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Changsha
Internet problems still, so none of my new photos added yet :( I also took some of my day trip to Changsha with Brian at the weekend. Was a good day out! The journey from Pingxiang to Changsha only takes about an hour and 10 minutes - it's just over the border in Hunan province, if you look on a map you'll see they're very close. We had lovely 1st class seats on the way there - loads of leg room & a steal at 47.00 RMB each!! (about 4 pounds 70!)
Our main reason for going to Changsha was to go to Wal-mart and stock up on western essentials, like deodorant (yes, really - there is NONE in Pingxiang. Luckily I stocked up on deodorant in Shanghai!) So we spent a bit of time in Wal-Mart, I bought some frosties - Kellogg's Frosties! - which definately made the trip worthwhile ;p we also found a nice tea-house & then had McD's for tea. Result! Apparently there is now a Wal-mart in Pingxiang as well so the next time we run out of some western commodity, we won't have to catch a train to the next big city to buy it!
Last night, myself & the others were invited to take part and be judges in a big. annual speech-giving competition at the college. Students from all years took part & we had to listen to speeches they had prepared on the subject of 'A word that has changed the world' - Courage, Confidence etc. It was a good night - good atmosphere, lots of students were there even though only a small selection actually recited speeches, and it was really impressive to see how much work and effort they had put into their work.
Next week (weather permitting) the college is having a 3 day long sporting event so that means a few days off for us! There are some events for the teachers to take part in as well apparently :/ ... better get practicing my javelin..
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Puteri Anyone coming to China or any other conruty where English is not spoken should prepare for such incidents. You're in somebody else's conruty, idiot (not to mention dealing with a server who gets verbally abused all day long by the locals!) This is a no brainer incident (literally). The harder situations are when you are almost hit while walking in a cross walk with the right of way and the driver honks at you with a loud and sustained (get out of my way) honk. Most Chinese pedestrians have mastered the art of passively ignoring the obnoxious driver. My American friends visiting Beijing have trouble with this. They ask who has the right of way? I telll them, legally, you do but in reality, you don't. Beijing has 24 million people and 4 million plus cars. If cars obeyed the laws on the books, traffic would not move. So the system has evolved to this. The real law is Newton's law: Whoever is more massive has the right of way! I do everything I can to keep them from pounding on the hood of passing cars.The hardest thing for an American to understand is that in China what people write, say and legislate is frequently not what they do, regardless of the typical blather of strict compliance .