The Questions

When living in a foreign country you soon pick up on the language Some languages are easier than others, as for me I can pick up on Spanish 20x's faster than Chinese. Despite any barriers you soon pick up on certain questions which seem to come up no matter who you are talking with.

1. Where are you from? (From me the question is are you Russian?)
2. Where are you going? Alone?
3. Are you scared to travel?
4. How old are you?
5. Are you married?
6. Do you like China? (Country your visiting)
7. How much do you earn? Pay?

These are the first questions that I picked up on in Chinese. My students/ translators would translate, but soon gave up translating and ended up answering for me because the questions were/are asked so often.

Food the Culture of China

Food is the source of life in China in fact it is the biggest part of their culture. They always seem to be eating banquets, but are as skinny as can be. As an outsider the concept of eating and eating and eating has always been associated with obesity, but now my viewpoint has change. I now associate eating and eating and eating with leanness. The biggest difference is the foods being eaten. If you eat a "Big Mac or Whopper or Milkshake" 3 times a day for 365 days of course you'll be obese. Occasionally is ok. For the Chinese they eat vegetables and fruit 3 times a day (and snakes) for 365 day. Yes, they eat meat and even strange meats, but the portions are smaller, and compensated for large portions of fruits and veggies.

As I live among the Chinese I hope to share my experience of their culture FOOD.

500 + Healthy Chinese Recipes Cookbook