"Wo Bu Ming Bai..."

That is a phrase I used a great deal today. It means, "I don't understand." :) We went shopping on walking street which is the main place to shop here in Zhongshan. It was great fun. I went with Jaimie and we just walked the street. I wasn't thrilled with the prices only because before coming everyone talked about how cheap everything is, which it still is, for sure but some things are about the same. Anyways, Jaimie and I bought watches! It is such a great thing because we're so used to just telling time on our phones so we're totally lost out here without watches. And the cool thing was, he was a just a street vendor with a small booth and we found the watches we wanted and they were cheap. It was like 7 bucks for a nice watch with a leather strap, but it was like 50 RMB's and we weren't sure if we had enough so we totally bargained with him and got him to drop the prices. Jaimie ended up paying 35 RMB's for hers and I paid like 15 RMB's. Such a steal. Anyways, that was pretty cool, and we actually communicated with him lots in Chinese. It feels so good to know that your efforts are worth it and it's working :) Beside the watch we tried on some awesome jeans. They really have great jeans and shoes here... but they are just so tiny over here so the jeans came up to like our ankles. We'll find some elsewhere though... because I am determined.

I sat next to a sweet little man on the bus home tonight. It's so funny. You can see them staring at you in the corner of their eyes. I just smiled at him and said "Ni hao" ... and he just laughed. Ha. They seem to do that a lot when we try to talk to them.

OH! Two things I wanted to share that I forgot about today. #1, Asians drive so crazy! And for pedestrians walking across the street, even if you are in a cross walk walking when the light is green... they will not stop for you. I've almost lost my life numerous times. But at the same time, they are very .... I don't know the word.... but they just walk out in the middle of a street full of oncoming cars expecting them to stop. It's strange. But I like it. #2, They don't stand in lines here. They just push their way to the front. In super markets they do, but if your just ordering lunch, or you're at some store on the street if you sit and stand in line waiting for your turn, it will never come because they just walk right past you. You have to be aggressive :)

There is a cat... in our apartment complex, that whines A.L.L. N.I.G.H.T. LONG! It sounds like a dying baby and I want to kill it.