DRINKING Culture

I am adopting a very unhealty lifestylr rite now..i told don the other day that there is no morning here in china..maybe there is...but i haven’t met one..cause everyday when i open my eyes, it’s already 11 or 12...haha.. feel like i am pig but can’t blame me..the weather is really shiok..so perfect for sleeping..even when i am awake i dun feel like getting out of my bed..when i finally get up, it’s time for a long and heavy meal..sometimes it’s afternoon tea..sometimes it’s steamboat..and usually last for about 2hours.. then guess how i spend my afternoon..sleep again..great huh..nv dream of such life during a-levels..well ok i am not such a pig all the time..some days i do go shopping or visit my relatives..daytime is short..it gets dark after 5.30..and the party begins..ppl her just know how to enjoy their dinner..all kindsa food to choose from and many nice and cheap restaurants..one thing i dun like is the drinking culture here..when i was young i dun need to care about the adult..they keep drinking and i keep eating..no problem..but now that i am 20..going 21..already an adult in their eyes..i gotta join in the drinking..which i dun enjoy very much..X.O.,Henessy,red wine..blah blah blah blah..so many kinds of chinese wine and worst is beer..ppl treat it like water..and every time they say ‘cheeeersss’ it’s one damn glass..and they can drink about 10 glasses a meal.

Last nite, i had a little gathering with my cousins who are much older than me..well most of my cousins are 30+,40+..and i was very shocked when they suggested karaoke after dinner..i was like..er...ok..and then the whole family went to sing song..and guess what..beer again..but i was quite surprised that they can sing and quite well..haha thought the songs are not my era..these cousins and cousins in law of mine are very eager to teach me everything they learned in the chinese society..socialising skills and nite life culture..one told me that it’s not that they enjoy drinking so much but it’s the chinese tradition and because they are so called the juniors in society so have to please the bosses..i can understand what he meant and i agree to a very large extent to the other reason that ppl drink to destress...i think ppl around the world do that and it really helps..kinda feel more relax after drinking..such is the power of alcohol.. lotsa things to learn from these ppl who are already in the working sector..and these ppl are very great i think..cause they can chat with almost any one..young or old..any kind of job..history..geography..politics..haha..not like me who can only talk craps with ppl of about the same age and have no common topics with other ppl.. the culture of socialising may not be the same in sg but the attitude is the same..so ya..great experiences..