So went to the forbidden palace again, and decided I didn't want to spend that much time in the main part so I went exploring! Things I found. A huge ceramic gallery that showed the progression of techniques of how they fired and embellished pieces.

Also went and checked out the Hall of Clocks and Watches, it displays almost 200  clocks and watches from the imperial collection. Many were made by famous English and French clock makers and have Chinese timepieces as well.

 Also went to the treasure gallery walking up to it was the Nine Dragons Screen

I just kind of stared at it and vibed out for awhile, then realized it was 10 degrees and an air pollution of around 380… so went inside to…!

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Everyday items that the royal court used such as gold chopsticks

and gold teacups  and gold…… yeah also they were displaying these giant jade sculptures

During the Qing Dynasty theater going was a main source of entertainment so OBV the emperor built his own, I GIVE YOU Pavilion of Pleasant Sounds

This trip ends with a me walking a direction and getting lost and being around 5 miles away from the nearest subway stop, then me telling arguing with this guy because he wanted to give me a ride on his bike and I kept saying no and he kept saying “YO you are like 40 minute walk from anything” (this is all in Chinese, I don’t know how the YO translates but I will figure it out) and then he asked if I was American and I told him no, I don’t know English and walked away. ITS SO EASY just don’t make it obvious you understand them and then say “I don’t speak English” problem solved. Anyways I’m freezing, no idea where I am, find a tea shop place, and ask for tea and she trolls me, I swear to god I asked for black tea and she just wouldn’t give it to me. So I had to point and then her and her friends laughed at me.. YO Chinese speaking confidence issues already don’t make me go cry to my roommate about it. Anyways. Ran across this during my …walk?

THREE STORIES OF APPLE

Can we talk about breakfast, this one guy makes a thick crepe , opens it up, pours an egg in it, fries that shit then rubs hella sauce on top, folds it in half, puts a piece of lettuce in the middle and asks for 3 kuai not even it’s 2.5... Seriously every morning I just want to tell him how much of a bro he is… but I can’t speak English, honestly I can’t really speak Chinese. So here I am.

 I recently bought a bunch of DVDS most notable is Ice Age. 

Its legit, Chinese audio, get my learn on, I can actually understand most of it anyways, it was 20 kuai, I spend money like it’s my job, and by that I mean I spend 5 dollars on lunch and dinner. So nice I went to a Chinese kong fu movie, no engrish subtitles(it's K all fighting, mostly this one women dunking face to avenge her master) and a upscale restaurant with 5 people, spent a total of 10 dollars.

Anyways I ate this essentially BBQ squid tonight it was so much yumm

And plus one for location, every morning I leave my dorm I see this building. Doesn’t it look like it should be in Coruscant??

  

 I can talk about more interesting things or go into detail about things I do, if you guys want something throw some feedback this way.

This and fb chat has become my outlet for engrish. Good night!