cleanin' up
So China's ramping up for the Olympics, polishing the veneer on a country with a reputation for ancient beauty. But it isn't all so lovely. It seems that the not-so-pretty aspects of the place are the ones that irk me about Vietnam.
Got something in your throat? Hawk it up--and out--as loudly as possible. Want to buy that? Just push yourself up to the front of the
Vietnam has no reason to assume the social niceties of the Western world, but China, for the sake of national pride and (therefore) a spike in Olympic tourist dollars , most certainly does.
Jim Yardley writes about their efforts in his NYTimes article, I'd swear he was talking about this country: "Public spitting is a frequent practice in Beijing and even more common elsewhere in China. (The sinus-clearing, phlegmy pre-spit hawking sound is so common that one foreigner wryly dubbed it “the national anthem of China.”)"
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Discussing ethnic foods in class today didn't help soothe my craving for Mexican food. Or Indian food. Or fondue. Man, oh man...
I did get a bit creative today though and we had Chicken Pot Pie, skillet-style:
1 Comments:
Sounds "gross" , but you did not have to go that far to see it right here. And that is not the only culture that has some really gross habits when they get here. It seems that hte really early settlers were a different class than todays generation? (sorry I rambeled) Maybe tommorrow I will take J out for mexican food and think of you :) :) :)
unc d&j
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