THE SIMPLE LIFE

Here's an old unfinished post - I didn't have time to complete my entire thought so it just kinda stops but just so you have something to read & this place looks like it's updated =P

Whoohoo! What an amazing 2 weeks. I went to Beijing for a week and it was a good time. Don’t ask me about the Great Wall or the Forbidden City; I never went to any tourist attractions. However, I DID get to spend a ton of time with my grandma, my aunt and my uncle. Also some time with my parents but not as much as I would’ve liked.

Their lifestyle in Beijing is very different from what I am used to and to be honest, I’m not quite sure how I feel about it. To sum it all up in one word – extravagant. The apartment is huge, especially for 2-3 people. There is an Ah-Yi who does all the cooking and cleaning. It was weird just putting dishes in the sink and not needing to wash them. The new BMW isn’t registered yet so we traveled by taxi almost all the time. I got massages the first 2 nights that I was there. The guy actually came to our place and worked 2 hrs on me and 2 hrs on my dad. He got paid $8/hr (Can./Amer.) You getting the picture? I guess I just felt guilty for eating at all these fancy restaurants and going to all these beautiful places paying much less than I normally would for the same level of I was here.