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philbravery

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Q: Chinese idea's you took home ?

For me the best part of travel to other countries is seeing different things and concepts .
I had never seen a instant hot water system till I went to the UK about 11 years ago.
My favorite from China is the Bed head with Storage built into it.
Please share you're discoverys.

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coineineagh

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My wife is an almanac of Chinese ideas. I took her home.

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Something that makes complete sense to me now and I'll probably do the rest of my life is take my shoes off at the door. No outdoor shoes inside.

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no problem with the shoes off at the door.... bare foot from there on though, I do not wear them stupid plastic things in the home ....bare foot!!!!

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coineineagh

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My wife is an almanac of Chinese ideas. I took her home.

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Robk

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Ummm...

Hmmm.....

Oh, Chinese are much better at money management and saving. I got back to my home country and everyone always seems broke or living paycheck to paycheck.

So glad I got away from that way of living and got to see a different view on how to manage my finances... now I never have to worry or complain about it like lots of people around here...

However the down side is everyone asks to borrow money because I don't complain and cry about it all the time.

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I now buy loose leaf tea and never use tea bags. My favourite green tea is mao jian. My Chinese friend was amazed I knew about tea varieties and not just "green" tea.

Sadly despite my new found knowledge I've not persuaded a single person to swap tea bags with loose tea.

philbravery:

Lol...up till my late 20s we used to drink Billy tea. For those non Australians or Kiwis. ..Billy tea is loose leaves tea thrown in to a can of boiling water over a camp fire. Dam that was a long time ago.

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