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Wow...two posts in one day- aren't you lucky?

So I feel led to describe some things I've observed while living in Macau

1- NO ONE has napkins in their restaurants...unless it's really fancy, which are few and far between. If you want a napkin, you have to buy a pack of "napkins" which really look like the pocket pack of tissues

2- You usually can eat out for less than it would cost to cook for yourself

3- I think the bus drivers like to play a game to see how many people they can cram into their bus at one time

4- If you hear someone hacking, it's most likely someone from the Mainland China (which I'm also told is also known as the "fifth tone" in China).

5- Everyone is amazed when a white person can use chop sticks

6- When people ask if you miss "Western food" without letting you answer they immediately point out the various McDonald's

7- Mainland China seems to have more squatty potties than Macau, in general

8- it can get to be 99% humidity...really....I experienced it yesterday (praise the Lord for de-humidifiers!)

9- All the apartment buildings here are like 30 stories high...I was told it was so the owners can be "very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very rich." (quoted from a local born and raised in Macau)

10- There are a lot of people from other countries here- I've been enjoying the Australian/New Zealand/UK accents.

11- The medical residents are willing to let me try anything. Yesterday they offered to let me try freezing someone's warts off her feet. I don't like feet so I declined.

That's all for now.