my first food shopping experience in China.. In a supermarket. Nothing was in English but I wanted to do this on my own so I told my translator not to come and just have the driver wait for me. I needed dish cleaning sponges, so I go to that area and there were a lot. But right next to them I see a blue pack at 1/2 the price.. so I buy it. It was a dark blue pack of what I thought were 4 sponges.. they felt kind of spongy. I could not see inside the pack or read any of the writing. It had flowers printed on it. I go up to the check out and the girl kind of gives me a strange look.. but so be it. I get to my apartment and my translator comes over to see how I did and to help me unload. She gets to the blue pack and her face turns red.. she said " why did you by these?".. I said " to clean the dishes.. why?.. She said "these are woman's feminine napkins"!!

I never went shopping without my translator again.

having traditional tea on my mind...







i've only experienced a proper tea serving once... in our ancestral home in Xiamen, China when i was still very young.

it was a clay tea set placed on top of a round wood and ceramic tray with slits. hot water is poured over the clay set, and the water drains into the slits. tea leaves were placed into the pot, then hot water poured into it. first serving of tea was thrown out, as this was to wash away the impurities of the leaves, and to heat the clay-ware.



water is poured into the teapot again and this second brew was the one given to us, as the real flavors of the leaves were already released from the first brew. this was poured into the cups with care, and served to each guest

clay tea-ware seem to have a way of bringing out the earthier flavors... and the ceremony itself was mesmerizing to observe..

"Transcript of A Chinese Proverb About Money"


With money you can buy a 'house' but not a 'home'.

With money you can buy a 'clock' but not 'time'.

With money you can buy a 'bed' but not 'sleep'.

With money you can buy a 'book', but not 'knowledge'.

With money you can consult a 'doctor', but not buy 'good health'.

With money you can buy a 'position' but not 'respect'.

With money you can buy 'blood' but not 'life'.

Here ya go sweetheart

I got this...

Next?

start the party without me. it's wayyyy past my bed time

If and I do say if you are waiting on us. Go head and get started.. rofl..

Cheers

nope no saint. coward. wouldn't want to scare them apart

i think we'll give him a little more time

Rather the POINT isn't it; we're just all getting this via a 3rd party who is getting it from only 1 point of view! Very well for you to say; "I wouldn't be so quick to judge this woman"...when you really have no clue about her character either...just what we've all been told.
Not my monkey - Not my circus! But it's posted here as a topic/thread for discussion and that's what the ADULTS are doing...discussing the drama of this scenario {if it's believable} and when I first read this I was thinking it was some foreign daytime soap opera! Same Genre! Seriously...

do you think we should just open the door so we can all cheer?

I tried sexting with my girlfriend, but all she did was correct my spelling.

adding to the ambiance... love is in the air here...