bicycle rides in typhoons

I've been thinking...hmm

Monday we went for a bike ride to get some exercise. The rain had already begun to pelt the ground in bucket fulls by the time we set out. On the road, in the midst of traffic and lights and those normal sorts of things mixed in with flooded streets, we were averaging about 40km/h .
There was more than one occasion, which is usually how it works with our "fun" bike rides, when I really could have just been smashed by cars or motorcycles if they had just done something besides what they did...but they didn't...and not that I was counting on them not to, so much as, (which is what I've been thinking about lately) I wasn't so concerned about it...

So, lots of thoughts...

We've had continuous rain for the last three or four days that has resulted in the whole delta island that we live on to be completely flooded. It seems like most of our island is under a foot or two of water...the two kitchens that we have here at the house sit below ground, and now as a result of the sewers being backed up in the streets, our sewage and perhaps street water have begun to come up through the drains in these kitchens. We also discovered that we may have some sort of spring under our house. Today we discovered water coming up through the tiles in our dining room area on the first floor, which also sits below ground level. It's been quite a fun day.

Life seems like it's going pretty good. School has been going good I suppose. It's been nice to be able to spend a good portion of my days just speaking chinese with the students here. Extra-curricular activities have been going pretty good. Things are gettin' goin' and everybody is developing their "schedules".

Things are going good.

Been trying to do a little more exercise...riding bikes and thinking about trying to do some kind of other work-outs...it really does make such a difference in energy levels when you're exercising regularly...

Also, been thinking a little bit about the future...wondering about going back to the states to visit...

so anywho...life in china...moving along. : )