While I was doing my Mandarin lessons on Duolingo this morning, I started getting a bunch of texts from Kai as he began his trip here for Obon. The 1st was that he had to pay for his luggage; oops! Forgot to check him in yesterday. The merger between Alaska & Hawaiian has not gone smoothly, normally I would get a reminder the previous day to check-in; did not get that yesterday.
He also informed me that TSA in Seattle is catching up to Kona!
Then he sent me a photo of his breakfast. And also told me about needing to get cutlery from somewhere else since there was curry sauce on the katsu patty.
I'm pretty sure I will gain weight while Kai is here since we are always trying new places to eat. And also some of his old favorites. My pre-Kai's arrival weight is 129.2 pounds, which is 3 pounds less than when I started on the solstice. Or about 1.2#/week weight loss. We shall see what it is after he leaves. And whether I can get back down to losing anything I might gain before August 1st.
On the way back from the airport, his 1st stop was at Our Founding Farmers for some ice cream! When we went across the street to K.O. Pizza for the chef's special for dinner. Already more calories than I have been eating!
We watched Good Morning, Breakfast on Lingopie just to watch all the good food. Kai is also thinking of taking advantage of the lifetime subscription so he can learn another language.
The new series I started watching today is Fights Break Sphere. In this series released in 2018, a 19-year old Leo Wu plays 16-year old Xiao Yun, an aspiring martial arts practitioner. (He was 21 in Guardians of the Ancient Oath, playing 20-something General Baili Hongshuo aka Water deity. It is really interesting to me how the hairstyle can change the perception of age. But maybe that's a biologist thing since we look for characteristics of animals that can give us a clue as to their age.) Baron Chen plays the Grand Old Master who is training Xiao Yun. It's got a lot of martial arts but also has humor & funky music. No romance yet, but in the 1st episode they are already planning 16-year old Xiao Yun's wedding that will be happening in 5 days! Did they marry them off really young because their life expectancy was short?
I had mentioned earlier how I was able to recognize 水（shuǐ, water) after 3 days learning Mandarin on Duolingo. I have since learned the character for ice (冰, bīng), which I noticed in the word for refrigerator today! (冰相, bīngxiāng)
I am still doing well on the flashcards in Duolingo. I also learned the word for "messy" which really does describe my kitchen right now! And I finally learned how to introduce myself!
These stats are unreal! There are now 8 countries showing more than 1000 views! And 3 of them have over 2000 views!
The window for the next episode of the eruption at Kīlauea remains between the 11th & the 15th.
Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Jim & Adrian!
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