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Weather of today:
- Day: 33 degrees and sunny.
- Night: 22 degrees.
Sentence of today:
Today I would like to rest.
今天我想休息休息。
Today's - Good to know:
Generally speaking, the Chinese are tea rather than coffee drinkers. Though the major cities have a nascent coffee culture, coffee can be hard to find outside the major cities. The good news is that China has many delicious teas.
Todays tip:
There is an abundance of counterfeit alcohol in Beijing. If you're not paying Western prices, don't risk it, stick to beer instead.
Dish of today:
Noodles and goat meat at "Lao Beijing Zha Jiang Mian."
Today's Historical fact:
Two-year-od Puyi ascends the throne as China's last emperor. Local elites and new classes such as businessmen no longer support the dynasty, leading to its ultimate downfall.
My day:
Have had a relaxing day home, watching a movie and writing some postcards, until around 4 when "You Mama" picked me up. First we went to a place called 万通 or Vantone in English, which is a shopping mall, a bit like the Silk Market, selling all kind of thing from very cheap shoes, bags, to hardware and real brand-named clothes. "You Mama" had two paintings framed here she wanted to pick up, but we first went down looking at shoes and bags. We both bought a bag each, I bought a little shoulder bag and she a grocery bag.
We then drove to a very authentic restaurant that looked like a place in Beijing in the 1930'ties. Funny experience. A lot of people and waitresses suited in the clothes for that time. The restaurant is called 老北京炸酱面,and will defiantly come their again to show others.
After dinner was Mahjong night.
"You Mama" drove me to another big mall, also the place where we play badminton, to meet "Deng Baba", here was a club where you could play Mahjong. So him, me and 3 of his colleagues, sat in a room playing Mahjong to 1am. I mostly just watched, because they played with money, and also only a 4 player game, but sometimes when "Deng Baba" went for the toilet, I took his place. I think I played at least 6 or 7 rounds my self that evening. But I really like this game, so even to watch was quite interesting. "Deng Baba" played really good that night, or maybe he was just lucky, because he ended up winning 5000 Yuan. That's a lot of money. He also had one really big win, where he from each player won 600 Yuan. A Chinese friend from Sønderborg taught me to play Mahjong. Thank you for that Maurice!
One question that came to my mind today at the Mahjong games was: Does Chinese men not have hair on their arms or do they shave it away? Because none of the four men including "Deng Baba" had hair on their arms.
Bedtime! Goodnight!
Ps: I miss you Vince!
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