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I guess some of you all have been patiently waiting for an update. I'm sorry it's taken so long. I'll use midterms as my excuse.
I really want to write some interesting thoughts but it's getting late and I know you all only read this blog for the sweet pictures, so here you go!

I mentioned in my last entry about how Chinese people food stack at Pizza Hut and I wasn't sure why. Well my friend and I decided that maybe we could food stack too, so here's our work:

I think next time we could work on height, but I think it turned out well considering we didn't use any salad dressing to keep it in one piece.


The top view... gorgeous!


You all may be thinking that "wow, you're really good at food stacking" but the truth is this is nothing compared to some of the work I've seen. Plus, we only spent 15 minutes on it, as opposed to 45 minutes. Most of the time was spent stacking one cucumber slice at a time. Unfortunately, as we walked our food stack back to our table some Chinese people laughed at us, maybe because ours wasn't impressive, or because we were pretending to be Chinese. We'd probably do it again.

This next set of pictures is from my school's Southeast gate, Dongnan men as it were. In this area you can find many convenient stores, street performers, restaurants, night markets, and tasty Chinese snack stands:

You get used to crowds after some time.


很多中国菜


Sanitary? Probably not but the rule of thumb on dining in China is "the sketchier, the better"


Seems so much cooler when it's made in front of you.


I only buy fruits that peel.


Cart full of duck parts... yum(?)


Tentacles on a stick anyone?


VIP view of snack production


Bakery


I like this one


Here's a special video I made, and by special I mean that I gave the musicians a few kuai to let me video tape them a little. The music is really good, totally worth the kuai. Enjoy!