KFC WHAT WHAT? - on X-mas?

KFC WHAT WHAT? - on X-mas?
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

Gongrentiyuchang Bei lu; Beijing , China

I walk down this street EVERYDAY morning and night - and literally overnight this KFC was built and opened on X-mas eve. Here we have a Chinese Santa Claus handing out KFC coupons while the KFC speakers is blasting Alleluiah and Deck the Halls. The restaurant is full of people - with pretty long lines.

This is pretty much Beijing in a nutshell - overnight highrises and new stores are built just as quickly as old hu-tongs and streets are torn down. So don't get too attached to any street or neighborhood, because it will probably disappear within a few months. I am not kidding. David told me this when I first arrived and now I understand.

well while these people spend tonight at KFC, I will go home and eat my pineapples.