Thursday, July 19, 2012

China- Guilin

In China right now and contrary to my previous vehemence that it will turn out thoroughly horrid, it is actually really fun. It's like my mother's hometown (shows that we ain't gonna stand shit shows that we are united) so she knows Guilin real well and there's all these shopping malls with cheap clothes of good quality. It's really expensive here, but not in my currency.
The only bad thing is that I'm too scared to eat anything outside of home cause of all the sewer oil thing. I don't doubt for a second that these restaurants will stoop to this to save money.
My sister and I have a running joke that like I'll die from like ice cream or something.
The other day I bought some strawberry ice cream despite my parent's protests and the guy selling it was young and stuff and my mother asked if he would eat it, and he said no! Plus this was a store in the university so I was like o.O. I ate half of it but threw the rest away cause it freaked me out too much. Two hours later I got a stomachache and like a worm dug out and I died.
Nah what am I saying o.O

Also I did that thingy where they give you the stencil and you colour it in then they bake it or something and you can stick it on the windows for only 10 yuan! And I did a mega big one so that was fun.

OMG I JUST GOT A HIT FROM STUMBLE UPON!
*hi5ing a thousand angels*

Okay to continue.
I also gained weight I think, because I've been eating noodles (carbs), not exercising, and also my grandmother makes great food. But then again I weighed myself while wearing shoes so maybe it's due to that.

Alright the top part was written a few days ago, and my feelings about China have changed. Everyone here is  freaking rude and uncouth, uncultured and disgusting. They spit everywhere and the minute I get home I have to wash my feet. Motorcycles just charge through in the middle of the pavement and they don't give a shit if they knock you down or not. In fact they'll probably run you over a few more times so you die and can't sue them. The bystanders would just xiu shou pang guan.

You know those things called pedestrian crossings where cars have to stop to let you pass? Well in China it means paint on roads. You have to wait for the cars to pass, run across a section, wait for a break in the traffic and then run again. They do not stop. Several times I've had a car like a  few inches away from me and had to run across because it STILL DIDN'T STOP.
Pissed off.
And I tried buying jammies from this roadside shop, and they lied and said everything was cotton. It was actually kind of funny because they stuck a label on the price tag that said 100% cotton but the pj itself already had a label that said 20% cotton, 50% nylon and like 30% polyester I think.
Whatever it was shit and when I came home and washed the clothes the colour ran. Like wtf.
Thank god I washed it in a basin first or it would really have sucked since most of my clothes are white pastel-y colours.
Also I guess it's sort of my fault for being cheap but hey a lot of the clothes costed me 20 yuan and that's expensive right?

I spend all day everyday at home in air-conditioned comfort because it's about 30 degrees out and the sun is crazy. I look Native American.


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