1. …. I can spit and hack on the floor wherever and
whenever I want to and it is perfectly normal and acceptable for the Chinese.
Not so much in America.
2. …. People smoke in the train. People smoke in hair
salons. People smoke in the bakery. People smoke in restaurants. People smoke
in taxis. People smoke everywhere and anywhere they want. There is no place
they don’t smoke.
3. …. Chinese parents take care of their children well
from what I saw. They dress them well, send them to school, and love and care
for them. Very different from African parents.
4. ….I can get a meal of rice or noodles that will
fill me up right for 6 yen. (6.2 yen to 1 USD)
5. ….Taxis in our city started at 4 yen and I never
had a ride for more than 5.5 yen.
6. …..People will buy a standing room ticket on the
train to Beijing and then will actually be forced to stand or sleeping between
the cars for 17 straight hours. I thought it was bad just to sit in a paid
regular seat for 17 straight hours. Man.
7. ….. Not all Chinese basketball players are bad. We
got alienated in one game against these five Chinese guys where they must have
won by at least 30 baskets. NBA scouts might want to be coming to the gym where
we were playing at.
8. …..The Chinese people in our city didn’t speak
English. They knew hello and that was about it. I took advantage of it and
worked on my charades and Pictionary skills during my time there. Guarantee I
beat all of you reading this at these two games when I come home.
9. ….. We had a white Christmas! Barely! -but a trace of snow
does count.
10. …..Some Chinese people are very trusting. Like the
gentleman who allowed me to borrow his motorcycle because I wanted to say that
I’ve ridden a motorcycle in China. It was exhilarating by the way.
11. ….. I can barter for anything on the streets from
bananas to beverages.
12. ….. I got to celebrate my 22nd birthday
here with a cake, balloons, and my friends.
13. ….. Driving in a taxi cab in the bigger cities is a
rush in itself. Last time I rode in a cab we almost hit 7 children, an elderly
couple, a man with a cartful of chickens, 4 motorcycles, and 32 other taxis.
14. …..We can’t use the internet here. Okay that’s a
lie. I dislike that intensely. But I have to admit on the other hand that it
was nice to never worry about what’s going on in the facebook world.
15. ……I feel like a celebrity when every Asian person
on the street wants to take a picture with me.
16. …..All the Asians do the peace sign for pictures.
It’s really a thing. Not just in America- in China too!
17. …… My Chinese is so bad because even if I say just
thank you in Chinese the locals can’t understand what I am talking about.
18. …….They drink tea all the time for every meal and
it’s free and I like tea so that’s cool.
19. …… We sing American songs when they come over the
speakers and pretend that chopsticks are microphones and then 30 Asian cell
phones are whipped out, people are dragged in from the streets, and everyone is
talking and smiling and laughing about what is happening. And after that we
tell them about Jesus and how much He loves all of them.
20. …….Chinese people are efficient, smart, get things
done, and like things to be clean. Just like me, really.
