Feet Wow Blenda, do you think this is the beginning of the end of your foot "thing?" We can only wonder. ;-)
Give it time, sweetie, you will soon be ordering food with the best of them.
Learning to love the market, maybe not so much. At least not the livestock section. ewwww
Hello Brenda Hello Brenda - I might not be the most active or responsive reader you will have, but will be reading and expressing my concerns to "management" regularly on your behalf!
Pictures We want to see the people duh. this Kyle that takes you to eat, was he the cute one (can't remember) anyway we do want to see people too. As well as the city.
o please. So I finished my first day of classes and I decided to read your blog. I'm glad I did. O please I love your blog and really a nice shout out on a Monday morning. Happiness in the little things. HA! Don't worry I just wrote the band name down and will check them out soon! I love you!
el cuarto de bano Your mom was telling us Wednesday night about the bathroom situation, and I just couldn't believe it. With all the movies that are made about life in China (Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, Rush Hour 3), you would think someone would put just one crazy hole-in-the-floor bathroom scene, but I've never seen one. You are opening my eyes, girl. What else are they hiding from us??
the man/dog Brenda, I am so loving reading your blog. You write like you talk, so it is like you are not a million miles away. I think about that man-licking-her-hand story every time I am in the bed alone. For that reason, I cannot have a hand or foot hanging over the edge. :( Hope next week is full of good food and dead bugs!
none Oh my, just think of all the things you will know by the end of your stay there!! Why, you may even come to love chicken on the hoof, so to speak. ;-) Still making me laugh, so keep those boogs coming.
Skype while showering? Ok, you must clarify the whole showering while skyping thing..... did I read it wrong? I am THAT dumb ya know. You may become a fan of chicken feet before it is all over with. I am curious to know why they have flashlights in their cell phones. Something tells me you will discover the reason, without warning of course. Awesome news on the bowling alley and movie theatre! Woo-hoo!
ewwwww I'm with ya on the bugs and chicken feet, Brenda. I don' t have a 'foot thing' the way you do, but I do like my meat served without too many reminders that is once walked around in lots of dirt before it got to my plate. ;-)
A fun blog as I have come to expect.
I don't like spiders and snakes!! You should remember that most spiders are your friends. They kill and eat many other bugs and things that are harmful to you and your well being, and the bites of most of them are less harmful than a bee sting, which is painful but not deadly to most people.
Don't worry about the water color too much. As long as you don't drink it, there probably isn't anything in it that is particularly harmful (Swallowing it may get some bacteria in you that your Americanized immune system is ill equipped to handle). Our water where I last worked at was an awful color every monday morning until we let it run full throttle for about five minutes. Now you know why I have two heads and three eyes!
Glad you are beginning to settle in a little better.
Love,
Dad
Hey! I subscribed to your blog!!! Wow! You are really keeping busy with all the email and blog updating! Glad to hear that the food is good, the chocolate is crispy, and the times are fun! I'm having air conditioner issues, too! Mine's not spitting on me, but the vents in my bedroom are not working properly, so I have to keep the door to the living room open so it does not get too hot. Well, I'm looking forward to your next update! Keep the faith!
A Crime? If you get arrested for theft of napkins,....well..... you may be out of luck cause you are a longgggg way off for us to come and fetch you out.
Cute guy I didn't know you was so witty. This is all just too much girl. I am glad you are finding so much humor in all this and not letting it bother you. I think its very funny too. Love reading all about it. As for the cute guy-who knows? Love and prayers.
You are cracking me up! Hey Girl! Or should I say Fudgie Wudgie! You are super entertaining! I love it! I have signed up to get an email whenever you update! Wow - I am glad that restroom facilities are different here! I hope you are really enjoying your trip! I admire you for being so adventurous! We love and miss you! Keep your blogs coming! Love ya lots! Kelly.
Please let this happen... I'm not gonna lie...I hope you get peed on. If you ever typed that on here, I promise you, you would be able to hear me laughing from China.
This is amazing! I am SO excited for you right now! I love reading every bit of this...I feel like we're texting each other. And then looking at your pictures....I SEE ME! I'm in China with you! Yay!
Blaugh!!! Hi Brenda!
I am really enjoying the blog. Perhaps one day you will teach me how to set one up.
Just be thankful you have a washer (even without instructions). You could have had a washboard or a flat rock to clean clothes on. Have you been by any shops with ducks and other things hanging from the overhead? Usually, there is an area with vegetables and fruits to buy in addition. Spitting is an art in several cultures. In the south, watermelon seed spitting is an annual event at some county fairs and everyone who chews "baccer" can hit a spitoon from ten paces!
I am really looking forward to your comments when you begin to get prepared to teach conversational English. Just remember, East Tennessee colloquialisms just ain't good English!!! That was one of the hardest things I found to try to avoid in Engllish literature classes in college. Many of them are what I just thought was how you said things. But a good set of " "s can cover up nearly anything.
Since you are there could you perhaps spell phonetically the names of the things and places you mention. For Instance, "Hubei", "Danjiangkou", "Yun Yang" and other words whose spellings from the Chinese leave little clue for the English pronunciation. Hubei, for instance, could be "Hoo-bay", "Hew-bi", or "Ralph" for all we know back here.
Thanks for the blog, and we miss you.
Love Dad
I hope.... I hope that one little boy peeing in public is the ONLY person you see peeing in public while you are there. We both know that most likely won't be the case but ewwwwwww...... and the bee thing... holy smokes! I might have started rocking back and forth like rain man and saying nothing but "airport, airport, airport!".
Me thinks you have a future in writing my dear...a pleasure to read these and be able to keep up. The staring would drive me bananas and entice me to act crazy just to get reactions 8-)
I love it I can't tell you how happy I am that you have this blog to share all your adventures with us. I have heard of the hole-in-the-floor toilets, but never had the pleasure of seeing one. That is one thing I believe I can miss and not feel too deprived.
Keep those blogs coming!!
High class digs Got yourself some high class digs there girlfriend. That's a dryer to be proud of. I'd have a hard time ever remembering to call it a "dryer" and not a clothes line. Well, good thing is, you aren't pretentious and it certainly meets standards of survival. Glad you are making it your own.
I LMAO You are a funny blogger. You do realize the reason Chinese are so skinny? It's cause they have to eat with those friggin' chopsticks! When all else fails, use them to STAB the food. It's OK. It may freak people out but they'll leave the inept, dumb american alone!
thank you Oh Brenda, thank you so much for sharing the pics. Now I can get a better idea of how it is for you in your apartment. It's nice to be able to visualize where you are now. It looks like a pretty nice place. I had to laugh at your "dryer."
And the shower is like no other I have seen since the early days of P.E. at school when they expected us to gang shower. lol
Please keep the blogs coming. I do enjoy them so.
Don Keith
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