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games (or: the boring German)
day 91: 运城 (yuncheng) = 0km
The first sunrise and sunset in the Year of the Rat, and here are all the things that I didn’t do that day.
Play hours and hours of 麻将 (Mahjong):
I have to admit an embarrassing truth: even though I’ve spent more than two years in this country, but still I have never really learned how to play this game.
…looking at the amounts of money being passed over the table, I was happy that all seats had already been taken anyway.
So I didn’t play.
But then there are always many other ways to lose money (and have a good time):
Again, I’m not a great card player, and I guess the thing I lack the most is that certain killer look on my face.
And I didn’t play.
Then, after enough time had gone by (and enough money had changed ownership), everybody felt it was about time to go have some food and then engage in a little karaoke session.
There were some drinking games, and this time I even played some of them too.
But I didn’t drink.
Because I never do.
The others of us enjoyed the singing part.
Again: I didn’t sing.
Well, I thought, while I was sitting there listening to my friends sing, the first day of the new year has revealed something:
…what a boring German I am.
Soundtrack: Dog Eat Dog – “Rocky”
—total: 1209km
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February 7th, 2008 at 15:08
it is culture crash, if they go to Germany spend X-mas，they must feel the same feeling
February 7th, 2008 at 16:08
ich wünsch Dir das beste aller Jahre und eine gute Gangart !
Erika ,auch eine Ratte, also mein Jahr,was bist Du ?
February 8th, 2008 at 12:57
Christoph, if there is one thing you ARE NOT, and never WILL BE, it is boring! Happy Year of the Rat!
February 8th, 2008 at 13:26
新年快乐！
很懒，不想多说！
February 8th, 2008 at 22:59
David lee: Maybe?
Tante Erika: Ich bin Hahn. Pass auf dich auf in diesem Jahr, bringt Unglück, so sagt man!
Wanda: Hehe, boring Germans walking around, taking steps carefully: individually, one at a time! :)
Ananda_GUA: 嗯,新年快乐!
February 9th, 2008 at 10:48
and boring germans don't walk on train tracks! but you should give karaoke a try sometime … just don't take it too seriously! you can sing johnny cash songs – i walk the line, i hear that train a-comin' …
February 13th, 2008 at 09:15
Hehe, you ever sing in a karaoke joint?
February 19th, 2008 at 17:42
haha! Is that my mama poking fun at herself?! lol
February 23rd, 2008 at 08:51
You think?