Chelsea is getting ready to leave (this Saturday) for China. She will be studying in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Which is near Shanghai.
Since she has been home she has gone to the Chinesse consulate to apply for a visa, has gone to the doctor for a check up, has unpacked her suitcase from studying in San Francisco and gobbled camembert, baguettes, pain au chocolates… yogurt.
I asked her, "What are the ten things you should know about China?" and before she could answer I started my own list, "1. The Great Wall, 2. One Child Policy, 3. Chopsticks and Rice, 4. The most Populated Country in the World…
But before I could rattle off the rest of my top of head list, Chelsea interjected, "I heard that tampons are hard to find, since most Chinese women do not use them."
I didn't see that one coming. Did you?
Of course I went online to see if that was a truth or a myth, and in doing so find out about: One Thousand Year Old Eggs, which has nothing to do with tampons, and I looked up how to write, "Tongue in Cheek Blog" in Chinese: "舌头在脸颊博客". I easily get off the track as you can see.
Tampons are hard to find in China so the internet says.
While Chelsea filled out forms for her stay in China, I took to the internet looing up information regarding life in China:
Such as how to say: "Hello my name is Corey. Can you tell me the way to the brocante?"
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Teasing aside China will soon start the second half of her great adventure of learning and discovering abroad. Oh that Lucky China Girl!
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