China - Day 1 - 19 June 2006

Hello everyone.. its me again, back after a gazillion years..

yesterday was the first day of a week in china... its a beautiful place, if you leave out the washrooms and food. i've never been full since i got to china. My dad's friends drove past MacDonalds to the hotel today, and i've never missed MacDonalds so much. This was the dinner place. it didnt smell too good, but i was told that there were worse.

Dinner was a variation of food, dead and alive. i honestly didnt want to touch any of it. 'dead' looked sickeningly dead, and 'alive' looked suspiciously alive. What you see at the bottom here, is alive. they were all squirming around in the pan... it was sick. like really. at least i didnt have to eat these.

here is a picture of dinner, dead. The thing about chinese, is that they're acutally happy to feed you things which you would get grossed out at. when you retch, i swear they take it as a compliment.

This was the first thing on the dinner table. This, without a doubt, was a cross between 'dead' and 'alive'. they chinese just called it 'fresh'. i dont usually have fish in singapore. thats because i really dont like it. but i didnt have just a little bit of everything, they'd take it as i was being rude. so i didnt have a choice. it actually tasted quite damn good. heres the fish.

coming up is the worst thing they have fed me so far. the only time i've ever read about it - http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php - under 'pork rinds. i'd like to say loads about this dish. but i cant. it actually tasted good.

i've gotta run!! its breakfast... its actually the second day today.... but i'll have day 1 (part 2) coming up soon. luvzz!! i miss you guys.

the biggest mistake a made was to forget to bring the camera charger.. so i hope the battery will hold out. =(