3/13/10

Random thoughts from China

1. The Chinese are as impressed that we can use chopsticks as we are that they actually use them.
2. "Never follow strangers to the happy places."
3. A can of shaving cream is a "very dangerous thing" to have on a bus, but if you pretend not to hear the x-ray technician trying to make you remove it from your bag they'll just let you walk through.
4. If you transliterate my name you get either Stupid (Ben) or Half Man (Benjamin). I haven't decided which is better yet.
5. You can do pretty much whatever you want while driving as long as you honk first.
6. The Chinese really do write like that.
7. If you're a baby, you can pee on the floor wherever you want and people think it's cute.
8. Chinese food (real Chinese food) is really good. Except when its not. Then its probably good, but its also really weird.
9. I just learned that eight is the perfect number in Chinese culture. Unfortunatley, I didn't learn that until thought number nine.

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