Sister Aldana and I are getting along great! We laugh A LOT,
which is so good. I'm so happy that all of my companions and I can laugh
together. We had the funniest thing happen. We were paak muhning (knocking
doors... we have a few places where we can do that here!) and we knocked on
this one door and this little bald Chinese man answered... wearing NOTHING but
purple polka dotted panties. Panties. Not boxers. Panties. He saw us, screamed
bloody murder and then yelled, "Dang a dang!" (wait a second!) and
slammed the door. OH MY GOSH. Sis Aldana and I couldn't hold it in. We busted
up laughing sooooo hard. It was so funny! We barely got it together by the time
he answered the door wearing clothes. Anyway, he is so great! He came to ward
FHE the other night, we turned him over to the elders to teach, and now he
wants to get baptized! What a miracle! Yay! :)
Some things you should all know about Chinese culture:
1. Talking with your mouth full is TOTALLY appropriate.
Everyone does it. And if you don't do it, you're weird.
2. However acceptable talking with your mouth full is,
picking your teeth with a toothpick without covering your mouth with your hand
is NOT. I'm not really sure why, but it's very rude to just pick your teeth
without covering it up.
3. Burping. ALL. THE. TIME. Like, in the middle of a
conversation, when you're giving a talk in church, literally all the time. It's
so gross. haha, I'm used to it now though. But at first I thought it was sick.
4. You HAVE to eat what people give you. So if they make too
much food, there's no saving it. Eat it. Even if it's nasty.
5. Stand on the right side of the escalator if you just want
to stand. If you want to run up the escalator, go up the left side. If you want
to walk.... that's just not an option. Everyone is in too big a hurry.
Okay I can't think of anymore right now. There are some good
ones :)
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