1. Harbin, China is like NYC but with a billion Chinese people… really trendy Chinese people.
2. Trying to cross the street is literally a human frogger game. Childhood dream come true.
3. Real “chinese food” is rice, noodles, dumplings, and more rice.
4. Wannahockaloogie? Just do it. Anywhere.
5. Tiny Chinese babies wear pants with the crotch cut out. Easy, breezy, not so beautiful.
6. Squatty potties are real, and surprisingly more clean and efficient. Except on trains, when it’s really just a hole above the tracks.
7. “The Chinese Squat”- perfected from infancy by squatty potty usage. Just a casual hangout position. Long day, tired from walking in the mall? Why sit when you can squat?
8. Public transporation is really a game of “how many people can we squeeze on this thing before one gets stuck in the door?”
9. Chinese people love to take pictures of you, with you and bonus points for peace signs.
10. Hello Kitty everything makes sense.
11. Chinese people are the kindest, most genuinely generous and hospitable people. Though they might push and shove their way onto a bus or elevator before you (there’s so many people you have to learn to take charge), they are the first to open up their home, their food and their life. An incredible testimony to God’s provisions- they give out of the blessings they have recieved and they are cheerful.
So thankful for the new friends I’ve made in China, and beyond blessed to be able to keep in touch with them. Though I cried when we left, I know moving on is only going to make this journey greater. Keep praying for China, and more prayers as we’ve entered Thailand! Updates to come on this new, beautiful and exciting place as well as a photo blog & video (if I can’t figure it out) over our time in China.
Xie Jian!
