Amazing Finds - little things I wish I would have known.
1. In China, you don't tip. More than that is that the chinese are insulted when they are tipped. Today, its been raining and a guy delivered a pizza to the house. I wanted to tip him for the terrible trip in the rain, but what I found out in the past few days is that I am not supposed to. I mean, its good for me that I dont have to tip, but coming from a place where tipping is a custom, it feels awkward. Then there is the fact, like at the Snooker bar, the pool attendee was working and doing stuff, which in the States would have been a job dependent on tips. It also didnt help that I don't like people doing common tasks on a pool table for me.
2. T.V. to Chinese girls is like heroin to an addict. This blew my friggin mind. We were watching a bunch of people chatting and conversing and being all active, etc etc. But then the TV was turned on, and all the women just dropped what they were doing and were engrossed by the TV. It doesnt matter whats on either: a soap (which all take place in Ming Dynasty China), the olympics, cartoons, or a cheesy movie. It was like a 4 year old child. Very freaky.
3. Gung Fu in China doesn't exist. I don't get it. I can't find it anywhere. Other than like the Shaolin Temple and Fu-Shan. Its popular here, but yet, I have seen no one doing it
4. All DVDs here are pirated. Well, I kinda knew that before I came...but its more prevalent than I thought. I mean, legitimate business places have pirated copies of some of the US's biggest films and some of the most obscure American films. Take this one for example. "The Land of Leprechauns" starring Whoopi Goldberg. Yeah, thats right. And they went full out on this too. Um, a Punisher rip off starring Casper Van Diem...he's wearing the same shirt as the newest Punisher that was in the States.
5. Well...i cant think of anything else. I just wanted to write something. Later.