On a diet
A very interesting thing here in China, is the number of people who decide to loose weight. It’s almost a constant topic to talk about it. In particular the people that go on a diet. The funny thing about their decision is that the diets are somehow totally different to what we commonly understand by “diet”.
I once had my Chinese teacher at home and I offered her something to eat. When she told me she was on a diet, I offered her an apple, an orange, some prunes and a pear. You know what she picked?
The banana…hence the only fruit that possibly has some fat inside… 
Today at lunch I learned about yet another way of being on a diet from a collegue:
Her secret is to only eat meat from now on…Let’s see how that will go 