China 16: I think I forgot a "china 14:" entry.
ripped off: Ian and I went out for dinner yesterday at some small little place were charged 35 yuan for the two of us. Thinking the price was a little steep (for the whole group of 8 to eat its usually only 45 yuan. We asked our cab driver on the way back his advice. He told us that we got ripped off and should've paid no more than 10 yuan for both of us. He than continued to make friends with us and told us if we ever thought we were getting ripped off to give him a call (he gave us his card) and he'd talk to them. He also offered to take us out drinking which we considered and declined. I don't think we were ready to take our relationship to that level yet.
weird food: pig brains (I haven't had the priviledge of tasting it yet but Ian has.)
Well, I've been bereft of anything interesting to say by my wandering mind, but as it is Saturday and I finally get a good opportunity to use the computer I figured I'll make a entry.
Isaiah's been sick. To what degree I'm not really sure, but he went to the hospital for an IV and was there 'till 3 AM. He was throwing up a lot and ran out of our classroom a couple times to allow his stomach to disengage, and apparently that night he was no better so they took him to the hospital. Gaelen went along with him and his host family, but I got the impression that they were just being VERY cautious. The next day Isaiah stayed home from school and chilled. I think he's a lot better.
Last night the group got together and watched "I heart Huckabees." However, of course Isaiah didn't come, and Celine's older brother is in Xi'an so she didn't chill with the group last night either, and Lauren was at some concert, and Gaelen was too tired from staying up w/ Isaiah last night. So it wasn't really the whole group.
Today, I'm gonna play soccer w/ some kids from my school. Then I'm going with my dad to look at suits. Then I'm going out to eat dumplings with Zou Leyang, the kid I hosted in the US. So I got the day planned. I also have 100 pgs of "Family" to finish. I've really got to take piss right now after one of my first cups of coffee in China. (It's that instant coffee, not that great. Starbucks could really make a killing in China, as could a good burrito shop. Damn it I want a steak burrito w/ gauc, hot sauce, sour cream, and lettuce SO BAD) I do get to look forward to some sour patch kids though b/c Celine's parents are coming on Monday w/ a little candy from my parents.
To be honest, I actually don't miss American food that much. Thinking about it now, Chinese food is much more flavorful. Of course, like everything else in the world, a lot of flavor needs to be balanced out with blandness sometimes but I haven't reach that point yet.
Here's pic of the group outside the Terracotta Warriors
posted by dAVID @ 9:58 PM
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