怕事 PaShi In China (Fear Of Getting Involved)
You might have heard of the news story about the overseas student who stabbed his Mom at Shanghai’s Pudong Airport and how only a Foreigner/LaoWai came to her rescue.
When I lived in China I would often slip on that marble and polished concrete they have everywhere when it was wet out. I swear the entire [...]
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Lesbian Bar In Shenzhen? 同性恋酒吧
I once accidentally stumbled into a gay bar at a hotel in Shenzhen. When I walked in, they mistakenly thought that I must be the guest of honor. China is developing fast. I have a lot of faith that China, while possibly being in the 1950’s, culturally, now— will zoom ahead at the rate of [...]
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Some Good Things About China
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: [...]
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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 [...]
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My Chinese New Year
I dropped my friend Li Hong Yen at the train station last night and there was a sea of Chinese people there heading home. Well actually not quite heading home, waiting to head home on a train where they sometimes have to stand for dozens of hours.
It was shocking to see all those people camped [...]
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Riding Taxi Cabs In Shenzhen
Welcome to take the Shenzhen Taxi. Please buckle up your seat belt and exit on the right.
This message plays after the driver dips the red vacant sign that starts the meter. One of the first things that you’ll notice is that there isn’t a female end for the seat belts. And you’ll wish [...]
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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 [...]
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