ABROAD IN
Sunday, July 9th: I woke up today at around 7:40 am because I couldn't fall back to sleep (I was still really tired though). My mom and my sisters both were gone when I woke up because my mom was dropping my sisters off at tutor (my cousin was still sleeping at home though). I kind of just relaxed/went on my phone/did homework/video called my friends and family. It was a relaxing morning which was good. I had xiaolongbao and some conji for breakfast it was yummy. After doing some homework I realized that I was really tired so I went back to sleep and woke up when my sisters came home a little after 1. My sisters took the bus home after tutoring and they told me that we had to go downstairs to leave for shopping. So I quickly changed and it turns out we had an Uber (not really an Uber but something similar in china) and he drove me, my moms cousin, and my sisters to 玉桥 shopping center, literally THE BEST place to bargain and to buy cheap stuff. I'm still excited as I write about it. There was a whole floor of fake shoes/cheap shoes. There are a lot of Adidas superstar style shoes for 30-50 Kauai, which is about 7 dollars USD but I don't really like those shoes. There was also a lot of fake New Balance stylish shoes and slip on shoes and heels. I didn't see any shoes that I loved, but there were some cute ones. But I did buy this fake designer purse for my sister in America. It's so pretty and looks so real, I will keep it if she doesn't like it. Even better, it was only 80 yuan which is about 11 dollars USD. My host sisters all thought it was a cheap price so I was pretty happy with my purchase. I actually didn't buy the purse the first time I saw it because there was this slit in it, but all the purses had that exact slit so I was a little confused. I was indecisive so I didn't buy it but then we went to lunch. For lunch we bought some spaghetti at the mall. It was actual legitimate spaghetti! With red meat sauce! It was ok - my mom makes much better spaghetti. But then again it was only about 3-4 dollars USD. During lunch I was kind of regretting not getting the purse so we went back and I asked the store owner and it turns out that the slit is supposed to be there, to hold something in it. So, I happily bought it. After we went to the lower floor to look at clothes. There were some really cute clothes but I didn't try any on. Now that I think of it, I kind of regret not trying some of the clothes on. Oh well, it's ok. Next time I go I will buy a whole new wardrobe. My family bought tickets to this Chinese thriller movie while we were shopping and so at 4 pm we went to the movie theatre which was conveniently in the mall, and watched this Chinese movie. It was all in Chinese, but I'm proud of myself because I knew what was going on generally and could understand what was happening. There were Chinese subtitles which helped. It was kind of a weird movie, the English translation is "The House That Never Sleeps". I don't think it was that scary but my cousin (who is in graduate school) screamed at a part that wasn't really scary so we're all laughing. The movie was in 3D also, but the jump scares were not scary at all. It was a really predicable, but my family thought it was scary. I think maybe because I've watched scarier movies in America I didn't think it was scary? Overall, I had a good experience at the mall. I definitely want to go back to that mall again because I feel like I could've bought things but I didn't. After the mall, my mom and cousin dropped us off at the apartment as they went to buy materials to wrap 饺子s or dumplings. When they came back my mom made the ingredients to put inside the 饺子 and then I watched her wrap a couple before a wrapped some myself. I was pretty bad at first, but once you get in a routine it gets really easy. They tasted better than I thought they would! Alexandra told me the ones she made at home were a little tasteless so I wasn't expecting much, but they actually tasted pretty good. Also, it was so funny, when I showed my host sisters the Snapchat filter where it zooms in on your mouth and makes it big, they bursted out laughing. They're so funny. I'm going to quickly finish up this post because it's around 8 pm, and then I think I might relook over my homework because I still don't really understand how to use 被/叫/让. Anyways, 1/3 of the program already done! I'm a little sad about that.
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Andrea 施安雅17-year-old XC runner and boba tea lover living in Seattle but studying abroad in China. Also, I have a cat! Archives
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