MOVING

Just to paint a picture of the severe cultural differences. We are in the process of moving as our landlord decided  to sell our apartment. I was at our new apartment today, and the new landlord had sent some people over to take out a couple of mattresses  that were in the apartment. There was also a lady there who had just cleaned and washed the floors, this asshole.... pardon my french..... has a cigarette in his mouth and before he picks up the mattress he takes the smoke out of his mouth, drops it on my bedroom floor and steps on it..............ok I'm sorry I have to use the bad language WTF????  I mean really WTF?

Who does that? Does he do that in his own house? Oh sometimes I could just scream! But at that moment I have to tell you (it doesn't happen often)  I WAS SPEECHLESS !!!!!

ChinaSMACK

I just happen to stumble upon this website called ChinaSMACK. This is were those of us who don't read Chinese can keep up on what's going on.

I am posting this clip, and just to let you know it's a little disturbing. A lady on a bike is hit by a truck.....the truck driver stops, but note the taxi who obviously seen what happened didn't stop. No one stopped!

I just tried the link and I was hoping you could just click on it , but you will have to copy and paste.


www.chinasmack.com/.../chinese-woman-on-tricycle-crushed-by-speeding-truck.html

"WTF"

I wish I had something more intelligent to say then "WTF" for those of you not up to speed on the new teenage" texting abbreviations" .......It means WHAT THE %*CK. I have no other words for this picture.....Sorry:(

I have however found some interesting facts about eating pigs head:

In ancient times, pig head was used for ancestor worship and as a sacrifice to the heaven. On the second day of the second lunar month, every household in north China would boil pig head. That day is traditionally called the Dragon Head-raising Day. From that day on, all things start to revive, so people pray for a good beginning of the year and favorable weather on that day. As the dragon king is considered to be in charge of raining, people would sacrifice the best offering-pig head to the dragon king. Therefore, eating pig head on the second day of the second lunar month is a tradition passed down from ancient times, and is a symbol of good luck.
 
The Han Chinese have a lot of ways to eat pig head, such as pork tongue and ear. Snout is a specialty. It has to go through twelve major standardized procedures, such as material selection, cleaning, roasting, soaking and pickling in soy sauce, and more than ten hours before served on the desk. Snout can be eaten alone, accompanied by dressing, or rolled in a pancake. Different ways give different tastes. Snout is fat but not greasy, appetizing and delicious, and the meat and the bone are separated. It has beautifying and brain-strengthening effects.

Lost In Translation

A Friend of ours sent us this joke and i thought that this blog being about China and this joke having Asian reference I would post it! However yen is Japanese not Chinese. Thanks Tommy!

I will never hear or see this word again without thinking of this joke.

  Today's word is..........Fluctuations

I was at my bank today; there was a short line.

There was just one lady in front of me, an Asian lady who was trying to exchange yen for dollars.

It was obvious she was a little irritated. . .She asked the teller, "Why it change? Yesterday, I get two hunat dolla fo yen. Today I only get hunat eighty? Why it change?"

The teller shrugged his shoulders and said, "Fluctuations."

The Asian lady says, "Fluc you white people too"

Shopping

Ok I need to mark the monumental moment in my life! Upon my return form Christmas break, two of the best stores for a Westerner to Shop in opened in my neighbourhood!
The first one is CENTURY MART and the second is WU MART. Both are very similar to Walmart, including a fantastic grocery section with tons of nice looking fruits and vegetables!

Wu Mart

Isaac riding the escalator at Wu Mart. There are grooves in the wheels of the shopping carts so it doesn't roll away on you!

AHHH the beloved chicken feet if you can't get them fresh you can get them packaged!

I have been in these stores before but they were at least a 40 minute drive from where I live, so going often never happened. Now Wu Mart is 2.6 k and Century Mart about 1.5 k........oh what a dream come true! lol

Every Women's Dream???

This possibly could be every lonely women's dream......chocolate and batteries....one stop shopping for an evening of fun. They even sell bottles of wine in the same store. See, who the hell needs a man? Ok lets get serious for a second. REALLY???? what health and safety committee or food industry people, or whoever  deals with stuff like this, believes putting a battery in with food was a good idea??? HELLO? Don't get me wrong I love freebies, but I think I'll skip this one! lol

What Stop Sign ??????

I was
I was walking the other day, and just thought I would stop and take this short clip. This is to show you that a Stop sign means nothing! Note the Sign above the 2 men standing on the side of the road. The Police station is a few hundred feet down the road and there are always cops around. But they do it to! lol. If you are walking you better stop or they will run you over! Oh it's good to be back! Everyone in Canada is too polite! lol

Beijing fireworks mark Chinese new year

The New Year

First I would like to say Thank You to all of you who took the time to read my blog in 2010. I hope I can bring you some more exciting stories in 2011.
I thought of this when people would ask if we were "glad to be home". What exactly is home? If you know me I have lived all over the place!  I finally realized the old cliche of " home is where the heart is" may be true.
Home is where I make it, with my family. I realized that when I was ready to come "home". China is our home now. There are good and bad here..... but isn't there good and bad in Canada? I can only be grateful for the opportunity, as many people don't get to experience how the other side of the world lives.

February 3rd is the start of the Chinese New Year. We are excited to be here to celebrate, however we have been told, if we want to sleep, we should invest in ear plugs. I fireworks go on for days! I was on u tube checking out the fireworks in the Chinese New Year....... and I must share. I can't wait to be a part of the festivities!