Back to the Grind

Yesterday (中秋节, the Mid-Autumn Festival) was spent as any holiday should be - resting and relaxing with friends! I also did homework...but that wasn't as exciting as trying some moon cake! I bought three different ones to try - one filled with fig, one filled with a variety of nuts and seeds, and another filled with a black paste that was pretty sweet. I think the last one might have been a sort of sweet bean. They were very yummy! I think the nut and seed one was my favorite though. The fig one tasted a lot like a fig newton without as much breading, and the other was a little sweet for my liking.

Today, nothing too eventful happened. So, I will share some of my observations about being here!

One difference I've noticed are the sidewalks. Most sidewalks, at least in my area, are not paved. They're bricked. This makes it a little interesting to walk in anything besides sneakers, because at times the bricks are broken or loose. I really don't know how people walk on them every day in shoes other than sneakers. I know I'd fall on my face frequently!

This brings me to another observation: footwear. Most women don't wear sneakers. Some wear flats or sandals, others wear heels (and most sandals also have some pretty intimidating wedge heels, I might add...), and still others wear brightly colored Converse. I love the brightly colored shoes here!! It may clash with the colors of the outfit, but it always brings a smile to my face. I think I want to return with a pair of shoes with a color scheme that screams, "Look at me!" Just for fun.

Those are my observations for today!