Hot in the city

Its been weird weather around here.  One moment its sweltering hot with a 50% humidity level.  It feels like you're in a sauna.  Then out of no where it will start raining with thunder and lightning.  Its nice when it happens at night because the next day the air is clean and you can see blue sky.  What's also strange is what many chinese men do when its hot....they pull up their shirts so just their belly hangs out.  Most of them can just hang the fabric above their belly but some of them actually have flat stomachs so they hold their shirt up with one hand.  Its a little weird when the elevator door opens and the first thing you see is someone's belly staring you in the face.  Most men don't care that everyone gets to see the size of their belly but I have had a couple pull down their shirt when I walk by.  Back home when its hot you see the occasional man without a shirt baring his beer belly. I suppose what I see here shouldn't be that strange to me.  I guess what gets me is that they actually still have their shirt on, just half-way.  Sam said he wants to make a shirt that is made of mesh at the stomach part. That way they don't have to pull up their shirt, they can just let the air flow through the mesh.  Or make the shirts with the stomach part already cut out for those that don't have enough of a belly to keep the fabric up.  It seemed funny at the time but some of my friends actually thought it was a good idea. hahaha

A funny thing happened the other night.  When I said good night to Sam I didn't realize he was already asleep.  I said: "Goodnight" and he said: "You ate all those crackers and only left me one!"  I said: "What?!"  Then he repeated: "You ate all those crackers and only left me one!"  I looked over and saw that he was totally asleep!  I busted up laughing.  The next day when I asked him about it he said he didn't remember a thing.  I think he's got some suppressed food issues with me.  Its either that or he was dreaming about eating. wasabi crackers and I must have eaten them all but one.  (He loves a certain wasabi cracker here. He's always asking me to buy more.)

In other news, we are going to Hong Kong again.  This time it will be by airplane!  I'm so happy!