For directions (like Google Maps, but localized):
www.sogou.com
You can save your home and work address as defaults, quite convenient.

To help visualize the scene:
(This is actually a pretty accurate representation except we were both, obviously, in sportswear)

(Picture from Google)

The cool bike breeze made the 40 degree (celsius) heat disappear for a sweet 5 minutes, during which I exclaimed: “超爽哦!” (chao1 shuang3 o1; “this is so cool!”).

But what I’m introducing to you is a fantastic discovery that I found after a conversation with a colleague… remember the milkman? Well, here, there is a 酸奶man (yogurt-man)! All you have to do, is dial in to the company’s hotline, register your address, let them know what type of yogurt (or milk) you want; and you can have a fresh bottle of yogurt delivered to your doorstep every day, rain or shine (even on Sundays!).

The procedure
I started my order on July 1st, 2010. The first day, my yogurt came quite late. This was because the yogurt-man needed to install a yogurt box outside my door. Finally, sometime in late late afternoon, my yogurt arrived. I got the low-fat kind for 2.2RMB a bottle. The taste reminds me somewhat of a lite Greet yogurt. It’s quite nice. Some of my colleagues have it for breakfast in the morning. Unfortunately, my yogurt-man continues to deliver my bottles in the afternoon. On the up side, the bottles can be kept (unopened and in refridgerated) for at least 3 days. So I guess if I wanted it in the morning, I could too.

Pros:
- fresh yogurt/milk delivered to your yogurt/milk-box every morning, with one simple phone call
Cons:
- yogurt arrives in late afternoon – will be sitting in box for a couple hours before you come home from work
- no trials available – minimum order is 1 month. However, you can typically find yogurt of the same brand in the supermarkets, so you could try it out there before placing an order. But I wouldn’t worry if I were you. They are really tasty!