On Friday, we ran the umu assay and got to use the robot! It follows a program and fills up the wells on the mircoplates. At lunch time, we went out to eat to celebrate Haipu’s birthday. The mall we went to was full of Asian influence; more signs were written in foreign characters than in English. We ate at the Cube Hot Pot. It was a meal unlike any other I’ve had before. You ordered certain ingredients to put in a gigantic pot split into a section with vegetable broth and one for meat with a spicy broth. The water boiled while we dumped in mushrooms, tofu, potatoes, corn, chicken, octopi, and more. I thought it was really good and picking out pieces of food actually led to a filling meal. They set the tables with chopsticks, but luckily they brought out forks, because me + chopsticks =disaster. Some of the appetizers were incredible spicy. One made me cough. At some point the servers brought a box of tissues out.
I carpooled with Hanne home since Beate had to stay longer and work. Hanne was heading into the city for a concert celebrating the opening of the In-Between Bridge. I started peeling potatoes for dinner and must say: it was slow progress. I can’t handle a peeler apparently without worrying about slicing my finger off.
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