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other places and staying at the same hotel. One from Japan the
other from Singapore. They also wanted to go shopping, then eat,
and I didn’t have anything better to do…</p><h2 id=one-thing-i-really-dont-like>One Thing I Really Don’t Like<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#one-thing-i-really-dont-like>#</a></h2><p>In traffic back home, if someone speeds up into a merge lane, and
tries to get ahead of everyone else - it’s considered rude, and
overall the majority of people will not do that. Here, merging
and even changing lanes is an art of war. It seems to be the
responsibility of the least overtly aggressive driver to get out
of the way… back to merging though. Imagine that merge lane,
where it is simply considered by everyone the preferred place to
be. Go to the front, merge aggressively, and everyone else will
wait. Except, someone has just swung around the far side of the
person who is doing the aggressive merge - so now the lane is two
cars wide (and the bicycle lane is mostly gone). Then what really
caught me off guard, is when a full size bus came all the way
around - driving partly on grass to make that merge lane three
deep, and cut in front of everybody.</p><p>A side effect of this merge process is that the bicycles - which
there are actually fewer bikes than cars, but there are still
many bicycles - have no where to go, so they simply start weaving
through the traffic randomly.</p><p>And crossing the street is a game of timing and nerves. If you
can’t cross the street before the cars will get to you, judge the
aggressiveness of the driver against the aggressiveness of the car
that’s already coming at you from the other lane. Step in front
of the less aggressive car, and they will slow down. Imagine
this in an intersection where there are 30 people crossing the
street this way, often deciding on different “less agressive” and
with little regard to crossing lights. Conclusion… traffic sucks.</p><h2 id=shopping>Shopping<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#shopping>#</a></h2><p>Went to Wal-Mart. Three levels, and only the top level looked like
anything resembling a Wal-Mart in the states. Grocery in the
basement, clothes and electronics on the top level, other stuff and
checkouts on the main level.</p><h2 id=food>Food<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#food>#</a></h2><p>Afterwards, dinner across the street from the Wal-Mart. The waitress
offered to take our bags, and then jokes that she would take them
home. I totally got it from the body language alone. Dinner over
here with other people means that many dishes are ordered, and
everybody eats a little of everything. This works out especially
well if you don’t like something particular. There was this sweet
and sour sparerib dish that looked really good in the picture, and
was mostly a pile of bones on the plate. Otherwise there were two
potato dishes, and a green vegetable (hard to say what it was - but
it was green, and fully cooked, so I ate it).</p></div><footer class=post-footer><ul class=post-tags><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/blog/>blog</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/in-china/>in-china</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/history/>history</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/work/>work</a></li></ul><div class=share-buttons><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share Big Night on twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?text=Big%20Night&url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.nyc%2fin-china%2f2007%2f10%2fbig-night%2f&hashtags=blog%2cin-china%2chistory%2cwork"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M449.446.0C483.971.0 512 28.03 512 62.554v386.892C512 483.97 483.97 512 449.446 512H62.554c-34.524.0-62.554-28.03-62.554-62.554V62.554c0-34.524 