What have I learned recently?
Besides countless new words and phrases, which I don't remember now, there have been a few other things I have learned.
The banks are a pain to use here. I learned this last time I was when I tried to exchange money. My recommendation is to plan to exchange your money before you come to China and don't plan on trying to exchange it here as banks sometimes have weird days and hours for exchanging money. My other recommendation is that if you plan to use ATMs, make sure you give yourself enough time to withdrawl enough money for things you want to buy if you do not have enough cash. Also, if you can find a large Bank of China, go there first. There ATMs have higher limits on the amount of money you can remove. Also, try ATMs first because often times people inside the bank don't really really know what they are talking about. They will tell you can't use your card at their ATM when you can. Sometimes they will tell you to go to another bank where you will hear the same thing.
I also learned that the Hyundai Tiburon does not have the Tiburon badge over here. It has the Hyundai Coupe badge. Audis are still super popular, but I have seen some Dodge Caravans driving around, so the soccer mom generation will be coming soon.
There are new ways to lose weight in China that do not include dieting or working out. One new product involves wrapping what looks like a large plastic sack around a part of your body. You turn it on and it shakes. Supposedly it shakes the fat away. You will know why in a bit. If you don't like this kind there is a similar tool that looks like a treadmill. It is fun for the whole family, or so the commercial has led me to believe. If you don't want your fat shaken away, don't worry, there are new shoes on the market. These shoes don't have ventilation holes and make your feet very hot. Supposedly this makes your body hot as well and because of that your fat just 'melts' away .... I guess. So, friends, don't worry, if you want to shed a few pounds you no longer have to diet or exercise. You can still eat as much as you want as long as you use these tools!
Typically when woman want larger breast they will get breast implants, but not here. Oh no, here they have more little mechanical devices. One of the few I have seen informercials for is a tool where you place little devices under your breasts. They are attached to a machine and when the machine is turned on they shake. They shake just like the device that helps you lose weight. This is where I get skeptical. They both do the same thing, but have different results. One makes you larger and the other smaller. One must work and the other doesn't or neither of them work. Who knows
?
Chatting with young people from the Israeli Army is interesting.
Most, if not all, products in bicycle shops are imported, so it hard to find anything that you can say was bought in China.
I am starting to realize the value of a good conversation.
Not so much some thing I have learned, but wondered, why don't more Chinese people get hit by cars. It seems like, at times, seemingly unorganized systems are actually organized under the surface.
Young girls sitting in storefronts in which the stores have nothing inside of them and nothing for sale can only be selling one thing. Also, barber shops and massge parlors attached to the sides of apartment buildings are also very suspicious.
Learning soccer vocabulary is fun. Thank you World Cup!
There are some other little things I know I should mention, but cannot recall what they are now.
Sandra flys in today! I am so excited. All of my friends here want to meet here and I want her to meet them. Maybe Sandra will have a guest appearance on my blog and she can tell you what she thinks of Beijing and China.
The banks are a pain to use here. I learned this last time I was when I tried to exchange money. My recommendation is to plan to exchange your money before you come to China and don't plan on trying to exchange it here as banks sometimes have weird days and hours for exchanging money. My other recommendation is that if you plan to use ATMs, make sure you give yourself enough time to withdrawl enough money for things you want to buy if you do not have enough cash. Also, if you can find a large Bank of China, go there first. There ATMs have higher limits on the amount of money you can remove. Also, try ATMs first because often times people inside the bank don't really really know what they are talking about. They will tell you can't use your card at their ATM when you can. Sometimes they will tell you to go to another bank where you will hear the same thing.
I also learned that the Hyundai Tiburon does not have the Tiburon badge over here. It has the Hyundai Coupe badge. Audis are still super popular, but I have seen some Dodge Caravans driving around, so the soccer mom generation will be coming soon.
There are new ways to lose weight in China that do not include dieting or working out. One new product involves wrapping what looks like a large plastic sack around a part of your body. You turn it on and it shakes. Supposedly it shakes the fat away. You will know why in a bit. If you don't like this kind there is a similar tool that looks like a treadmill. It is fun for the whole family, or so the commercial has led me to believe. If you don't want your fat shaken away, don't worry, there are new shoes on the market. These shoes don't have ventilation holes and make your feet very hot. Supposedly this makes your body hot as well and because of that your fat just 'melts' away .... I guess. So, friends, don't worry, if you want to shed a few pounds you no longer have to diet or exercise. You can still eat as much as you want as long as you use these tools!
Typically when woman want larger breast they will get breast implants, but not here. Oh no, here they have more little mechanical devices. One of the few I have seen informercials for is a tool where you place little devices under your breasts. They are attached to a machine and when the machine is turned on they shake. They shake just like the device that helps you lose weight. This is where I get skeptical. They both do the same thing, but have different results. One makes you larger and the other smaller. One must work and the other doesn't or neither of them work. Who knows
?
Chatting with young people from the Israeli Army is interesting.
Most, if not all, products in bicycle shops are imported, so it hard to find anything that you can say was bought in China.
I am starting to realize the value of a good conversation.
Not so much some thing I have learned, but wondered, why don't more Chinese people get hit by cars. It seems like, at times, seemingly unorganized systems are actually organized under the surface.
Young girls sitting in storefronts in which the stores have nothing inside of them and nothing for sale can only be selling one thing. Also, barber shops and massge parlors attached to the sides of apartment buildings are also very suspicious.
Learning soccer vocabulary is fun. Thank you World Cup!
There are some other little things I know I should mention, but cannot recall what they are now.
Sandra flys in today! I am so excited. All of my friends here want to meet here and I want her to meet them. Maybe Sandra will have a guest appearance on my blog and she can tell you what she thinks of Beijing and China.
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