On monday, jo (left) and i travelled accross the city to gia's (centre) place for chinese new year's lunch. Her boyfriend edmund is on the left. While there we were treated to endless plates of cookies and treats and lunch -- by the time we left, jo and i could barely walk! Her parents were super nice to have us, and her mom told us a bit about customs at the new year, including: firecrackers on new years eve, which used to be so loud that you couldnt hear people in the same room as you after dinner! (firecrackers have been banned here for about 30 years), when visiting guests, you exchange tangerines for prosperity, on the 8th day of chinese new years, people meet and eat dried fish to toast and celebrate everyone's birthdays and chinese new year lasts 15 days. When we left, her parents even gave us little red envelopes with money in them -- which are given to single people during the new year celebrations (so i guess it literally paid to be single!!)Yesterday (monday) tanya, anna and i spent the day in arab town and little india-- nice change of pace and as a bonus some areas were a lot more calm than usual owing to the public holiday. We were out for TEN hours, but it was a lot of fun and we got to add to our list of sketchy eating experiences!! speaking of those, given that i dont want to return to canada completely irrecognizable (as in 30 shades darker and 30 pounds heavier) today i made a tuna sandwhich for lunch.. while this in itself is less than exciting, my comment on the experience is that you dont know how much you appreciate the 'dolphin free' symbol on the side of the label until its gone....
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