Hello everyone. This weekend has finally been a nice little break after a long, hectic week. And, sorry this blog doesn't have any pictures. Saturday I did homework in the morning and went for a run and watched Ben play a soccer game in the afternoon. This game he was playing with a European team called the "Wanderers". It was a good game and it was fun to watch, but alot of the foreigners on his team had "badditudes". They were all really negative and angry at each other and the refs and the other team. I had never seen anything like it on a soccer field before and Ben said he hadn't either and didn't really like the people, he just liked playing with them because the game was a little more organized. The other games he plays in are "rec" games where anyone can come and play and there are about 5 pick-up games all going on at once.
After that, I rode home and met Laura and we rode our bikes across the city to Wall-Mart. This is another thing we found on our map and decided we had to go check out. And it really was ACROSS the city, pretty much as far away as it could be. But Chengdu really isn't as big as it seems. It took us about an hour to ride there and it was nice to see new parts of the city. It also really helps me get oriented and know where everything is. The Wal-Mart itself was not very western really. It was more like a Trustmart or Century mart or any other normal giant supermarket store you find all over China. The biggest differences were the isles were bigger so it seemed less crowded, it had western toilets and they played music in the bathrooms, and it had a larger, cheaper selection of Western food. I bought a box of corn flakes for 15 kuai and I usually see them for at least 30. Laura also bought some banana bread. The Wal-Mart even came equipped with a KFC. After leaving the Wal-Mart a guy came up to us and wanted to give us jobs. He wanted us to stand in front of his store because he said we were pretty Westerners. We have gotten alot of offers like this and declined. It seems weird and boring and this one was even very far away. Maybe sometime I'll take one of the jobs and see how it goes, but not from some random guy on the street.
Now its Sunday and I'm just going to sit around and do homework and watch movies and relax.
2 comments:
Good to relax after surviving ear cleaning. My mother used to tell me "never put anything larger than your elbow in your ear" but then she says many unusual things.
I would have you stand in front of my store any a day. You are the prettiest westerner I know! Also sounds like a good deal on Corn flakes.
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