OMG Betty.

A few weeks ago I was at a flashy bar in the CBD (Central Business District, an achronym, like everything else in English in China) and saw a girl in a gorgeous dress, knee-length flowy, loosely tied at the waist. She walked past me and then I noticed that it dropped straight down from her back, not even a little curve. Hmm... then I glanced around and saw that there was not a curvy behind in sight in the bar...

Do I have the biggest butt in Beijing? No way, I thought, and then spent a good week intent on spotting a bigger one. Unsuccessfully.

Just got back from 10 days down in Shanghai and Anhui Province. In this village that's been around for like a few thousand years, they had these tailoring shops that made really cute mandarin collar cotton dresses for like 40 yuan ($7). There was only one size (like most things in China), and I thought, maybe I will just see if it fits. I gesture to the woman that I want to try it on, she looks at me and then points to the dressing room. When I turn around to go there, she reaches out and slaps my rear, and then motions "no." No as in there is no way my butt will fit in it. I was surprised, but I smiled, laughed, and handed her the dress back.

When I was on Tradicional Chinese Medicine, one of the acupuncturists suddenly reached out and touched the bridge of my nose. Startled, I said, "oh, I have a big nose." The TCM doctor smiled, "big nose beautiful!" while the acupuncturist continued to look at it with curiousity.

Maybe the woman in the shop was also just curious and felt the need to reach out and touch me. Or maybe I just have to own it - maybe I do have the biggest butt in China. Haha.