Mr. Nick and I went to the Richmond Night Market on the weekend. I always look forward to the food, but I definitely do not like look forward to the crowds. Anyway, this night market is supposed to be just like the markets in  Hong Kong -- crowded, lots of cheap junk, and MARKET FOOD.

Seriously, everyone is shoulder to shoulder, just like on any old day in Hong Kong. There is always A LOT of pedestrian traffic. Think Boxing Day/Black Tuesday (is that what they call the day after Thanksgiving in the US?)/Christmas shopping crowds multiplied by 10 million.

So the observations...Chinese people LOVE to point. My parents always told me not to point, but Chinese people use pointing as a form of communication. I don't know how many fingers (or skewered meat) I had in front of my face that night. Even this Chinese lady at my work points instead of verbally articulating something. (Maybe that is better since her English is horrible. It takes a lot of concentration to get through the accent and the poor English.)

And white people do not know how to walk in crowded areas. I guess they're used to all the space around here. Actually, when I was a kid, I hated going to Hong Kong because I was always jostled by every day pedestrian traffic. One of my aunt's favourite memories is me shoving people back after bumping me.

This is more of a cultural observation rather than a race thing...but the whities...do not know how to walk with the flow of traffic. Sometimes they would just STOP right where they were. Move off to the side, please!! It's like driving. If you were in bumper-to-bumper traffic, would you just stop in the middle of the road because you saw a bird flying over you? Probably not. People from Asia are used to the hustle and bustle.

Anyway, slow pedestrian traffic has always bugged me. I hate walking behind couples. I hate walking behind slow walkers because they never walk straight. I hate going Christmas shopping during peak times.

Next week, I am bringing my car in to a claim centre for the whole matchup thing. The other party's adjuster was quite chipper on the phone. Another to-do item to add to my list.