So it took me a while to post all about
the Yunnan trip. In the meantime I have just been going about life as
usual in Beijing. I went to the Lantern Festival in Beijing to
celebrate the end of the Chinese New Year in which there were neither
lanterns nor a festival, visited Tiananmen Square and had a thousand
more pictures taken of me, and shopped at WuMart, the Chinese
equivalent of Walmart, which is slightly frightening. My Chinese is
also coming along great: the other day I accidentally transposed two
syllables and called my tutor “tofu” to everyone's great
amusement.
I put together this post in order for
everyone to get a better idea of what my day to day life is like here
in China. I hope you find it informative.
I try to attempt to respond:
And if that fails and they still don't understand me:
When the Chinese people obsess over my hair:
What it's like whenever I try to get on the subway:
When I'm wandering around Beijing and can't read the street signs:
How it feels when I can't get on a website because of government censorship:
When I have no idea what I just ordered at a restaurant:
How I feel when the smog is really bad and I have to wear a mask:
When my Chinese teacher assigns massive amounts of characters to memorize:
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| There goes my night. |
When my friends and I find a place
that serves good western food:
Anytime I have to use the water:
Whenever I contemplate crossing the street:
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| Is that eight lanes of traffic or ten? |
