Today marked the second straight day of rain. The season is turning, you can feel it all around you. Unlike in Florida, autumn may actually be here by my birthday.
I ended up going back to the room today during a break in classes. My stomach was not happy about something, and wasn't going to let me forget it. I laid down and skipped my second class.
After my nap, I got up, thinking it necessary to find dinner. I had no interest really, so I bypassed the dining hall in favor of the small campus market. The market has a little tea...counter? It's not much bigger than that. So, I decided to have a milk tea, thinking it might help. It tasted good, but I can't say it made my stomach feel any better.
Ma Qidou. I like that they translate "latte" and "mocha," but not "macchiato." Admittedly, I had to look up the spelling.
The shop was quite full, as most places are now that the freshmen have arrived. I browsed a little to see if something would arouse my appetite:
Chinese Snacks. Chicken feet anyone? I think they're BBQ flavored...
Nope. That's not going to do it.
A traffic altercation on my walk home reminded me of something I've been meaning to talk about. I know I've said a few things about Chinese driving in the past, but this is different. And the same, I guess. I've not seen a single "STOP" sign here. There doesn't seem to be any. Well, I assume that there has to be stop signs somewhere, but I've not ran into one. In fact, there are "DO NOT STOP" signs. And they are everywhere:
X-Men X-ing? Nope, its a "don't stop" sign.
It seems to me, that you can pretty much do whatever you like while driving here. If you want to stop in the middle of the highway, go for it. People are going to honk, but they'll work their way around. If you want to drive in the wrong lane because a bus isn't going the speed you'd like, so be it. You can always force your way back into the line of traffic. It's like there aren't rules here. I was standing at the bus stop the other day, looking at the madness and thinking "we (America) gave China the car. This is all our fault." Maybe that's not entirely true, at any rate the West gave the East automobiles. Traffic laws were, however, lost in translation.
Hayden
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