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Am I becoming Chinese?


December 1, 2012

After one month in Beijing I observe some changes in my personality. I wonder if these ten points indicate that I’m turning into a Chinese?

  • I start spitting on the floor.
  • I’m faster queuing up for the subway than some of the locals.
  • I prefer squat to Western style toilets. (Okay, this only counts half as I already did that in India)
  • I sing along to the music from my iPod while walking on the street.
  • I pick up the phone with «wei».
  • I wear yellow kitty earlaps over my hat.
  • I’m no longer puzzled when somebody passes me walking backwards.
  • I like to drink plain water hot.
  • I do line dance with a group of 60 years old Chinese ladies at a crossroad of my neighborhood at 8.30 in the morning when temperature is as low as 0°C (32°F).
  • Instead of one cup of milk I drink two glasses of baijiu before going to bed.

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2 Comments
Lula
December 2, 2012 at 4:33 am
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Hey, come oon thats all? there are so many more things you can explore and get use to it, I hope you will find them and write it here, it would be really nice to read it 🙂 Since I lived there I also prefer hot water and soya milk aaaand warm beer…typical chinese they DO drink warm beer in restaurants 😛 cheers!



    Carole Lulu Lauener
    December 9, 2012 at 4:56 pm
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    Hi Lula, no, that is not all, I’m still discovering new stuff… I’m definitely up for soya milk but not for warm beer (yet ;-)).

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