Happy Pinapps Holidays Tricia!

Happy Pinapps Holidays Tricia!
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Beijing, China

This is my X-mas Eve Holiday celebration. I eat at least 1 whole pineapple a day in Beijing. It costs 8RMB ($1) for a whole pineapple and my pinapps man carves it also!!! In NYC its costs $12 for a pretty sour tasting pinapps.

so I bought 4 of them - and this should prepare me for my X-mas climb on the Great Wall tomorrow!

I feel very happy - I actually don't feel lonely or sad at all that I am alone on X-mas Eve. I have no TV on right now - just posting this blog and I am going to go eat more pineapples, listen to Death Cab for Cuties and read my book.

Hugs and kisses to myself and all of you who are reading this.

Christ-mas Eve on Sanlitun

Christ-mas Eve on Sanlitun
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

Sanlitun N.; bEijing, China

It's Christ-mas Eve - and the whole city is out partying celebrating this very misunderstood holiday. You know in the West it's a time for family to gather, whether you celebrate Chrismas or not. I think we are all just so happy to have work off you know? but here it's really about consuming and partying. That's why I write Christ-mas - to remind us that it's really about Baby Christ's miraculous birth - or it's "mas" tiempo with the family - depending on which way you swing - I go with the latter considering that I am not really a Christian.

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.