Life and Travel in China

Today I saw two idiots with dogs, because I can't call them anything else. I know that dogs are such a show-off in China, the bigger the better. It doesn't matter that in a big city this dog has nowhere to go, but whatever... The guy took a wooden pole and started hitting the dog, and the dog howled in pain. He beat him for two minutes because the dog didn't want to sit down or didn't listen when he called him, I also had to train the dog. I saw a similar situation in my neighborhood. The woman was beating the dog with this special whip, and the poor dog could barely walk. I don't know, maybe it's some form of stress relief for them, buy a dog and feed it every day? I don't expect anyone to care about the dog's fate here, but why do they need these animals at home? You don't know anything about dogs, you don't love animals, you keep him obviously for fashion, so that you can have a dog at home and let your friends admire how you beat him!

Today, one Chinese asked me whether it is difficult to get a passport in Poland... interesting... maybe he is still thinking about our previous system. Now everyone is fleeing Poland and all you need is proof. It's good that they didn't ask me how Bierut's health was. You see how Poland is perceived abroad, they know nothing about us. Sentences like "Chopin was Polish?" (some people think he's French), "Copernicus, that's how we learned about him at school" (without much enthusiasm), "Pope - what is it?", "Warsaw (HuaSha in Chinese), I don't know", "And Poland has access to the sea?" - this is already commonplace, more than one Chinese has asked me this or was surprised. Poland has never been able to promote itself, and yet we have an interesting history, many famous people, interesting books, scientific successes (recently computer programmers), discoveries, good films and good music, and many tourist attractions, beautiful nature, sea, mountains, thousands of lakes, not to mention museums, churches and cathedrals.

I traveled in China in various vehicles, taxis and buses, today for example 5 hours in a modern and safe Volvo bus. But before I got to the bus station in a provincial town that white people don't often go to, I took a ride in a super old taxi. The vehicle was so worn out that the driver (a woman) picked us up with great difficulty and caution so that the car did not fall to pieces. When I wanted to get in, it turned out that the handle was broken from the outside. At every intersection, when you put the car in neutral, the entire dashboard jumped from the engine noise. Good thing we didn't have to drive too far with this clatter.

A 26-year-old Chinese man talked to me during a visit to his company (a small town in Guangdong) about working in Poland, our history, food, culture, etc. He couldn't believe me that my first job paid PLN 500/month. When I calculated it for him, he laughed, of course there are lower salaries here, but comparing it to education, skills, knowledge and the nature of the work, it was simply a ridiculous salary. In China, you can definitely earn two or three times as much in the same position.

For several days now, I've been watching Polish media reports and I've come to the conclusion that I have another damn good reason to live in China and connect my future with this country. This reason, this argument, is called Andrzej Lepper, who will probably become president in the next elections. On the other hand, I always admire such people, you can learn from them - how to make a career based on nothing, starting from nothing, how to enter the salons and rule, even though you have no predispositions for it.