Interesting Things that I’ve Learnt About China while in China
August 29, 2008
Shanghai is about as modern as it is underdeveloped
If you average out the country and city standards of living then the average standard of living is quite low
Roads are filled with cars, busses, trucks, bikes, bicycles, scooters and people none of the people on the road care about anyone else
Street vendors sell those zany looking watermelons, yes, those ones…
…No I haven’t tried one
A lot of basic words such as keyi and yisi have a heaps of alternative deffinitions
People usually emphasize the ‘wei’ when they answer the phone – ‘weeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiii’
They’ll say it a few times as well and dribble their confirmative speech
People have dogs and cats as pets…
…And they look very clean and cute
Everyone stares at you, most try to not make it look obvious but fail…
…Others just stare blankly
People are quick to assume that you’re an idiot if you mess up one sentence and just as hasty to assume you are a genius if you get it right
The birds here don’t sound as pleasant as they do in Australia
In Australia you can arrive as a foreigner and people can assume that you might be a local, in China this would never happen and they’d never want it to happen…
…I’m sure they’ll come around
You can’t exchange Australian money at the bank
People in houses with smashed windows and tin sheds also have computers
There is an ashtray in my room
Smoking is also allowed in Internet cafes
Almost everyone that I say hello to and ask how they are never answers the question
My taxi driver knows the word ‘peasant’ and was quick to point one out to me as we were driving – I think he thought it was funny
I’ll probably have more of these in the future
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