Miscellany

Other observations that don't fit any themes:


Garbage trucks play music here. It's usually a children's song, and in a high pitched, v. audible way, and they wind slowly along the streets. They're musical so that people know that they are coming, and can run out with their garbage. There are no household garbage cans on the street that you can drag out on a certain day; you have to make sure to be around at musical truck time so you don't get stuck with it in your house for another week. The music is persistent, but isn't around enough for it to bother me that much. When I told my aunt and cousin that musical vehicles in the states means that an ice cream truck was coming, they almost fell on the floor laughing.





There are gold class movie theaters here. That means, for 15 bucks, you can have your own barcalounger, and eat fried foods and spaghetti that they bring in for you during the movie, on real plates with real silverware. You also get a blanket, but only if you look Chinese so they can offer it to you since they don't know how to say blanket in English. (My white friends did not get them.) Not bad, considering it's only a bit more than I'd pay for a regular movie with kids kicking my chairs in the states. I took my mother, cousin, and uncle, and we had the theater to ourselves so I did a lap around it for fun.



Haha, I accidentally clicked on Hindi for the next part, and can't figure out how to change it back, so you get it इन हिन्दी।

There अरे household गोड्स हियर. अप्प्रोक्सिमातेली ओने पैर मोंठ. आईटी अल देपेंड्स on व्होम यौर फॅमिली हस त्रदिशनाल्ली वोर्शिप्पेद; लिखे थे सी गोद फॉर अ शिपिंग फॅमिली और सोमेथिंग ओब्विऔस लिखे ठाट. अल फमिलिएस हवे अ रूम विथ अन आल्टर (उसुअल्ल्य लार्ज शिनी मरूं तब्लेस ठाट अरे प्रेत्टी हाई) on थे टॉप फ़लूर, एंड हवे वरिओउस रेड लम्प्स, इदोल्स, एंड व्रितिन्ग्स on थेम. इ थिंक थे व्रितिन्ग्स ओफ्तें हवे सोमेथिंग तो दो विथ वेयर थे फॅमिली इस ओरिगिनाल्ली फ्रॉम. ओद्द तो थिंक ऑफ़ फमिलिएस हविंग अन्सस्त्रल होमेतोव्न्स on अन इस्लंद थिस साइज़. अन्य्वय, थे फॅमिली एल्देर्स मके आईटी उप तेरे तो प्रे विथ इन्सनसे एंड फ़ूड ओफ्फेरिंग्स, व्हेन थे हौसेहोल्ड गोद डे कोमेस अरौंद, उसुअल्ल्य अबाउट ११प्म. इ दोन'टी थिंक तैवानेसे पीपुल अरे पर्तिकुलार्ली रेलिगिऔस, बुत थे अल बेलिएवे इन स्पिरिट्स एंड बाद लुक्क, एंड यू क्नोव, बेत्टर सफे थान सॉरी. एंड थें थे अल सेट ऑफ फिरेवोर्क्स आफ्टर प्रयिंग!