I've been in China thus far for five days and in these five days, I have turned a year older and grown a bit wiser. Here are some of the things I learned.
1) If you have Gmail, get another email when coming to China. Sometimes, the overlords will block Gmail (or the whole of Google) randomly. And Youtube, Facebook, and Blogger are strictly off limits at all times. Alternatively, get access to a reliable proxy if you don't want to miss your Youtube subscriptions.
2) The Chinese are always out to compete with one another. Case and point: the Pudong region of Shanghai (east of the river) has such things as freestanding pergolas next to some stop lights that provide shade to those waiting for the light to change. If in doubt of their purposes, the words on the structure literally invite you to wait in the shade while the light is still red.
3) So. Much. Food. Sometimes, people put excessive weight on the fact that people who are visiting a place tend to eat out. As in, Every Day. However, in the five days I have been here, I have eaten at three different restaurants, had take out for breakfast and have absolutely no regrets. Perhaps it's a little different in China because so many people buy takeout breakfast, but there were legit restaurants the next couple days. We went to a buffet the third day for my aunt's birthday (mixture of Middle Eastern and Japanese food, complete with belly dancers), a sushi place for my birthday (with lichi cocktail that wasn't that tasty), and a Chinese restaurant today (oh my lord the spicy stays in your throat). I think the trick has to be to eat your fancy meal for lunch and eat a light dinner. That way, you can work off some of your calories as you're perusing strange marketplaces beneath Science Centers.
4) Don't order the fruit juice in restaurants. You don't know what's in it.
5) I have fallen back in love with Glee because of Damian McGinty and his equally adorable roommate Cameron Mitchell.
So that's my brief interlude onto the internet. I will update as possible and am now going to go watch more Rory on Glee.
Toodles!
1) If you have Gmail, get another email when coming to China. Sometimes, the overlords will block Gmail (or the whole of Google) randomly. And Youtube, Facebook, and Blogger are strictly off limits at all times. Alternatively, get access to a reliable proxy if you don't want to miss your Youtube subscriptions.
2) The Chinese are always out to compete with one another. Case and point: the Pudong region of Shanghai (east of the river) has such things as freestanding pergolas next to some stop lights that provide shade to those waiting for the light to change. If in doubt of their purposes, the words on the structure literally invite you to wait in the shade while the light is still red.
3) So. Much. Food. Sometimes, people put excessive weight on the fact that people who are visiting a place tend to eat out. As in, Every Day. However, in the five days I have been here, I have eaten at three different restaurants, had take out for breakfast and have absolutely no regrets. Perhaps it's a little different in China because so many people buy takeout breakfast, but there were legit restaurants the next couple days. We went to a buffet the third day for my aunt's birthday (mixture of Middle Eastern and Japanese food, complete with belly dancers), a sushi place for my birthday (with lichi cocktail that wasn't that tasty), and a Chinese restaurant today (oh my lord the spicy stays in your throat). I think the trick has to be to eat your fancy meal for lunch and eat a light dinner. That way, you can work off some of your calories as you're perusing strange marketplaces beneath Science Centers.
4) Don't order the fruit juice in restaurants. You don't know what's in it.
5) I have fallen back in love with Glee because of Damian McGinty and his equally adorable roommate Cameron Mitchell.
So that's my brief interlude onto the internet. I will update as possible and am now going to go watch more Rory on Glee.
Toodles!
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