Chapter 42 Chopstick Competition I went out to eat one night with a friend. While we were in the restaurant, they had a chopstick competition. It seems like they had a bowl of some kind. I am thinking it was something like a fish bowl and there were ping pong balls in it. My friend told me that I should try that so I did. Chopsticks were used to grab the balls. There were six of us in a group and one group went at a time. Whomever got five balls out first was the winner. I won in my group. I had been there long enough and had used chopsticks enough that I was good with them. I wonder if the people that were in the group with me felt bad losing to a foreigner? Chapter 43 The Origin Of Chopsticks Chopsticks have been around for thousands of years and represent one of the most quintessential symbols of Asian cultures. Yet when Qingjia Edward Wang looked for information on the utensils to share with his young son, he found very little in English and only a few books in Japanese and Chinese...
Rick Mundt (1950-2024) lived in the La Crosse WI area and spent 5 years in China teaching English at Luoyang Foreign Language Schools. He embraced the opportunity to meet people and learn about the culture. After his return, Rick worked on a journal with 9000 photos of his experience. With over 150 chapters, we will share weekly his experiences and the friendships he made.