My favorite thing about being here is the cafeteria.  You saw all the posts in the beginning of my time here regarding the food.  Refer to the old posts for the pictures.  What I did not realize was how much I was going to miss the food people when they went on vacation.  To make things worse, some of my favorite food people are not back yet and I cannot tell if this is because I have not seen them, they have decided not to come back, and/or they moved someplace else.

What I have now realized is that Coke is a miracle syrup even though if it no longer has cocaine as an active ingredient.  When I was younger my mom insisted that warm coke would help with coughs because our pediatrician stated that the syrup coats the back of your throat and therefore reduces the coughing.  I actually believed that prior to the studies that came out 10 years later stating that sasafrass in root beer and the corn syrup in soft drinks actually do help sooth coughs.

What I did not expect to see was the Chinese variation served in the cafeteria and in restaurants.  Coke cooked with ginger and served to prevent colds, the flu, and other cold weather illnesses.  Coke should probably do a study on this to reclaim market share back from Pepsi in China.  Seriously, there is more Pepsi now than there was previously and I am not a fan.

Current Mood:  Weather here is getting warming and feeling better.  Class lecture is now modified according to my friend’s very good but it took a long time to execute well.  So far so good.  Still need to deal with the tax situation.  Blah.