Soooo i have new boyfriend well, hes not new but in terms of this blog he is (what can i say, i have been ever so slightly distracted... besides a long distance relationship takes work !) anyway.... he is at university in Nanjing, China (the former captial) studying mandarin so it provides the perfect excuse to go and see him whilst exploring the realms of one of the forthcoming BRIC fashion markets and supremely different cultures of the world
My limited experience with china began when i was around four or five and my vague memory recalls sitting in a dimly lit chinese restaurant in Yately, Hampshire with the willow patterned dishes and spoons and attempting to use chopsticks. This progressed to the Waterbeach (in cambridge) chinese takeaway next to The Village Green which was run by my chinese friend Zeeman Wan's family. My godmother used to refer to it as the chinky and it usually graced out lap trays on a saturday night. Nom nom. Other than several chinese buffets, new yorks little restaurant and an ever increasing undieing love for prawn crackers (M&S's own are my personal recommendation) i have a very limited knowledge of the place.
It has always been a place of intregee to me, a communist country... no facebook!!!, such a rich history and such beautiful silks and clothing however im not going to lie with only a few short days to go until i leave the thought of the place is beginning to terrfiy me...
all this aside i am going with an OPEN MIND and NO expectations woooo hooo
Here i come ChInA
