By burning ourselves, we find out our true colors...
Bingo of the day so far:
GOITROUS (60 points) - against Debbie M.
Jon and Dallas got home on the 407 right after the one I took, which was cool enough. After looking at numerous restaurant reviews, Jon and Dallas decided on Shanghai River with Nathan and Aaron. Sounded good to me, even if "Fat Kid" isn't as pejorative in Chinese as it is here. We're sure that Cousin Yvonne didn't really appreciate Grandma's referring to one of her exes as "Fat Man," haha. Jon figures that Dallas knows the bus system pretty well now for where he wants to go - very proud, indeed! Dallas managed to pick the bathroom lock since Grandma locked the door while exiting - no idea why she does that from time to time.
We left shortly before 7, but had to wait for half an hour... killed time by going to City Fresh and buying pears / dumplings / skim milk. Got a table and promptly talked about the wedding MC's job / the head usher and creating order to prevent chaos, weddings where the bride totally regretted it, banquets where the bride got really drunk and couldn't finish the night or her speech, a wedding where things were over a mere week and a half after the ceremony (can you scam people by refusing to return their gifts in that event?), and annulling marriages. While we were on the topic.... we also discussed studying the culture of marriage through history and societies, socio-economic status affecting how people look for relationships, Phil's grandpa having two wives who were also sisters, an amusing EXCHANGE policy after 30 days, and more. We didn't even have any alcohol, and things were very laugh-filled at the table! Nathan and Dallas took care of Grandma requiring Chinese, haha. (their description of "interview" was particularly funny: "this is a book about two people taking to each other, but one writes down the words of the other one.... wait, isn't that what ALL books are about?!" HAHAHA!)
Had two steamers of SLB, drunken chicken with high-quality wine, three orders of green onion roll (thicker than a pancake!), hot and sour soup, tan tan noodles, the tomato and white sauces rice, peashoots, and more. Here's a cynical take on solving climate change: DENY IT! The same cynic's take on AIDS: cover it up! (although look where THAT led to in sub-saharan Africa!) Discussed sushi, bubble tea, Marine Drive, New West, sunglasses, U2, the Fly, Aaron finding a $400 dish on the menu which he was VERY impressed by, seafood, Nathan's random made-up story on the cultural significance of shark's fin soup / its expense, etc. Dallas wants to pick his essential things up tomorrow - not a problem! He also burned himself yesterday before getting back this morning: OUCH! He's found out his true colors, haha. Also demonstrated chopstick technique, and how your teacher affects it - no clenching them for me and my sister, at least! (talked about the fat judge, and the 1 Samuel story about 200 foreskins!)
GOITROUS (60 points) - against Debbie M.
Jon and Dallas got home on the 407 right after the one I took, which was cool enough. After looking at numerous restaurant reviews, Jon and Dallas decided on Shanghai River with Nathan and Aaron. Sounded good to me, even if "Fat Kid" isn't as pejorative in Chinese as it is here. We're sure that Cousin Yvonne didn't really appreciate Grandma's referring to one of her exes as "Fat Man," haha. Jon figures that Dallas knows the bus system pretty well now for where he wants to go - very proud, indeed! Dallas managed to pick the bathroom lock since Grandma locked the door while exiting - no idea why she does that from time to time.
We left shortly before 7, but had to wait for half an hour... killed time by going to City Fresh and buying pears / dumplings / skim milk. Got a table and promptly talked about the wedding MC's job / the head usher and creating order to prevent chaos, weddings where the bride totally regretted it, banquets where the bride got really drunk and couldn't finish the night or her speech, a wedding where things were over a mere week and a half after the ceremony (can you scam people by refusing to return their gifts in that event?), and annulling marriages. While we were on the topic.... we also discussed studying the culture of marriage through history and societies, socio-economic status affecting how people look for relationships, Phil's grandpa having two wives who were also sisters, an amusing EXCHANGE policy after 30 days, and more. We didn't even have any alcohol, and things were very laugh-filled at the table! Nathan and Dallas took care of Grandma requiring Chinese, haha. (their description of "interview" was particularly funny: "this is a book about two people taking to each other, but one writes down the words of the other one.... wait, isn't that what ALL books are about?!" HAHAHA!)
Had two steamers of SLB, drunken chicken with high-quality wine, three orders of green onion roll (thicker than a pancake!), hot and sour soup, tan tan noodles, the tomato and white sauces rice, peashoots, and more. Here's a cynical take on solving climate change: DENY IT! The same cynic's take on AIDS: cover it up! (although look where THAT led to in sub-saharan Africa!) Discussed sushi, bubble tea, Marine Drive, New West, sunglasses, U2, the Fly, Aaron finding a $400 dish on the menu which he was VERY impressed by, seafood, Nathan's random made-up story on the cultural significance of shark's fin soup / its expense, etc. Dallas wants to pick his essential things up tomorrow - not a problem! He also burned himself yesterday before getting back this morning: OUCH! He's found out his true colors, haha. Also demonstrated chopstick technique, and how your teacher affects it - no clenching them for me and my sister, at least! (talked about the fat judge, and the 1 Samuel story about 200 foreskins!)
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