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Weather of today:
- Day: Warm and raining
- Night 25 degrees
Sentence of today:
Thank you for your hospitality.
感谢你们的好客。 感谢你们的招待。
Today's - Good to know:
In common parlance, Nǐ 你 ('you') singular) can have he polite form Nín 您. This polite form is particular common in Beijing. You'll encounter it as a part of some common greetings.
Today's tip:
Be in good time in Beijing airport when you travel out the country, because immigration control can take a while.
Dish of today:
Dumpling and Baijiu.
Today's Historical fact:
June 1989:
Democracy protestors fill Tiananmen Square as parallel protests are held across the land. Beijing imposes martial law and on the evening of 3 June and the early hours of 4 June soldiers clear the streets, killing hundreds (perhaps thousands) in the process.
My day:
Today I had to be in the airport at 12, so went u a bit early, so I could pack everything and clean the place.
I also had to deliver the key to DaSheng's granddad; living 15 min walk from the apartment. My suitcase was very uncomfortable to walk with, heavy and the sun was shining. Was to warm and I sweated like a ….. Took me half an hour to walk there, with several breaks on the way.
After delivering the key I took a cab to the airport, took about half an hour. I checked in, walked around in the airport looking at shops, I bought a special bottle for tea, now I bought green tea, I also needed a bottle for it, I can bring to school. I also went to Subway and bought a nice sandwich for lunch.
Deng Baba wrote me text message, didn't understand everything, so ask some Chines people in the airport to translate for me. When I arrived in Beijing, I should take a shuttle bus to ZhongGuanCun. Where he would pick me up. It took about an hour.
From the bus stop, Deng Baba, His sun, just arriving home for holiday, hes studying in Tokyo. And Xiaoxiao where also there. We talked a bot in the car, and dropped of Deng Sun, he had to meet with some friends.
At home, You Mama were making Dumpling, a lot of dumplings. We sad down and ate some watermelon and talked a bot, they asked me about my trip to Dalian, what I have seen and so on.
Afterwards I started to pack. Big trouble. Have bought to many thing, couldn't close my suitcase, and already had a small suitcase packed for hand luggage, a computer bag, and plastic bag with a tea set in. You are only allowed to take a handbag and a computer with you as hand luggage, so was a bit full already. I ended up paying 50€ online, (instead of 80€ in the airport) to be able to check in a extra bag of luggage, my small suitcase, able me to fill up another bag back as hand-luggage, and then I could close my suitcase. But it was filled to its absolute capacity. Hehe.
Was really nice to back in the Beijing family. I just feel really comfortable in their present. They invited over the neighbours for dinner, so we all could have a goodbye dinner together. The dumplings were really delicious, best one I have tasted so fare, and also drank baijiu with the neighbour husband (Chinese Wine) kind of drinking Danish Snaps, but with a better taste. They had a lot of fun me drinking Baijiu, and they are all surprise I like it.
I was talking a little with Xiaoxaio at dinner, and she said, at work, they have to let know of their present by scanning their fingerprint, and she asked if I knew how to make a fake one. Hehe. Not really my specialty, but the lawyer, the neighbour wife, knew how to do so. They started to cut a piece out of a can, burning it with a lighter so it turned completely black, then Xiaoxiao put her finger on the black )sod), took some tape, but the finger on the tape, and then a peace of wife paper underneath, so it sticks together. Here you go, a fake finger print. Crazy! But fun!
They are all very very kind to me, and I will miss them, and they also seemed to be fond of me.
You mama and Deng Baba gave me a gift, it was one of the most expensive Baijiu's you can buy in China. Cost 2000 Yuan. I was like. Wow! Thank you. I don't really deserve this, you already gave me so much. But I should have it. And I took it.
Later RanRan came home. Very nice guy, and we sat just talking for half an hour I think. Clever too. He also gave me his latest downloads of movies and showed me programs on his Mac I might would be interested in.
Before we all went for bed, I said goodbye to You Mama, and deeply thank her for everything. She had to get up really early, and wouldn't be able to say goodbye in the .orning. I also said goodbye to Xiaoxiao, and Ranran.
Next day Deng Baba was very kind to drive me to the airport. I glad we went there early, because the whole Migration control takes so looooooong. You also first have to check in, get the little subway to the other end of the airport. Where the migration control is, and they are so slow. Remember to be in the airport in good time! I though I was in really good time, but only had half an hour, before boarding. I spend my last money on a bottle of water to 29 Yuan, Evian, obviously expensive.
When boarding, they scan your boarding pass, at came up with a little alarm, she then told me, to Plane was fully booked up, so for second I though she would tell me I had to wait for another flight, but she said instead, you should just go to your seat, and if any problems, talk with the flight attendant if any problems. I then though maybe they have giving the seat to two people, but no one came and claimed it, and I was first anyway, so guessed I had the advantage.
A long flight home, the screen in my seat didn't work but luckily I had my fully charged Mac with me, so spend most time watching movies on it.
Three days home in Denmark, and then off again, this time to Berlin for two weeks.
If you came so far, thank You for reading my blog, hope it has been interesting reading it.
Best wishes,
Steffen
Ps. I you need a guide for China, let me know, I would happily give you a tour.
(I'll be there from next summer on and a year forward)
Pps. Vince, I of course still miss you a lot!
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