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Weather of today:
- Day: 34 degrees and sunny.
- Night: 23 degrees and heavy rain
Sentence of today:
Too expensive! Can you give me a lower price?
太贵了!可以给我便宜一点吗?
Today's - Good to know:
In China you won't go far without seeing groups of people (often retired men) in public places such as teahouses or parks playing either board games or cards. The most popular game is Mahjong májiàng麻将. The shuffling of Mahjong tiles is often accompanied by the hum of conversation which sometimes becomes animated as money is won or lost on the game.
Some claim that the game of chess was invented in China. While this claim is hard to prove it is true that both Chinese chess xiàngqí象棋 and international chess guójì xiàngqí 国际 象棋 are very popular.
Todays tip:
You can, and should, bargain in markets where the seller will quote you at least 40 percent more than the real price.
Dish of today:
农家豆腐 (Spicy tofu)
Today's Historical fact:
Ming Emperor Yongle begins construction of the 800 buildings of the Forbidden City. This complex, along with much of the Great Wall, shows the style and size of late-imperial architecture.
Book of today:
The People's Republic of Desire (Annie Wang; 2006)
A candid exploration of sexuality in modern Beijing.
My day:
Today Jiaojiao made breakfast to me again. This time it was some kind of ball made out of dough with something sweet inside. Tasted okay. Very kind of her even to prepare something. There were also a fried egg and bread.
Today we went shopping again, and the cheapest place to do that, is where all the Chinese go. Dongwuyuan Wholesale Market. That means you don't see any foreigners here and don't expect they speak any English. I bought two pair of shoes and three t-shirts. The big minus with this place, is that you cannot try the clothes on before buying it. So you have to be sure you know your Chinese size otherwise its just to bad. My Chinese size is XL, much bigger compared to my normal one, medium. You can try the shoes though.
We pretty much spend most of the day at this place, and its huge, think around 12 floors. Deng Baba picked us up around 5 pm, so we could eat dinner together before playing badminton for two hours. Its great fun!
But after playing for one and half hour, I got a big blister underneath my foot. Last time I played in my flip-flops, but this time I borrowed some of Deng Baba's shoes, should never have done that. The blister really hurts. Luckily I brought "Compeed" plaster with me to China, its specially made for blisters, and take the pains.
At home we all sat down at the dinner table and ate some delicious yogurt with honey.
Now I will watch an episode or two of The Big Bang Theory, and then go to bed.
Goodnight!
Ps: I miss you Vince!
- comments
Martin K. Det lyder til at du oplever rigtig meget og det lyder spændende. :) Og dejligt at vide at de tager sig godt af dig. :) Fortsat rigtig god tur.