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Weather of today:
- Day: 29 degrees, cloudy and sunny.
- Night 22 degrees
Sentence of today:
That's my seat: 那是我的坐。Nà shì wǒde zuò?
How long to we stop here? 在这里停多久?Zài zhèlǐ tíng duōjiǔ?
Today's - Good to know:
Following the Communist Revolution, the officially sanctioned term of address for both men and women was 'comrade' (tóngzhì 同志). In today's China this word isn't commonly used as a term of address and has undergone a shift in meaning - yesterday's 'comrade' is now a slang word for 'gay'.
This is a kind of play on words, as the literal meaning of 'comrade' in Chinese is 'of the same mindset'. While in revolutionary circles this mindset entailed a vision of a new society, today's mindset is a particular vision of sexuality. The self-appellation of tóngzhì as used by China's gay community can be seen as a subversive means of self-empowerment, challenging the more official tag of 'homosexual' (tóngxìng liàn同性恋 lit: same sex love)
Today's tip:
Hotel tips:
- Ask your hotel concierge for a local map
- The standard English is often better at youth hostels than at midrange or high-end hotels.
- Your hotel can help with ticketing, for a commission.
- Almost every hotel has a left-luggage room, which should be free if you are a guest in the hotel
- Always bargain for a room.
Dish of today:
Noodles with beef and McD.
Today's Historical fact:
1956-7: The Hundred Flowers Movement promises to presage an era of intellectual freedom, but instead leads to a purge of intellectuals, artists and thinkers who are labelled rightists and persecuted.
My days:
After a bad night sleep, I got out of bed at 6am, checked out, and found a place to eat breakfast. I ate the same place as yesterday's lunch, little sweet dinner, I got two fried eggs, and some tasty bread with some filling in.
My bus headed for Dalian started off at 7.50, so just sat at the bus station playing angry birds. I had the idea I could wait going to the toilet till I arrived home, but after my stomach complaining, and the thought of sitting 4 hours in bus, I went to the toilet, it wasn't pleasant and I knew that. A typically Chinese toilet, which means you have to sit in a squatty position, and you could see what the former guy just made. Not nice! Just remember your own toilet paper and breathe through your mouth.
I slept some of the way home, listening to music or just looked out the window.
I was really tired when I got home, just watched a movie, slept for some hours, and then I went out for dinner. Was in the mood for McD, and then I went to Momi café afterwards, using the Wifi.
I updated my blog, spoke a bit with Vince and then went home for a nice long sleep.
Goodnight!
Today I didn't do much. Slept for long, went to Momi café, uploaded some days of blogging till my computer went out of battery. It was nice sunny today, so just sat outside Momi café in the Sun, think for 4 hours. Also studied a chapter of Chinese.
I went home to power up my computer, and waited to see if the host family would invite me for dinner, but at 7 I got out of patient, so ate some noodles with beef I bought earlier in the small supermarket down the road. Quite tasty actually. You just pour boiling water over, and then they are ready. I watched Wolverine and afterwards went off for Momi café again. Wifi and green tea. Nice way to end your evening. The most interesting today was one of the taxi drivers, he pointed at a girl just crossing the street, asked if I like to bang her, didn't really understood it in Chinese, but got the point after he making a nice demonstration with his hands. Hehe. Just laughed. Yes! I really liked to bang her. I small talked with him a little, funny enough, he also ended up saying, you go bang bang! Haha.. Funny! If he just knew! :)
Bedtime! Goodnight!
Ps: I miss you Vince!
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