Ryan Ing

Get my phone set up. In Beijing most people don’t have cellphone plans like they do in Toronto. Instead, people just use pay-as-you-go cards. $15 CAD will last you a month or two no problem.

Go rock climbing with Andre and Noah.

Have dinner after at a chuar (Chinese shish kebab) restaurant which was pretty dirty.

- In China, you can smoke cigarettes in most restaurants. So it really sucks when you’re in a small restaurant, andthe table beside you has 4 mans smoking bogeys.

- Unless it is an upscale restaurant, it is not too socially unacceptable to leave your garbage on the table or on the floor.

- Outside drinks ARE allowed. So you can buy drinks or alcohol somewhere else, and drink them there. A couple times I’ve ran to the convenience store to buy drinks while waiting for our orders, then having them with our meals.

- It is also common in a lot of restaurants to pay first (right after you tell them your order), but it makes sense, since you do not have to tip in Chinese restaurants. It’s also a lot faster, since you can just eat your food and leave, without having to call the waiter for your bill.

One of the nicer restaurants I’ve visited.