So I played a bit of competitive badminton the other day. Yep.
Story... I went and got a burger from a local restaurant here in Perth and the girl at the register was super friendly and talkative. As I waited for my food to be cooked we talked about a couple of different things and she happened to ask me if I was a Christian after something I said. She then invited me to her church's young professional outreach activity for the following day, which was playing badminton. I have not played since I was maybe 7 or 8 years old in the yard at my parent's house and it was definitely NOT anything serious.
Well, we get to the gymnasium at 8:30pm and there are like 5 badminton courts set up with people playing and watching. I was not expecting it to be such a huge thing. It was all Asian people if you had not guessed that already. Most of the people in our group were Malaysian. I had fun talking with them and played 3 playful games (poorly). It was fun to watch and see how serious it got for some people, like there was sweating and keeping score and real technique. At 11:30pm we finally left and 9 of us headed to Chinatown to grab dinner. I loved this experience!
I thought that the restaurant we were in was pretty significantly and authentically Chinese but they let me know that it was still quite European. Two of the guys ordered for the whole table (where there were only chopsticks given). We drank tea and had about 8 different dishes brought to us. I'm not sure what I was eating some of the times (I automatically recognized the pork and chicken but there was also duck and tofu that I didn't immediately know). Before they ordered they were smiling and asking me if I have any allergies, if I like hot food, and if I there is anything I won't eat. I reluctantly let them know I have no allergies, do like hot-ish food, and am open to trying different things. I liked everything with the exception of one dish and I think that was the one that was something suspicious by the look on their 2 faces as I ate it LOL. I heard the word "intestines" but I don't know to what animal they belonged and he was hushed :-/
About the chopsticks... I've tried to use them before and am able to sort of do it, however incorrectly. I tried again with them and one of girls actually just got up and got me cutlery without even asking me LOL. So I think that we can consider that a FAIL! on my part. No one can say I didn't try though.
I'm actually going to lunch with some of them in about an hour. We're going to another Asian type restaurant.
This is so great, you all really must find a way to experience other cultures. Easily done in the city you live in!
Love,
Me
Story... I went and got a burger from a local restaurant here in Perth and the girl at the register was super friendly and talkative. As I waited for my food to be cooked we talked about a couple of different things and she happened to ask me if I was a Christian after something I said. She then invited me to her church's young professional outreach activity for the following day, which was playing badminton. I have not played since I was maybe 7 or 8 years old in the yard at my parent's house and it was definitely NOT anything serious.
Well, we get to the gymnasium at 8:30pm and there are like 5 badminton courts set up with people playing and watching. I was not expecting it to be such a huge thing. It was all Asian people if you had not guessed that already. Most of the people in our group were Malaysian. I had fun talking with them and played 3 playful games (poorly). It was fun to watch and see how serious it got for some people, like there was sweating and keeping score and real technique. At 11:30pm we finally left and 9 of us headed to Chinatown to grab dinner. I loved this experience!
I thought that the restaurant we were in was pretty significantly and authentically Chinese but they let me know that it was still quite European. Two of the guys ordered for the whole table (where there were only chopsticks given). We drank tea and had about 8 different dishes brought to us. I'm not sure what I was eating some of the times (I automatically recognized the pork and chicken but there was also duck and tofu that I didn't immediately know). Before they ordered they were smiling and asking me if I have any allergies, if I like hot food, and if I there is anything I won't eat. I reluctantly let them know I have no allergies, do like hot-ish food, and am open to trying different things. I liked everything with the exception of one dish and I think that was the one that was something suspicious by the look on their 2 faces as I ate it LOL. I heard the word "intestines" but I don't know to what animal they belonged and he was hushed :-/
About the chopsticks... I've tried to use them before and am able to sort of do it, however incorrectly. I tried again with them and one of girls actually just got up and got me cutlery without even asking me LOL. So I think that we can consider that a FAIL! on my part. No one can say I didn't try though.
I'm actually going to lunch with some of them in about an hour. We're going to another Asian type restaurant.
This is so great, you all really must find a way to experience other cultures. Easily done in the city you live in!
Love,
Me
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