My favorite things:

1.) The sounds of China!!!

2.) Chinese DVDs (if you know what I mean, Joey would disapprove of this)

3.) Breaded Chicken and Fried sweet bread on a stick!!! MMM for only 44 cents!

4.) Chinese Jade!!! Beautiful (the lighter the green the better quality it is)

5.) When the Chinese get excited!!!!

6.) Chinese kids!!!! So cute!!! I might take one home with me! ha

7.) The Beijing Wildlife Park!!! Its the BEST park Ive ever been to!!! You can ride in a caged jeep and the bears and lions get really close you can feed them. Well they grab raw chicken from a small caged box attachted to the jeep!! Its really close though!!

8.) Bargaining! I love it cuz you can be mean and its so cool when you win!!

9.) Chinese hospitality!!!! They are the sweetest ppl you'll ever meet!

10.) When a Chinese becomes a beleiver!! (They really think about it and ask a lot of questions. But when they do become a believer they understand that its a life changing thing, not religion!! Its a beautiful thing to see!

My not so favorite things:

1.) The smells!!! They are all so very interesting!!

2.) The air quality. China is one of the most polluted countries. My lungs have a hard time adjusting! And you can't really take deep breaths, you kinda just take shallow breaths!

3.) The fact that I dont speak fluent mandarin, but one day I will!!

4.) Their meat in a pack snack things!!! mmm doesnt sound good doesnt look good!!

5.) The pressure in the showers!!!!!  I havent washed my hair in a while!!!

6.) the fact that I cant do anything if I hear a husband beating his wife on the floor below me! They have no numbers to call or places to go! Its sad!

7.) I have to walk everywhere!!!! No bikes yet!! We're thinkin of getting a motored one!!

8.) No mousse or gel! Bad for curly hair!! haha!

9.) No chinese cable...boo!!! its fun to watch!!

10.) The crazy roads and how no one really follows the rules!!!!!

Mandarin lesson 4: hen hao (pronounced hun haow) = very good

wo ai ni,

Jovy