China…. What am I to say? Very big country, every province, every city differs greatly. I am in Sichuan, Cheng Du. Yah, that city famous for their oily spicy cuisine, so spicy that it numbs the tongue! yes.. 3rd largest city in China, growth rate is quite amazing but of course not as advanced and sophisticated like ShangHai.
The weather is bad. Very polluted, very humid but yet it doesn’t rain. So u feel sticky all the time. There’s never one day would you see the clear blue sky. Cheng Du is at the bottom of a valley thus there’s always a depression hence, smog get trapped in its upper atmosphere. will get sick. moreover, it's summer...
The people? They speak their local dialect, which apparently I don’t understand a single word. Well, my Mandarin is bad enough to begin with. I can speak but need to think for a long while, though I can understand perfectly what people are saying. Thus… over here… I don’t have friends, there’s only a few staff I can talk to, but of course, how much can I share with them?
The men here…. Very crude. Spit everywhere, anywhere. Very loud. They behave like unreasonable tyrants so long as they have a few dollars in their pocket. bribery still exists.
The women here…. Many are kept mistresses. Pretty? Yes, sure are. Soft fair skin; otherwise, bitchy and crude. Marriage to them is just a game, divorce is another ticket to more money.
China people in my impression, talks about money all the time. it's the omnipotent object in their life, they're obsessed with it. open mouth-close mouth, the conversation doesn't depart from cars, material riches, condomuniums, expensive clothes and overseas vacation. better still of can find/fuck a caucasian guy... very alot of 'face'...
Tell me that there’s something wrong with Confucian’s teachings and the infamous 5000 years of Chinese civilization. seemingly from my point of view, they are heading for a moral / social crisis unknowingly. unscrupulous means to make quick bucks? plenty of examples. singapore.... on higher moral grounds really. jus a bit too closed-up in the political sense.
My work? Sigh…. Restaurant business is quite slow. So, after coming to the restaurant to manage it during lunch hour, my afternoons are spent accompany my Dad’s girlfriend to go shopping, gym, swim or cat nap at home. Start work again at 6-11.30pm. repeat this routine everyday for one month. Mundane. No new deals in terms of coffee machine sales so i don’t have to train any baristas for now. Coffee culture would only pick up and blossom in another 2 years, though the awareness level is rising slowly. Give it time to grow but if enter the market then, is too late.
What else? I miss my grandma. I miss my home. I miss my entire life back in Singapore! Watching movies, coffee-ing, clubbing at Zouk… where’s my life?!?!?! *grumbles insanely and sits in one corner and sulk* I don’t even have English news here, I don’t know what’s going on in Iraq and the rest of the world. Can anyone just kindly update me??? I don’t wanna be left out!!!
posted by Veen @ 08:10
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