Finally! I can eat all of the scallions I want. And my first use is this

Zongzi 粽子, from a government delivery, for Dragon Boat Festival 端午节. And back to making preparations in case of another lockdown, visiting IAPM’s Citysuper twice, IKEA,…

I craved a hamburger and fried chicken throughout the lockdown, but sometimes the real thing doesn’t live up to the anticipation. And it seems an urgent situation has caused a return to compound-wide PCR testing.

Free, but already needing to do a PCR test.

A proper meal on the balcony.

From here on out, we’re on our own taking the PCR tests. Later in the evening, there was a revolt against taking the antigen tests.

I took advantage of my 3 hour free pass outside of the compound, so I hit up a couple viewpoints to see the city awakening.

Another government delivery of ready-to-heat and ready-to-eat food, including mung bean cake.

A quick but delightfully varied lunch, perfect for a very long day.

Last weekend, I wished for green beans to magically appear in my life, and…

I wish there were Chinese pastry making courses, just as there are Western pastry making courses. It’s really a different world to explore.

Have I become nostalgic for the meals of quarantine hotels?

Frozen dumplings and easy-to-reheat dishes make weekdays a lot easier.

Today we got a delivery of ready-to-heat and ready-to-eat food, and I had the ready-to-heat zongzi 粽子 from a previous delivery for lunch. Plus, an oddly specific request for tonight’s midnight antigen test.

Second time making budae jjigae, in order to use up that Shanghai red sausage. And we’re still locked in, but the government announced that we should be resuming normal lives … a month and a half from now? So we’re only halfway through?

Today I finally made these Anson Mills Sea Island Red Peas, which I’ve kept in a freezer ever since April 2020. And in other news, there was an announcement that Shanghai might be gradually opening up?

A venture to the gate to get scallions from a colleague, and then an unheard-of venture just outside of the gate to pick up a group purchase of watermelon.