The equivalent of the dogs ball sack in Chinese, and according to a nice man I met today, Young Knives are it. Just so you know I am doing twitter now too (helpmedarling). I am crap at this telling people what we are doing, I am ever so slightly nervous about how self involved all this e-documenting can get, but it is also nice to document some of the more exciting stuff we do. I realise that some people do actually want to know.
So it's a gig day today and we have been moved from the equivalent of the Beijing Travel lodge to the Olympic towers (almost). This hotel was definitely built for westerners coming to the games. I liked the travel lodge better, yes it was more "real", which does mean I found the food quite hard to eat, apart from the toast, but that's the game isn't it? I'd rather have something to talk about and remember than being fed ham sandwiches. Besides I was enjoying trying out Mandarin, it's well hard. Now I have been given the easy way out and have reverted to slow, loud English. I'm glad it's a gig day, I love to play in front of people who don't know what to expect.
We also wen to the Forbidden city today, there is a lot. A man tried to sell me a very cool watch with Chairman Mao on it, I did want it but was running for a lift, but it was OK because the street seller saw my genuine interest and chased me down the road much to everyone's amusement. I think I will go back tomorrow and get one of him with a bit of hard nosed haggling...ish.
Love Henry x
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