Chronicles of a Confused Chicano in China

What do you do in China?

Teacher? No.

Business man? Naw.

Traveling through? Not even close.

This guy in Fuzhou is training to became a barber. Perhaps he can cut Ron's hair properly.

"...I will begin a one-month stint as a 学徒 (trainee) at a local barber shop/salon. The manager will be treating me just like any other beginning employee his first days on the job. I will be starting at the very bottom of the barbershop food chain, and my duties will include sweeping hair, cleaning bathrooms, assisting barbers, and entertaining customers as they have their hair cut. Throughout the month I will have only three days off, and work the rest from 9 am to 8 pm. I will essentially be a slave to my job which for one month pays what I would make in one day of teaching English..."

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El Tartalo: Guia de Yunnan

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From Gabby Girl at Mysterious and Misplaced Logic

"...Yummy Specimen of Brain for only 4.00 RMB!...I probably shouldn't have been as surprised as I was to see it neatly packaged in the meat section considering that the Chinese eat just about everything of an animal, but it caught me off guard nonetheless. I stood there for a second staring at it, thinking about how exactly it would taste, and then I had to walk away or else puke everywhere..."

Actually, I had brain. It taste like foul jello. mmmmm. Jello. mmmmmmmmmm. Foul.

Hek

From Bill @ This is China!

"...The owners knocked down the first parts of the wall around 8:30pm that same evening. I had just finished eating dinner and heard rallying cries outside the balcony sliding doors. I hurried out to the patio and pushed aside the banner, which was wildly rustling in the restless wind. A group of about six owners were chanting. Foremen and some workers were pressing at the protestors. Blue-suited security personnel milled about in confusion. Riot-control had not been a part of their training..."

I found this article a particularly strange choice. Will it catch on to other towns that are know to produce a particular knick nack or service? Some ideas to concider;

Xi'an should be renamed Mei You Bing Ma Yong Shi (lit. Not have Terra Cotta Warriors City) as the terra cotta warriors are located nearly an hours drive from the city.

Yangshuo, the tourist mecca located near Guilin should concider Tai Duo Laowai Shi (lit. Holy Crud, there are a ton of foreigners City) as walking the streets of this little hamlet will bring you into contact with foreigners from all over the world and very few chinese themselves. 

Shaoxing should be renamed Xiaoxing so its easier to pronounce.

Suzhou might concider Shuilu Shi (lit. Water Street City) as a nod to the numerous references that describe Suzhou as the "Venice of the East" becuase of the "canals" criss crossing the city, although the word "smelly" or "not what I expected" should also be included. 

Nanjing was an ancient capital of China way back, during, uh....some emperors reign....exact info not coming to me now but you can look it up...anyhow, Nanjing could attract more tourists, especially males, if it renamed itself NuRenShi (lit. City of Ladies) to all the foxy fashionable honies walking around although Shanghai could also claim this new title but I do believe that Shanghai could be renamed Shou Biao! Qian Bao! DVD! (lit. Watch! Bag! DVD!). Steven and Kevin know exactly what I am talking about. Yeah. 

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