TOP 10

Top 10 Things I want you to know about China:

10. You can’t really say that you know China after being here for a year, but you can try.
9. The countryside of China is unlike anywhere else. I could enjoy watching the countryside for days if it did not involve being on a Chinese train.
8. Chinese people cannot dance to save their lives, but boy can they sing!
7. Chinese people appreciate and use their public parks. They like to do things in groups, rarely alone and they do not feel crowded when doing so. It’s a good feeling.
6. The food is delicious and oily. And bony. And nothing like Chinese food in America.
5. Central heating is not a basic human right, just an unnecessary luxury. (Although I disagree!)
4. I have met some of the most hospitable people here. Americans are nicer to strangers, but Chinese are nicer to their new friends and old friends and extended family members.
3. The Chinese generate a lot of trash, but every day the Chinese sidewalks start clean again.
2. China changes every day.
1. I might find the need to come back.

Top 10 Memories:

10. Leaving the safety bubble of orientation and arriving at Zhounan Middle School
9. Dancing to MJ’s “Beat it” at the New Year Party, taking 1st place for being Foreigners
8. Shooting our commercial for Untrace Skin Whitening cream
7. Having lunch with Sky’s family
6. Class 17’s mid year skits and Class 6 singing ‘Call Me Maybe”
5. The neighborhood baby LiBeiBei saying my Chinese name “Ke Teng Fei Ayi” before being able to say anything else
4. Hiking TLG in Yunnan province w/ WT friends
3. Staying in XingPing village in Gangxi province w/ WT friends
2. Spring Festival 2012.
1. Saying goodbye to English Club, Zhounan teachers, friends, and WT friends

And just for fun….

Top 10 Ways you know you have been in China too long:

10. You see nothing wrong with standing on a white stripe in the middle of a
highway while cars whiz past you at 60mph


9. You comment that the pollution “isn’t really that bad…”
8. You’ve got a pre-paid ticket with a reserved seat on a train or plane, but you still run like mad to to the get there first
7. You stand up as soon as your plain lands and stand in the aisle for half an hour before the doors open.
6. You squat to have a rest
5. You start to think the fake purses and goods look real
3. You spit your bones on the table and go to McDonalds to eat chicken.
2. You put up the peace sign in every picture
1. You “ting bu dong” even though you are starting to understand

Here are some more contributions for a Foreigners in Changsha Website:
You have trouble sleeping when you go home for a visit because it’s just too darn quiet

You get a discount if you speak English, but you pay more for Putonghua (Mandarin)

How about incessantly pressing the close button in an elevator… even AFTER the doors have begun to close?

You wear plastic flip-flops and a suit jacket to do construction work.

You’re surprised when the life in the office doesn’t die out from 12:00 to 14:30.

You think the taxi driver in Moscow has gone mad when he doesn’t want to drive you all the way form the airport for 20$

The more you listen to the news, the more uninformed you are.

You hold hands with others of the same sex and think nothing of it.

You carry your wife’s purse and she wears high-heel shoes to climb the mountain.

You sit 3 inches from the TV.

You turn the KTV volume up to 11.

You visit your home country and answer the phone.. WEI?!!!!!!!

You blow your nose with your thumb and forefinger