So this morning after breakfast I ran into an unusual sight in a crowded Chinese ghetto usually deserted of foreigners: a former Cuban general. He walked up to me and started speaking Spanish which I understood but for some reason kept responding in Chinese. We had a three minute chat before he turned the corner and we went separate ways. Speaking of foreigners, I discovered two Arab guys I often talk to who are studying Chinese at Capital Normal University are well, Saudi Royalty, which I thought was really cool.
Today the teachers took all the second year students on a shopping trip to the most crowded mall I've ever seen. I'm an awful bargainer but I ended up buying 2 beaded bracelets (total Y15), a poor quality jade Guanyin necklace (Y25), and a bottle of some sweet milk tea (Y2.50) thing for a total of Y42.50 or a little over 6 US dollars. Good practice for my Chinese, well worth the six dollars. My search to buy a Zhong Shan Zhuan aka Mao suit proved fruitless. I saw some fancy shirts like the ones I bought in the ghetto in the mall for 108 kuai a peace. Slightly better quality than what I payed 40 kuai for, but not much. Exam tommorow, Great Wall trip this weekend, Taiji, Shaolin Kung Fu, and Calligraphy classes Sunday. Allowance tomorrow too!
Hi Manny,
ReplyDeleteSounds as if you are having a great time.