I’ve been here almost 10 months, and I’ve seen quite a few things I still haven’t processed yet, or wasn’t sure how to classify. “Random” seems as good as anything.
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- When a new shop opens in Zhongshan, bouquets of flowers on stands and BIG blow-up dragons appear!
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- The flowers are always lovely.
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- Some displays are VERY extravagant. This is a lion dancer getting ready to open a travel agency!
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- These are their flowers! Notice the bright cloth wrapping around the bases holding the flowers?
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- This is the same kind of arrangement, but in Xi’an. Smaller flowers, more greenery, tulle instead of wrapping. Same idea, but different region. Neat!
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- Also in Xi’an. Want to buy a fur coat from behind a piece of corrugated tin! Totally legal!
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- This is glimpse into the grounds of the technical university in my neighbourhood. I can never go in to see it properly without being on business in there. ALL schools have this kind of gate.
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- Mosquito and sandfly season was hard on me. (Sandflies are midges.)
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- Never had a mosquito net before coming here. It helped against the mosquitos. The sandflies…eh.
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- In Hong Kong. Just thought this was cool,.
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- I came down with the flu, and the pharmacist gave me…THESE. The box came a package of tiny straws to suck back the medicine in these vials.
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- The instructions.
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- Me at a coffee house I’ve discovered. Instead of number, they give you a teddy bear to track your order.
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- Little girl on her way to school on a rainy day.
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- The Flower Market of Zhongshan. Where they sell more than flowers.
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- Tropical and deciduous trees going up the mountain. Just on the other side, more building.
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- China is skyscrapers and high finance. It’s also people selling domestic rabbits out of cages on the street.
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- Roosters outside of a play school.
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- Not sure…
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- During the winter, I had to get this hand warmer / hot water bottle to defrost my hands. It was the Year of the Monkey, so…
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- Google is everywhere!
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- Yes, while you get your car washed, you can have chicken meat, goat meat, or dog meat. Your choice.
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