Friday the 13th!!!! AHHHHH!!! Actually here it has no meaning. But the number 4 is bad. In Chinese, the word for 4 sounds like the word for death, so it is avoided at all costs. For example telephone numbers, addresses, etc. My building doesn't have a 4th floor, it skips from 3 right to 5. The number 9 sounds like the word for long, so long life or whatever else. When Chinese people get married they usually get married on the 9th, or in September, or the reception/procession starts at 9, so as to assure that the marriage will last.
Tonight I'm going to watch Beijing Opera, which I believe is world-famous. Each region, each bigger city, has it's own form of Opera, but I believe Jingju (Beijing opera) is the most well-known, both inside and outside of China. The opera is jam packed with elegant flowing costumes, stock characters with elaborately painted faces, and traditional Chinese lyrics sung by an all-male cast at screechingly high volumes. Should be awesome, I'm excited.
Random-unrelated-ness: For those of you who didn't hear (probably all of you) the UFC just bought Pride FC, crazy!!!
*EDIT* The Jingju cast is not, and never was, all-male. I was misinformed. It is pretty sweet though.
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you know, i lived in park 44 apartments in stl, it's address was 4444 w. pine. there were several chinese living there too haha
Matt... que lo pases bien hoy .... creo que China tiene que ser todo que pienso sobre el pais ... o majer aun ... Para i deseo lo mejor y claro que vengas a Brasil mas veces !!! Voy a NYC en agosto ... que malo que no vas estar en los EEUU !!!
un grand beso ... y mucha suerte en todo !!!
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