Blue Green Bar

It's pouring rain here. "Raining Dogs and Cats!" as Jack, my first official Chinese tourguide (during the first week I was here with UNC) used to say.

I was supposed to meet up with my friend Laura tonight and grab a drink, but because of the rain and my general state of deleriousness I decided to stay near the hotel.

I believe that I stated in my last post that the lady who brings me breakfast brought me a little note-card saying that I could have a free cocktail at her bar. Well, I took her up on it tonight.

Blue Green Bar is literally 10 meters across the street from the front door of my apartment-hotel, but the guy at the front desk (whose name I don't know yet) insisted on ushering me under an umbrella so that I didn't get wet. He literally grabbed me and forced me under the umbrella, though he was about half my size I do believe.

The bar was awesome. I literally had the time of my life, and all in Chinese. I love it. Going to a Chinese bar by oneself allows for adventure far beyond anything available to the ex-pat hangouts.

One of the Chinese guys there was testing out a cocktail and made me one for free, which was nice of him. Unfortunately the place ain't cheap: a small bottle of tsingtao beer costs 30 Kuai, as opposed to about 2 kuai in a store. Oh well, it's worth it for the company and the language practice.

One guy, a bartender, named Xiao Yu spoke a little broken English, while another female bartender whose name I didn't spoke pretty well. I kept telling her how good her English was, but she wouldn't accept my praises. No one else there spoke English, which was fine by me.

The lady who brings me my breakfast was sitting in the corner with a friend surfing the internet on a laptop. I said hey to her and thanked her for the card, which I used to buy a flaming B-52 shot at the bar.

I feel like Xiao Yu and I could be good friends. I'll have to stop back by that bar sometime soon... if my work schedule allows it.

Speaking of that, it looks as though I will be starting work everyday around 2 or 3pm, which leaves me the entire morning to study Chinese and excercise! Awesome!

Alright, I'm out for now. I'm going to try and get some sleep while the alcohol in my system is still taking it's toll.