I know, it isn’t a week yet, but this is my first week in China Report. Don’t forget to check back later with more updates from the People’s Republic of China. I feel that my presense here will be felt. China is a strange place. The strangest things that I have noticed so far are that the traffic flows completely different and the sheer number of people. Having hardly never left Saskatchewan before, I never could have imagined how this many people could all live in the same area. When I took a walk down the street it seemed as though I must have passed more people than in all of Regina. When we took taxis places or even any vehicle for that matter I got to see how the traffic flows firsthand. In a normal place traffic generally follows rules and stays to those rules. In China, the traffic doesn’t seem to have any rules. The cars will battle for position and will not back down to anyone. They also will go against opposing traffic in order to gain position. The traffic also gets very congested but it hardly ever actually slows down. The cars will get up within inches of one another but never seem to touch. This magical force that all the drivers seem to possess is something only ever seen in movies.
Now on to the food. The food I have been eating generally has been coming from the company’s dorm’s cafeteria. The food selection so far has been reasonable and there is always plenty of food to be able to eat. Using chopsticks seems to be a rather hassle having seen the power of a fork and spoon. The food always includes some meat and vegetables. Nothing that I haven’t ever seen or eaten before.