Went out with the roommate on Friday for hot pot. It was really good and I tried their noodles which were amazing! In the middle of dinner my roommate found out some bad news about her boyfriend's job so she was very upset. She asked me what we do in America when we are upset and I said hang out with friends, drink, watch movies and eat a lot of junk. She laughed and proceeded to smoke 4 cigarettes in a row. (She doesn't normally smoke so I could tell how unhappy she was.) We walked around Yanqing for a little while and decided to go home. I like that everyone here holds hands and links arms. Si Yu always links arms with me. :) It makes me happy.
Observation: Children and women like to eat KFC--Chinese men do not. I have been told that they feel it is too American so they choose not to eat it. Very interesting.
Hannah - love the observations! So funny you say that about KFC, when I first came to China I had that same observation about women and children eating there more. I've learned that its because when a Chinese family go out to eat, the men always order and take charge, and at the western fast food chains, everyone just gets what they want so the women like it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if a woman were to go eat at a Chinese restaurant alone or alone with her kid, people would look at her funny, but not if she was alone in KFC.
Interesting huh?