Day 15: Things I've Learned in China, Part 1

So work today was pretty much the same as usual. We researched two AM companies in depth- Liongate Capital and Sumitomo Mitsui. Both were fairly hard to find information on, especially since half of the articles we wanted to read were short because we didn’t have subscriptions to the journals. (If you are reading this post and have a subscription to Asian Investor, contact me stat.) I feel like a lot of funny things were said today in the Boston Room, but now I can’t remember exactly what they were. So the Boston Room is the name of our “office” which sometimes just feels like a glass box. People always look at us as they walk by and we sort of feel like animals at a zoo… “And this is where we keep our three white interns, don’t tap the glass, you’ll disturb their environment” or something like that. After work we went to this fantastic dumpling place- I may never be able to eat Costco potstickers again- and got caught in a downpour.
Anyways, that’s basically all for today, but here are some things I’ve learned while in China so far:
1. Thinking you have the right of way as a pedestrian is deadly.
2. If you are white and if you take the metro, you will get stared at. And talked about. And giggled at. And pointed at. And overall made to feel uncomfortable.
3. Laundry is better done in a machine than by hand.
4. If you like what you’re eating, don’t ask what it is.
5. Nobody really needs facebook.
6. Nobody really needs a hair straightener.
7. That last one was a lie.
8. “Bu yao” means “I don’t want it.” If you go to China, learn this first.
9. Cutting huge holes in the pants of children is one way to potty train.
10. Your skill as a driver has nothing to do with anything except how loud your horn is. (Sirius Black, we have some work to do, I’m afraid.)