我錯過或不錯過關於中國的10件事
由Shakil Khan
它是7.40am在倫敦，并且我認為我在朝向會做崗位在天之前，那麼這裡去。
我錯過關於中國的10件事：
- 90周詳按摩在龍飛行為在£10附近
-真正的中國食物
-自由WiFi在咖啡店
-整理的傭人在我以後
-治安警衛在入口對我的公寓住宅區
-愉快的微笑的面孔
- $2組裝Marlboro光
-到處出租汽車(大多時間)
- 24個小時溫泉或公共浴室(jacuzzis或浴盆等)
-我的中國教訓
我不錯過關於中國的10件事
繼續採取的行動到我錯過關於中國的10件事，這I 10件事的我的名單 不要錯過關於是去的。
-人分散和採摘他們的鼻子公開
-壞質量西部食物
-瘋子出租汽車司機
- Dvd、Rolex和Massagee騙子
-推擠和推為出租汽車，在商店等
-中國顧客服務
-菜單(用仅中文)
- Laowai凝視，好像我從另一個行星
-慢速萬維網
-中國計時和守時
要是誠實的它非常是更加容易做名單關於什麼我錯過，并且有我可能增加的許多，而名單在有之上奮鬥為位的我。
Shakil Khan， http://www.chinawhite.net/
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November 7th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
I totally agree with your list. However, I’d like to embellish on the negative ones a minute:
- People spitting. For the reader who’s not been to China, their take on spitting is hocking up a big green one as loudly as possible… and this is whether you are young or old, male or female. Yuck.
- Pushing and shoving, especially in crowds. Why can’t they learn to queue? Getting a train ticket at rush hour is something between a rugby scrum and a mosh pit.
- Staring. A casual interest in tourists is to be expected, but not a crowd of 15 guys all standing still and staring at my girlfriend. She got very annoyed by the end of the trip.
- Western medicine. It’s just better, no matter what the hippies might say.
- Train stations. Miserable experience.
- Lack of diapers. Little children have crotch-less garments to get round this issue.
- Alcohol (especially spirits). The chinese take on vodka is utterly evil. It’s a kind of mix of paint stripper, methylated spirits, petrol and body odor.
Otherwise, a really interesting place.
Keep up the great posts.
Jof
(found this via Blog Friends by the way)
November 9th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
These lists are interesting. My wife and I did a year teaching at Fudan U. - MBA students. We rode our bikes everywhere averaging about 30 miles everyday…so we covered the city many many times over.
The “miss” list almost makes us sad…. We basically never ate out so we miss the markets and being able to get around so easily. The super friendly people. etc.
On the negative lists… what can I say? None of that stuff really made an impression on us. The negatives to us were the air quality and the dubious nature of fish we wanted to buy and cook (we did not). I guess we were stared at as the only people on bikes using helmets and being (me) so tall, and sure there was pushing and spitting but they do not stand out for us. The very few times we ate out I took a long list of translated items and pointed to things we wanted and they would “may-yo” or “yo” the item and that would do it.
Everyday we wish for at least a few minutes that we were there again.
November 9th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
It is nostalgic going through your “things I miss” list. Might I comment on the “Things I don’t miss”. Customer service- Why can’t frontline people speak a little english. One would have thought that for a country receiving global attention speaking a 2nd language would be advocated. Did you also notice that they choose when to understand and when not to understand you. We were at the airport to catch a plane home and were told our seats had been cancelled cos we did not re-confirm it. We told them it was a return ticket and besides if re-confirmation was the rule, how come it was not written on the ticket? “No speak English” was all the manager could say and zapped! My advice to all tourist/Visitors ” PLEASE ALWAYS RE-CONFIRM YOUR BOOKINGS WITH YOUR THE AIR LINE 72hours before departure.