When I order from my favorite place and Grandpa Favorite Place comes, he always pats me and asks how I am (he is an adorable grandpa so I don’t mind the patting). I live close and tip extraordinarily for this region. It’s common here to not tip the owner but I usually give something for the crew (the crew receives…

I definitely ate scallion pancakes in Shanghai and I miss them SO so much...

that’s being recognized as “someone that might fit well with one of the unmarried dudes of my family”. Happens not too rarely in Indian settings (and it’s nothing to worry about. Who can blame for trying. I was once set up with the youngest son of the local textile trader and the nephew of my on-call taxi driver…

It’s so unfair that many people have to fight infertility and all the social repercussions that come from it and my family is highly fertile up into their 60s -_- and it’s really wasted in my case since there is no partner. I just wish I could share my mutant genes with people who could actually need them.

at this point, GB should just send their athletes naked. They seem to be testing out how much they can not wear, anyway.

Ever heard of deniability? He may very well know already, being a commissioner and all, but keeps that information from everyone - including bats - because if he admitted to know that would force him to act on the one side and make him even more of a target on the other.

The master of my first RPG and me became friends. We would start to master the next game together, chatting in private, giving wings to each others imagination.

As if “not being brought up that way” had anything to do with it. First, brought up what way? And second, even if you were brought up by bigoted nazi-racists, you are an adult woman and can make decisions for yourself. You can just as well re-adjust your worldview to be a person, your upbringing is no excuse to never…

I come from the “good” end of town and I can assure you that in 5th grade, i already knew was a prostitute was and so did everyone else at my school.

to me it doesn’t sound trustworthy at all. She could just be possessive, prying _her_ friend off that girl who is a concurrence for her, then dropping him like a hot potato when he’s “free” again because having him as a friend is so much more important to her... (which she only “found out” after the fiancee has left…

You have to learn that not screaming like a lunatic baby is not the same as being _for_ something.

why, are you Muslim? (they are kinda twitchy with those at the moment).

yeah some offline guide is really helpful. I have studies Chinese Culture for years now and sometimes you still drop a brick. I love my job though and China is one of the few country where it is totally safe to travel alone as a woman.

both. If you love China, you can only hate-love it. I miss being there everytime I go home, but when I’m on my way home I am so happy of leaving (well, kinda, at least for a while). China is amazing, I love the culture, but there are many weird things you just have to accept and sadly, that the government sucks is one…

Sure in this case, but it’s not the first one happening in a Chinese 5 star hotel. I was just recounting my experiences, in most of the world, you would assume higher security in 5 star hotels because the staff is paid better and held to higher values, while 3 star hotels in most of the world are hardly 1-2 star…

a) there is a HUGE difference between the people of ones own country criticizing their government and people from the outside criticizing the government. Let me tell you that most US Americans are not too nice to non-US-Americans criticizing their government (stay outta our business! Even if it’s Canada, to whom it’s…

it’s weird that whenever I hear of thieving hotel staff in China, it’s usually the five star hotels. I usually stay in three star hotels or youth hostels and _there_ I’ve never been stolen from, I would leave my laptop lying on the bed and nothing happened.

You are aware that theft has a max. 10% detection rate in almost any country? Theft is a very hard crime to clear up an usually not prioritized. The thieves in China are just very skilled and you have a hard time notizing in crowded area (NEVER take anything valuable on a bus. Just take a freaking taxi. Not a black or…

are you famous for your artwork? I had almost stolen everything from a hotel room once but stuff like artwork is usually left behind because you can hardly re-sell it. Maybe your hotel thieves are huge art enthusiasts?

No. Digital booklets don’t get the job done. They are the most useless thing ever invented. Listen, the booklets and manuals are useful to get the grip on gaming and sometimes they contain special information, like cheat codes, special buttons and most importantly the combos for beatn’up games (have you ever tried to…