Chinese People and Tea

July 19, 2011

Just a quick update today. Our Cleveland group all went out last night and we walked around the town together. Apparently people in china have absolutely no problem with staring because nearly every head is turned toward us. And then when you look back at them they don't even blink they just watch you as they walk past you. We stopped at the mall during our walk yesterday. I went into a tea shop, and the lady sat me down and made me some tea. Our whole conversation had been in Chinese and then after about 3 minutes she asked something that i didn't know how to answer so i said "dui bu qi. wo zhong wen shuo de bu hao." (im sorry. i speak chinese poorly.) And then she got this surprised look on her face and said "oh english? Are you american?!?" And i thought, umm obviously! So that was neat. After your first year you actually know a lot of Chinese! You just dont always use "zhe shi sheme?" (what is this?) when your talking about school supplies. You have to mix what you learn together! "Zhe shi sheme?" (what is this?) "Zhe shi lǜcha." (this is green tea). Anyways, that's it from me today!