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went to visit chong qing for a couple days. my grandparents are originally from there, so there was a lot of MEETING DISTANT RELATIVES which gets really awkward since i'm not so good with chinese etiquette/hospitality, not to mention i don't speak chinese. the result: lots of leftover food on the table because they HAVE to bring us something to eat even if we say we're not hungry (and if they see the grapes haven't been touched, that's their cue to bring out watermelon), lots of standing around awkwardly because my mom told me not to let them carry our bags for us but they won't let go of my backpack even though i'm ALREADY WEARING IT, lots of TACKLING EACH OTHER to decide who'll pay the check (and then sneaking away to secretly pay it when the other person thinks they've won), and other interesting... things...
i think i'm too used to hong kong and the EXTREME AIR CONDITIONING everywhere. i'm not too great with heat in general so i just kind of died in china since nobody likes acs. i guess i should look forward to japan -- apparently there are over sixty people DEAD from the heat wave.
so we were walking around and my dad was like "oh that restaurant over there serves bunnies" and i'm like "lol i want to try eating bunnies" so for lunch yesterday we ordered bunnies. if you don't know, in some chinese restaurants, if you order fish they'll bring the live fish over before they kill it so you can check if it's fresh and healthy and the right size and stuff. so we're sitting there and the chef brings over a LIVE BUNNY and asks what we think of it and she's holding the BUNNY by the ears and it's a BUNNY and it looks at us with SAD BUNNY EYES and my parents freak out and we cancel the order. later we buy some bunny jerky from a street vendor. (i actually still want to try fresh bunny but i think my mom was too traumatized)
ANYWAY back in hong kong and the usual bla bla bla i should post more bla bla bla. i think i'm just not in the habit. i have too many things to say, they just flash through my mind so quickly and i can only catch like one or two to pin down and write about. going to japan in a few days, looking forward to seeing reo again.
i think i'm too used to hong kong and the EXTREME AIR CONDITIONING everywhere. i'm not too great with heat in general so i just kind of died in china since nobody likes acs. i guess i should look forward to japan -- apparently there are over sixty people DEAD from the heat wave.
so we were walking around and my dad was like "oh that restaurant over there serves bunnies" and i'm like "lol i want to try eating bunnies" so for lunch yesterday we ordered bunnies. if you don't know, in some chinese restaurants, if you order fish they'll bring the live fish over before they kill it so you can check if it's fresh and healthy and the right size and stuff. so we're sitting there and the chef brings over a LIVE BUNNY and asks what we think of it and she's holding the BUNNY by the ears and it's a BUNNY and it looks at us with SAD BUNNY EYES and my parents freak out and we cancel the order. later we buy some bunny jerky from a street vendor. (i actually still want to try fresh bunny but i think my mom was too traumatized)
ANYWAY back in hong kong and the usual bla bla bla i should post more bla bla bla. i think i'm just not in the habit. i have too many things to say, they just flash through my mind so quickly and i can only catch like one or two to pin down and write about. going to japan in a few days, looking forward to seeing reo again.