Lazy Sunday Afternoons

I've definitely been failing at updating my blog with interesting stuff. I was hoping that I'd be able to tell you all about the Christian Miao Village later tonight, but due to horrible weather conditions, our trip was canceled. ;_;

I've felt a twinge of homesickness lately, so to cheer myself up I've compiled a list of things that I'm going to miss about China when I come home in two months.

1. Egg Pancakes. In Qingdao, egg pancakes ran about 1.5kuai. Last night I walked all the way to Kundu (the bar area of Kunming) with two guys from my program just to get egg pancakes. Turns out in Kunming (or Kundu at 2:00 am, rather) they are 5 kuai. It's totally worth it though. The woman/man at the stand pours about a million gallons of oil onto a skillet followed by dough for a crepe/pancakeish thing. After a few seconds, she tears a hole in the middle of the pancake and cracks an egg into it. After it's all done cooking, spicy redbean paste is brushed onto it, and you are guaranteed a fabulous five minutes in heaven followed by an entire night of heartburn.

2. Kites. I know we have kites in America, but you really don't understand how wonderful kites are until you've been to China. It's totally normal to see 20 or so old men flying kites next to a 1000 year old building. Here's a picture that I took in Xi'an during the summer of 2009. You can see the kites to the left.








3. Vegetables and Fruits. The vegetables/fruits here are so wonderful and so cheap.

4. Shrubs being used as brooms.

5. KTV (Karaoke). Yes, I know that we have Karaoke in America, but it's not cool in America. I don't know what I'm going to do when I'm back home and it's a Saturday and I can't sing my heart out to R. Kelly or whatever disturbing music is available in the KTV computer.

I will be adding to this list soon.