something oddly satisfying about going through a whole "I would like to buy this, please help me choose" ritual with the old lady at the tea shop almost entirely in mandarin
I've lost a lot of skills but she still totally understood me which is very
Thank you for your patience
She gifted me a bunch of free tea as a thank you for the big purchase...
not tea but related to being a usual at a local store: at the farmers market today I stopped by my favorite fish vendor and mentioned the experiment I tried last time I was there (making rice balls using the salmon) didn't go well because I burnt the salmon, so I was just gonna get canned stuff. In response she handed me a pound of filet and said "try again, let me know how it goes."



