Life and Travel in China

What an irony this is... I know personally and from stories of spoiled girls from rich families who, at their own request, give up studies or even high school. They want to be adults and go out into the world. Then they work part-time somewhere and look for excitement. And at the same time, somewhere in the countryside, their peers have no opportunity to obtain any education. There are no great schools in the provinces, and education (even primary education) is associated with huge costs. And that's how it is, someone who has the opportunity to study gives up on it, and someone else who would like to get an education doesn't even have such a chance.

I had just lost my appetite at breakfast, and an interesting couple appeared in the restaurant at the decent Best Western hotel in Fujian province. A guy about 60 years old, a dirty, fat (I guess) American or Canadian, and with him a young Chinese woman, about 25-30 years old. Great parka! To make matters worse, she started hugging him at the table. I have nothing against them, but I lose my appetite when I see it, they could save their advances for later and take them to the room with them.

We were in a provincial town in the Zhejiang province at a large disco and imagine... some hip-hop mixed Polish dance songs were played three times. Amazing... it may have happened once, but three completely different songs in 2 hours? A very strange thing. One of the dancers in this club is a white girl, officially Russian, but maybe because of the music she is Polish?

My Chinese friend told me something about our mutual friend (Alex), also Chinese (they work in the same company). Well, this friend loves speaking English and generally admires America. When a driver from the company goes somewhere with him, they get into the elevator and there are some girls (usually Chinese) there, Alex likes to show off. He pulls out his phone, calls someone (or pretends to) and speaks English for a few minutes. The driver always gets angry and complained to the other friend: "Damn, Alex was talking in English again." Of course, the driver doesn't understand any of this. I don't know if Alex picked up any girls this way, but he sure makes a fool of himself pretending to be such a worldly person.

My wife received an invitation to the wedding from a friend from Hong Kong. There would be nothing strange about it, but this invitation looks like it was sent by Hollywood stars. A wedding photo is printed on the cover: she, her fiancé, and her two beloved dogs. Inside there are two notes, chalk paper, printed address, date, time, and on the back there is a map showing where the church is and where the restaurant is. Everything booked two years in advance. At the end, a small CD-ROM with their wedding and childhood photos, plus a film about them and interviews. Of course, if someone didn't send the CD, they can always visit their wedding website. The address is hernamelastnamewedding.com. Madness! This is what I call a hyped wedding! As you can see, marketing is also important in the case of love.