china 3
weird food: frozen corn on the cob
odd habit: i've taken to smuggling my toothpaste into the bathroom when I brush my teeth b/c my host mom has been making me use their fish flavored tooth paste
alright, so once again i'm lacking a good amount of time. For some reason I can't personally view this blog; I can only write things (I think). So unfortunately I can't read any of your comments (not that anyone was actually reading this blog when I left). If you REALLY want to talk to me you can email at celtics186@hotmail.com .
so since i last wrote i've done a shitload. I went two hours out of the city to Fa Mun Se where the Buddhist worship a finger bone of the Buddha. I pulled out a couple of kow tows in front of various Buddha statues and donated money to this commericialized temple. Then we went into the true countryside and I saw people that probably everyone in Brookline would consider extremely destitute. It makes you feel real bad to see these people who are so much poorer than the people just a few kilometers away in the city. The people in the city, like us, simply drive in to their villages kicking up dust in order to get the Shaanxi noodles. There is a classist sense about it.
Anyway time is short. The past few days i've been exploring Xi'an. Xi'an is mad crowded with every western commodity available. Yesterday I worked on my bargaining game and got this guy from 50 yuan to 25 yuan for a old red book of Chairman Mao quotes. I probably still got ripped off but i did it all in chinese. I really got a good game face.
posted by dAVID @ 1:24 AM
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From Buddha to Mao, Western materialism to destitution, China is moving forward. David is moving forward. And this is not a SAT test item either.
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