7-11 delivers. You know when you’re hanging out with some friends and suddenly you realize that you need more beer, snacks, or cigarettes or some idiot girl is like “You know what would be really good right now? Ice cream!” and then all the other girls are like “yeah!”. Well in these cases, it’s simple: [...]
Posts tagged china
14 More Things About China
1. People in China don’t call it China. They call it ZhongGuo or ZhongGhua. Zhong means middle. See the character on the left how its a line going through the middle of a box? That’s Zhong. Now Guo is a little more tricky since two characters mean Guo. The gif below will assist you. Most [...]
Hong Kong Calling
Many people are fans of my Nigeria Calling series of email scammer pranks I played on a nigerian scammer. I’m in the middle of one now with a Hong Kong businessman by the name of of Vincent Hong.
I’ve decided to let you good people follow along while this progresses rather than wait until I have [...]
Signs In China
I’ll add more as I find them. It’s true though, in China the signs are pretty blunt.
Toilet Paper & Bags
Not sure what it is but in China the two most safely guarded resources are : toilet paper (qi jin) and plastic bags (tai zah).
For instance none of the bathrooms are equipped with toilet paper, unless you’re at a fancy hotel or restaurant. They expect you to carry it around with you.
Now if you go [...]
i ate dog again
I willingly ate a dog skewer this weekend. I jokingly said to the street vendor “gourou” and he grabbed a skewer and put it on the grill. it looked like lamb. i was sort of curious to try it when i knew what i was eating so i didn’t stop him. this sort of thing [...]
Turning Chinese: Spitting and Littering
I have always been one to spit, or to cough up phlegm and then spit it out. People think I do this because I’m learning from the Chinese but really I’ve always done this.
In Hong Kong, it’s illegal to spit on the ground. “You will get a penalty!” my friend warned me. A penalty [...]
MyRedChina Server Outage
I apologize if you tried to access my blog and were not able to. My server was down and this happens all the time.
I usually just write the admins pure nonsense to bump my help ticket up. This time I chose a chinese theme:
Reset Please
Shopping For Produce In China
Now let’s say you want to buy some produce at the supermarket. Naturally you’ll make your selections, bag em up, and bring them with the rest of your grocceries to the front of the store. In China it’s a little different.