On Wednesday night Sarah, Robin and I went to the soupy noodle place near our school. They make these great beef noodles, despite only having about 4 pieces of beef in them. We were sitting there enjoying ourselves when the Chinese men at another table came over to sit with us when we were paying. He refused to let us pay and payed for our meal. He wanted us to have a drink with them, which we would have done. However he didn't order anything and then kept touching Robins face and passing her an empty Pepsi bottle. It was confusing and he was drunk. Eventually, once we realized nothing was really happening, we explained we had to teach tomorrow so needed to go home and sleep. He then proceeded to accuse Sarah of not being an English teacher. Don't know where he got that idea. Anyway, it was nice to have our meal paid for, the after meal drinks were just a little confusing!
In my classes at the University this week I taught Halloween and beliefs. One of the vocabulary words was superstition so I explained some Western superstitions to them, such as having a black cat cross in front of you, having bad luck for seven years if you break a mirror, seeing the bride before the wedding etc. They then told me about some of their superstitions which I thought were interesting so I'll share them:
-If you dream of a fish it is supposed to mean you will have good fortune and be rich.
-If you see an owl at night it means somebody has died and it is considered bad luck.
-At weddings the drains are covered with red cloth so it will be a good marriage.
-You must never eat onions and garlic together.
-A person born in the year of the dog must not marry a person born in the year of the chicken because dogs eat chickens. (There are some other combinations that I can't think of right now).
-You mustn't get married in your animal year. So since I am year of the horse I mustn't get married in a horse year.
-Its bad to point your chopsticks up because people think they look like graves if you do that.
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