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飲茶 Yam Cha, originally uploaded by LITMK. Yesterday Tony, Jay, and I went to a vegetarian yamcha (dimsam) restaurant. I’ve been looking for a vegetarian yamcha joint since I became a vegetarian last year. Until now I’ve been going to the regular ones and only had a small selection. We were all very excited to find this . . . → Read More: 飲茶 Yam Cha While waiting for my friends at a metro station I decided to listen to the owner of a jewelery store in the metro who was talking to the lady that worked at the bakery in the next booth. I just wanted to see how much Cantonese I could understand, however, when I came by they became . . . → Read More: Pretending in the Metro I went to Gangding, which is an area of Guangzhou known for its huge computer centres, last week. I bought 26 movies that have great Cantonese dubs. They are all cartoons (The Simpsons movie anyone?) because cartoons usually have the best dubs. Some are Pixar and old Disney films, and others are Japanese animation films from . . . → Read More: Tons of Input I walked into a 7/11 today to buy some almonds. Instead of saying the price, the cashier just pointed to the register. I thought that was rude. The least she could have done was said the price in Chinese, so I just stared at her for a moment. She kept motioning to the register, and I . . . → Read More: Just a Little Ruder Please Yes, it’s true. I’m back in China, and I’m staying. I didn’t know this until a few days ago, however. I met with a past employer and just sort of agreed to work for him on the spot. The next day I was looking for apartments. I can’t believe it! I’m going to be living . . . → Read More: I’m back! On Monday I went to one of those abandoned buildings in Guangzhou. I got to see how the squatters live and what the insides of one of those buildings actually looks like. It’s not as bad as you might think. They have running water and what seemed to be electricity. Of course this was only one . . . → Read More: The Derelict Today I finally realized how long I’ve been away. While paying for a bottle of orange juice with a five Yuan note, I looked at Mao’s solemn face and realized that I don’t even remember what Canadian money looks like anymore. I can’t picture the Queen or Macdonald or any of the others. Was a five . . . → Read More: Money, Blue Skies, and Shuttlecocks The Chinese New Year is upon us! Today I went out to one of the many Flower Streets here in Guangzhou. There is one in every district. I went to the one on Beijing Road. My friend has a booth there and he is selling all sorts of flowers and plants. There are two main types of . . . → Read More: Chinese New Year I work seven days a week now. Some days I only work for two hours. I got sick about 10 days ago, and I’m still sick. Today I finally took a day off to recover because I could barely speak this morning. Other than that I’ve been doing okay. I ride the metro to work every morning . . . → Read More: The Guangzhou Metro To the south of my apartment lies an old part of town that reconstruction and development hasn’t touched yet. The people sit in front of their shops selling magazines, fish, clothing, and just about anything else. As I walk by I can see them preparing snails on a small grinding machine. They invite me to sit . . . → Read More: Ghost in the Alley |
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