leaves next to Kimberley Kinder, 150m from our home.