#1 The Squatting: All the locals don't sit, they squat. Even when there is a bench to sit down on, they will squat ON the bench. For hours. And it's a hard position to maintain - we even tried it! We challenge you all to try squatting, flat-footed (this is the difficult part) for 5 minutes. Hard hey?
#42 The "To-Go" Method: Getting noodles and soup "to-go" consists of dumping your entire bowl of noodle - soup and all - in a small, thin, clear plastic bag and eating it from the bag. Surprisingly, the soup never leaks.
#15 The Gobbing: Everyone here "gobs". This consists of the act of hacking up flem really loudly and spitting it out the window and/or on the floor.
#3 The Honking: They love to honk their horns. They honk when they are about to pass someone. They honk when they are in the process of passing. They honk after they have passed someone. They even honk when they are thinking about passing someone, and that thought has passed. We actually discovered (and tried out ourselves) that the horn has been strategically rewired from the steering wheel to a small, sensitive button on the stick shift, where just the slightest touch will make the horn sound.
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I spent a month in China myself about two years ago. It's an amazing place. You're going to love it. I can't wait to go back myself...so enjoy it while you can.
I am squatting and gobbing as we speak...
wow i cannot squat unless i am using a pee-hole in the ground...like a turkish toilet. that has gotten my traning up to a whoooop-ing 2 minutes of constant flat-footed squatting (do not try after drinking or u may fall in the pee-full hole). Pretty good huh?! the gobb, yeah...not so sure about that. it must be the to-go soup making people gobbbbbbbbbb. or not? maybe they're just natural born gobbers! i will try it when u come back just so u don't feel strange here... we will go for walks in chinatown and we will gobb and squat and eat soup out of plastic bags. that's before i go to oxford to study human behavioural psychology and figure out why we would do such a thing...
deal?!?! oh yes have i mentioned i miss u! kill 'em roosters u ninjas!!they are taaaaast-eee~muah. your secret agent babushkakakakaka
p.s. have u maybe considered the fact that the honking may be more 2-hot-girls-walking-down-the-street related?:P
yes, i would honk at you too.
miss you long time.
Kaija!!!!
How I miss you! I love reading your stories, sounds like everything is going well. Please send an e-mail or phone or some sort of contact from somewhere, so I know where my sister is! When do you leave China? The Earth is shaking...just wanting to know your not in the area... and your plan in the next few weeks.
Guess what? I think I'm leaving in November. Oh god. Life so so, but I think it's going to get better once I start getting ready for NZ.Oh and I got another job offer. Shit! I could work for a company that works with acQuire and they'd train me. We'll see when I come back...! Mom and Dad arrived in Urmuchi (?), haven't herd anything else. House is being gassed b/c of Aunts. K and I had to bring the cats to the vet for the night, crazy. Can't wait to hear more about your time. Hi Anne! Take care of eachother, Kaelan says hi, we miss you! Watched Edwina and Patsy last night, thought of you. umm ceasars...
Family says Hi!
Love you!
Brynna
Perhaps...
They squat to impress you...
They gobb to get your attention!
They gladly honk at cute chicks.
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