Kickin' it for the good times
I'm listening to "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner over and over again in my head.
Today I decided to treat myself to some Pizza Hut downtown. The Pizza Hut is really expensive by Chinese standards, it's about 10 USD for a 12" pizza. Considering that the average Chinese person earns less than 4 dollars a day, that's pretty hefty. Even for me, with my respectable 375 dollars a month, that's a little pricey.
The pizza is always a little light on the tomato sauce, which is very disappointing, but today there was none at all. It was just cheese and bread. Rather than complain and wait another 40 minutes for my pizza I just ate it. Across the way a daring family was trying the octopus and salmon pizza. No joke there. They have the strangest flavors of everything here. Rose soda? Yep. Liquified Corn Juice in a juice box? You betcha. A box of corn juice, which apparently is quite delicious according to my friends, will set you back about 12RMB, which is about $1.50 in the US.
After I came home I decided to eat a little watermelon, since it's in season and dirt cheap. A full size watermelon is about 4RMB, or 50 cents US. I came home and chopped it up, then sat on the porch and enjoyed the sounds of the street below. It's nice and quiet right now because all the students have gone home for the summer. However, the vegetable market is still in full swing every morning. Peh.
The surprise I promised is in the photo. See if you can guess what it is!
Today I decided to treat myself to some Pizza Hut downtown. The Pizza Hut is really expensive by Chinese standards, it's about 10 USD for a 12" pizza. Considering that the average Chinese person earns less than 4 dollars a day, that's pretty hefty. Even for me, with my respectable 375 dollars a month, that's a little pricey.
The pizza is always a little light on the tomato sauce, which is very disappointing, but today there was none at all. It was just cheese and bread. Rather than complain and wait another 40 minutes for my pizza I just ate it. Across the way a daring family was trying the octopus and salmon pizza. No joke there. They have the strangest flavors of everything here. Rose soda? Yep. Liquified Corn Juice in a juice box? You betcha. A box of corn juice, which apparently is quite delicious according to my friends, will set you back about 12RMB, which is about $1.50 in the US.
After I came home I decided to eat a little watermelon, since it's in season and dirt cheap. A full size watermelon is about 4RMB, or 50 cents US. I came home and chopped it up, then sat on the porch and enjoyed the sounds of the street below. It's nice and quiet right now because all the students have gone home for the summer. However, the vegetable market is still in full swing every morning. Peh.
The surprise I promised is in the photo. See if you can guess what it is!
3 Comments:
minimalist chair sculpture surprise?
Hahaha... the crap behind me is a pile of bed parts. The previous owner of my apartment had an old traditional Chinese bed. He bought a new bed and just piled all the crap on my balcony.
The surprise is actually my sweet mustache, which I grew for Matt Carter.
I like that surprise! I am glad you mentioned something about it because originally when i saw the picture i thought the actual surprise was that you were hanging out with a mexican burt reynolds and snapped a photo of him.
Carter
Post a Comment
<< Home