During a break this morning, a student offered me a Chinese candy. I had no idea what to expect, but I like to try new things. It was a brown cylinder shaped sweet that I f
irst thought was a chocolate and then I put it in my mouth to be surprised by a soft chewy texture. I don't really remember the taste, but it wasn't exactly sweet. After class I showed the wrapper to the Chinese woman in the marketing office to find out what was in the candy. Apparently figs, and I think some nuts. She then went onto explain to me that the Chinese characters on the front of the wrapper read something like 'wishing you a healthy baby boy.' Maybe I should ask more questions next time I am offered a candy. Here is a photo of the wrapper to help you identify it should you be offered one (sorry that it's upside down).
irst thought was a chocolate and then I put it in my mouth to be surprised by a soft chewy texture. I don't really remember the taste, but it wasn't exactly sweet. After class I showed the wrapper to the Chinese woman in the marketing office to find out what was in the candy. Apparently figs, and I think some nuts. She then went onto explain to me that the Chinese characters on the front of the wrapper read something like 'wishing you a healthy baby boy.' Maybe I should ask more questions next time I am offered a candy. Here is a photo of the wrapper to help you identify it should you be offered one (sorry that it's upside down).On the theme of surprises I asked a student who was not paying attention to read the next question. For some reason he was on the wrong page, and the sentence he ended up reading was 'I have big ears' which ended up being another funny surprise to the day.
Happy Bastille Day to my French friends! Wishing I were in a fire hall in Paris for the fête.
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