28.029-62.554 62.554-62.554h386.892zM195.519 424.544c135.939.0 210.268-112.643 210.268-210.268.0-3.218.0-6.437-.153-9.502 14.406-10.421 26.973-23.448 36.935-38.314-13.18 5.824-27.433 9.809-42.452 11.648 15.326-9.196 26.973-23.602 32.49-40.92-14.252 8.429-30.038 14.56-46.896 17.931-13.487-14.406-32.644-23.295-53.946-23.295-40.767.0-73.87 33.104-73.87 73.87.0 5.824.613 11.494 1.992 16.858-61.456-3.065-115.862-32.49-152.337-77.241-6.284 10.881-9.962 23.601-9.962 37.088.0 25.594 13.027 48.276 32.95 61.456-12.107-.307-23.448-3.678-33.41-9.196v.92c0 35.862 25.441 65.594 59.311 72.49-6.13 1.686-12.72 2.606-19.464 2.606-4.751.0-9.348-.46-13.946-1.38 9.349 29.426 36.628 50.728 68.965 51.341-25.287 19.771-57.164 31.571-91.8 31.571-5.977.0-11.801-.306-17.625-1.073 32.337 21.15 71.264 33.41 112.95 33.41z"/></svg></a><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share Big Night on linkedin" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.nyc%2fin-china%2f2007%2f10%2fbig-night%2f&title=Big%20Night&summary=Big%20Night&source=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.nyc%2fin-china%2f2007%2f10%2fbig-night%2f"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M449.446.0C483.971.0 512 28.03 512 62.554v386.892C512 483.97 483.97 512 449.446 512H62.554c-34.524.0-62.554-28.03-62.554-62.554V62.554c0-34.524 28.029-62.554 62.554-62.554h386.892zM160.461 423.278V197.561h-75.04v225.717h75.04zm270.539.0V293.839c0-69.333-37.018-101.586-86.381-101.586-39.804.0-57.634 21.891-67.617 37.266v-31.958h-75.021c.995 21.181.0 225.717.0 225.717h75.02V297.222c0-6.748.486-13.492 2.474-18.315 5.414-13.475 17.767-27.434 38.494-27.434 27.135.0 38.007 20.707 38.007 51.037v120.768H431zM123.448 88.722C97.774 88.722 81 105.601 81 127.724c0 21.658 16.264 39.002 41.455 39.002h.484c26.165.0 42.452-17.344 42.452-39.002-.485-22.092-16.241-38.954-41.943-39.002z"/></svg></a><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share Big Night on reddit" href="https://reddit.com/submit?url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.nyc%2fin-china%2f2007%2f10%2fbig-night%2f&title=Big%20Night"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M449.446.0C483.971.0 512 28.03 512 62.554v386.892C512 483.97 483.97 512 449.446 512H62.554c-34.524.0-62.554-28.03-62.554-62.554V62.554c0-34.524 28.029-62.554 62.554-62.554h386.892zM446 265.638c0-22.964-18.616-41.58-41.58-41.58-11.211.0-21.361 4.457-28.841 11.666-28.424-20.508-67.586-33.757-111.204-35.278l18.941-89.121 61.884 13.157c.756 15.734 13.642 28.29 29.56 28.29 16.407.0 29.706-13.299 29.706-29.701.0-16.403-13.299-29.702-29.706-29.702-11.666.0-21.657 6.792-26.515 16.578l-69.105-14.69c-1.922-.418-3.939-.042-5.585 1.036-1.658 1.073-2.811 2.761-3.224 4.686l-21.152 99.438c-44.258 1.228-84.046 14.494-112.837 35.232-7.468-7.164-17.589-11.591-28.757-11.591-22.965.0-41.585 18.616-41.585 41.58.0 16.896 10.095 31.41 24.568 37.918-.639 4.135-.99 8.328-.99 12.576.0 63.977 74.469 115.836 166.33 115.836s166.334-51.859 166.334-115.836c0-4.218-.347-8.387-.977-12.493 14.564-6.47 24.735-21.034 24.735-38.001zM326.526 373.831c-20.27 20.241-59.115 21.816-70.534 21.816-11.428.0-50.277-1.575-70.522-21.82-3.007-3.008-3.007-7.882.0-10.889 3.003-2.999 7.882-3.003 10.885.0 12.777 12.781 40.11 17.317 59.637 17.317 19.522.0 46.86-4.536 59.657-17.321 3.016-2.999 7.886-2.995 10.885.008 3.008 3.011 3.003 7.882-.008 10.889zm-5.23-48.781c-16.373.0-29.701-13.324-29.701-29.698.0-16.381 13.328-29.714 29.701-29.714 16.378.0 29.706 13.333 29.706 29.714.0 16.374-13.328 29.698-29.706 29.698zM160.91 295.348c0-16.381 13.328-29.71 29.714-29.71 16.369.0 29.689 13.329 29.689 29.71.0 16.373-13.32 29.693-29.689 29.693-16.386.0-29.714-13.32-29.714-29.693z"/></svg></a></div></footer></article></main><footer class=footer><span>© 2022 <a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/>On My Mind...</a></span>
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