For the last 2 weeks, this is what I woke up to. No, I wasn’t in jail. I was in China.
Btw, the Chinese government banns a lot of foreign sites, including youtube and wordpress, which explains why I didn’t really do anything over the past 2 weeks.
There was quite a few things that I noticed during the trip:
Real Chinese food makes what the north American restaurants serve taste like, well, it’s kind of like comparing my dad’s old computer to the new one that I’ve been using. If you have a dad who got his first computer a few decades ago, you’ll know what I’m talking about. No competition. What so ever.
BEST. BREAKFAST. FOOD. EVER.
BEST. FOOD. INVOLVING. BEANS. EVER.
If you you can read Chinese, you’ll probably find this to be crazy, stupid, and funny. If you tasted this before and likes it, you have good tastes. My favorite juice in the world.
Chinglish (note: the things that Chinese people who can’t speak English properly come up with when they try to speak or write English, aka Chinese English.) is hilarious.
prime example: when I was in the airport, there was a little stand where all foreigners had to fill in a form. There even was a big sign that explained that. But whoever wrote that missed by a few light years and wrote something like this:
“All aliens must fill out this form. Please use a pen.”
Since when did foreigners turn into aliens? Am I an alien now?
Suffering from jet lag, can’t type right. the photos are bad because I can’t use a camera properly. Going back to sleep now.
Some stuff I bought.
When I was in Beijing 3 years ago, I was tricked into eating frog legs since the word for “sweet” is homophonous with the word for “field.” Who calls frogs “field chickens” anyway?
I like to stick with my cow, my chicken, and my pig. >_>
Tricked? Why? Frogs are delicious! And i’s not really chicken, written different （I think, jet lag’s messing with my brain…wait…..I checked, it’s the same, you are right）. I know what you mean. It’s just so easy to get mixed up in Chinese.
Hey Choux!
I’m glad you had a great trip its great to see you back!
I’ve been dying to see a post on Natsume Yuujin-Chou! ^-^
Frogs (especially Frog Legs) are extremely delicious. It does taste similar to chicken but a lot better.
Damnit, I was hoping you were in jail lols
Heyy CHOUX missed you!! me and kara went to metro to spend her birthday money and we miss your long stories hope you have more when you come back!!
BTW, “alien” is a legitimate way of calling foreigners. For example, the official name for a foreigner identification card in Japan is called an “alien registration card”.
Looks like you survived the pollution in China! Can’t wait to see more pictures + a trip report.
Hmm, do I have good taste too? I like the winter melon drink you mentioned as well XDD
@ Anothergeek: yes! it’s just soo hard to find someone who appreciates frogs, we should launch a campaign to forcefully introduce frogs to more people.
@Apeksha: what? awww…… wait, people actually listen to my long stories?
@ asuka: no trip report, unfortunately. these are all the pictures that I took, and if I just write a long report with no pictures no one will read it. and seriously? I really am an alien? HAHAHA! YESSSSS! I WILL USE MY ALIEN POWERS TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!
@ bassment: you rock.
oh gods. the first two pictures are REALLY REALLY REALLY good foods. i’m so envious of you~
Winter melon, frog legs, and those deep fried ‘ghosts’ (the long thingies in the first food pic) are some of the most awesomest foods in the world. Seriously.
Okay, I think I’ll go back to advertising chocolate and cake porn now.
LOL cake porn.
I don’t think I could bring myself to eat frogs legs. Cake, well NOW we’re talking.
I don’t understand, why does the Chinese government ban YouTube? Is it because there is too much freedom of speech on that site? And what’s wrong with wordpress, how can you have a good blog without it? I guess alien is a legitimate way of calling foreigners, but I can’t blame you for being insulted. Anyway, welcome back!