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Q: New ways of relaxing in China?
After a hard day at the office (or echinacities), what are some new ways that you do to relax?
Ways that have become new to you since coming to China.
eg. learning Chinese, Taichi, foot massage, KTV, etc.
Shopping, exercising (more bike riding than anything else) and watching t.v.
I also try to study a little other than that I often play games, computer games.
Traveler:
There you go, new best buddy. I gave you a thumbs up. That's two now.
Putting my sunglasses on and taking them off again and again, to the aspirated amazement of all local onlookers.
Now that summer is approaching, going outdoors with a nice cold beer and watch the scenery as I sip on my brew. If available, munch on street mystery meat BBQ.
Amonk:
My Mommy said I should never drink before it gets dark out. I though that was a universal western custom?
GuilinRaf:
Your mummy is wise, yes and we would all do well to heed her.
Lucky for us, Chinese beer is so watered down, that it really does not count as "drinking". Even the "foreign beers" many tend to be less strong than the same brand back home.
I will amend the comment however, to say if it is beer, then that would be done late afternoon.
Even Chinese beer, well, if I were drinking that before lunch, I would be rather worried....
Weekly massage, walks in the park accompanied by beer, gym/swimming sessions
For me it is always BBQ and Tsingtao at roadside reataurant
I intend getting to know Silva better, and hanging out online...
At the moment i'm typing the complete Oxford Chinese/English dictionary into my phone. It satisfies an obsessive compulsive need in me. Similarly I like to set ongoing projects for myself; for example I draw my own flashcards. Must have about 3 or 4 hundred. Writing stories and adding translations at tricky spots in the text, to then pass on to students for further reading practice. Great, time consuming activities that I do at a very gentle pace, always with an old movie playing in the background. I must have seen 'Scent of a Woman' fifty times now. And then of course there's beer. Used to do tai chi back in my twenties, but I gave it up. Couldn't shake the feeling that the dog walkers who past by as I was standing under a tree waving my arms to the breeze like a contemporary dancer were thinking "What a twat."
-I try to find a handbag which my girlfriend likes but also makes me look good when I carry it.
-Never did that in America.
Trying new wines, watching shows I've missed out on, reading in the sun, dancing like an idiot to random styles of music (good exercise if you do it right lol), occasionally watching network tv (available online as well! http://www.icshanghai.com/en/live/).
I'm still trying to find my way here. Its all mental really. Clearing your mind is an essential part of gettin on here or anywhere for that matter.
