China Cont.
Pretty busy the last few days as we had two days in a row of casting. Today we have a break as the counterstrike semifinals are being played, tomorrow is the warcraft semis, the day after is cs finals then on may 3rd the warcraft finals. My flight is on the 4th, which only leaves a few days for me to get used to the time zone again, move to my apartment, and start a new job. Going to be quite hectic indeed!
I finally installed the webcam on my laptop and was able to see Heidi and Rusty (our dog) and vice versa, so that helped a bit. I'm still doing pretty well here, just getting tired of not being home.
A few of the differences in China:
a) No Tipping. Period. Employees will get fired if they accept tips.
b) A LOT of bicycles and motorized bikes, they actually have their own lanes.
c) The street lanes mean absolutely nothing. People drive where they want to, when they want to. Makes for cheap entertainment I guess.
d) No one is safe on the streets. Pedestrians, bicyclists, drivers all think that they should have the right of way, so there are lots of instances of people pulling out in front of each other, yes even the large buses have bicycles cutting them off!
e) All of the food is a LOT healthier. I ate at KFC for the first time yesterday, and got an upset stomach.
f) Batering for goods (not food or most services). I'm really uncomfortable doing this, so as a result I haven't purchased as many things as I would've liked. Pretty ineffecient but works for them I guess.
That's all I can think of at the moment. I think I'm going to watch the amercian counterstrike team, Complexity, in the semifinals, so I better get going.
I finally installed the webcam on my laptop and was able to see Heidi and Rusty (our dog) and vice versa, so that helped a bit. I'm still doing pretty well here, just getting tired of not being home.
A few of the differences in China:
a) No Tipping. Period. Employees will get fired if they accept tips.
b) A LOT of bicycles and motorized bikes, they actually have their own lanes.
c) The street lanes mean absolutely nothing. People drive where they want to, when they want to. Makes for cheap entertainment I guess.
d) No one is safe on the streets. Pedestrians, bicyclists, drivers all think that they should have the right of way, so there are lots of instances of people pulling out in front of each other, yes even the large buses have bicycles cutting them off!
e) All of the food is a LOT healthier. I ate at KFC for the first time yesterday, and got an upset stomach.
f) Batering for goods (not food or most services). I'm really uncomfortable doing this, so as a result I haven't purchased as many things as I would've liked. Pretty ineffecient but works for them I guess.
That's all I can think of at the moment. I think I'm going to watch the amercian counterstrike team, Complexity, in the semifinals, so I better get going.
posted by Joe Knizacky at 1:22 AM
3 Comments:
what's this? joe getting sick? heheheh. glad to hear that you're trying new foods tho. i had chicken fingers n pizza the other day ;-) heheheh. i think i might have forgotten to mention the crazy drivers they have out there. pretty amazing in a very startling sort of way, isn't it? as for haggling...come on! i gave you some tips! :-) get stuff for free! ha! look forward to chatin with ya soon.
-andrew
ps: u going to need help moving?
Sucks that you got sick. Doesn't surprise me, though. I feel pretty sick when I eat fast food nowadays, and I don't eat all that healthy all time time as it is! It's not so much that the food they eat is healthier, they just prepare it healthier.
I would offer to help you move, too, but I got a nasty cold on the plane back to Tucson, and I've been out for 4 days. Seeing as it will take me four days to drive home *after* I pack, I don't think I can make it.
Take care coming home,
Brandon
I am so jealous.
That is all.
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