As the days progress, I learn more and more about the Chinese culture. I have been compiling a mental list for some time now, and today seemed as good as any to start blogging again! I have made myself stay home today... all day! That hasn't happened since we arrived, but it really needed to happen! So Riley and I are sitting in the office, while our boys are busy conquering the world. She's looking at books and crawling all over the big office chair-all the while trying to grab the mouse! Sounds safe doesn't it?!
Here it goes...
Today I will share with you : Things the Chinese do well...
~ Food, the make some awesome food. Dumplings are a particular favorite of ours right now.
~ Service industry! They are the most attentive waiters & waitresses, there are always multiple people ready and waiting to serve. You simply raise your hand and say loudly, "fu yu an!" The louder, the better! And if you can make it unintelligible and sound like one word... then you're really like the Chinese!
~ MASSAGE! Only in China are people cheaper than products. You can get a massage by not 1, BUT 2, ladies at the same time, and its still cheaper than the hair wax they sell at the front of the store. I have to tell you, we take full advantage this as often as we can; even going so far as to get a "Discount card" to a local parlor! You get massages when you get a haircut, massages after you go out for dinner, massages at the airport, massages in the check out lane at the grocery store! Just kidding on the last one! But if they thought it would bring more "foreigners" to their store, I'd just bet they'd do it!
~ Copying all things expensive in the outside world! This is a Stacy Markle paradise when it comes to fancy-smancy purses and pocketbooks! They love bargaining with you and giving you their "peng you" prices on their knock-offs. There are whole areas, know as "copy markets", where you can get everything from a Tiffany's necklace to a Rolex. I'm still searching for the perfect purse, as of yet I carry a messenger bag with everything from raisins to excessive amounts of tissues in case of a Chinese toilet emergency!!!
~ Flowers! You can go to a florist here and get a huge and beautiful bouquet of flowers for about 5-10 US dollars!
That's all I can think of for now! Not a very long list, is it?
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Thanks for the great insight of what you've learned. Hope you had a good day at home!
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