Life and Travel in China

The first Polish prostitute appeared in Hong Kong! Maybe not the first, but the first to advertise on the Internet. Well, something is finally changing and Poland is opening up to China (literally).

It's hot, you're thirsty... and imagine that in the middle of nowhere there is practically no mineral water at all (maybe only in certain areas). They only bottle distilled water. In the hypermarket, even Danon offers distilled or mineralized water, but not naturally mineral water. There is only Perrier, but no exaggeration, PLN 4 for a small bottle of water? I miss Staropolanka, which I drank to my heart's content in June, in Poland. When I came back and boldly took a sip of Danon Chinese Distilled Water, I thought I would return (I really did). The only water that can be drunk in China is Nongfu (meaning farmer). It is water from some natural source, a lake. Nevertheless, China has a problem with drinking water and this problem will become more and more serious.

...I haven't spoken for a while, but I had to travel halfway across China to get married. Seriously, not half, but 14 hours on a train is something. Everything went smoothly and after ten minutes at the Chinese registry office we received the marriage certificate (and later its international version), of course we had to spend a few weeks preparing the documents and translating them, and in the office itself three weddings were celebrated in a few minutes, without any ado or ceremony, just a photo, papers, a stamp and the next one (not very romantic). The best, however, were the wedding photos, in Poland wedding photography is a little Kazio considering what is done here, how much dressing up, different backgrounds, costumes from the Tang dynasty, it takes a few hours or even the whole day (if someone wants outdoor photos), but the end result is amazing (beautiful printed albums and paintings). I recommend weddings in China!

Today is a special date, my little celebration, anniversary, three years of stay in China. I think that during this time I learned a lot about China and traveled a lot to various parts of the country. Unfortunately, I still don't put much effort into learning the language, but I'm definitely making some progress. Three years ago I had problems with simple phrases and counting, but today it's an everyday occurrence. I have to work harder and devote more time to the Chinese language, I guess this is my resolution for the next, fourth year in the middle of nowhere.

And on the occasion of my wedding, I received exactly RMB 888 in a red envelope from my friend. Why 888 (i.e. BA BA BA), because it means happiness and wealth, I have probably mentioned it before. At first, my wife and I were surprised to see old banknotes of 1 RMB, then 5 RMB, but after converting everything was clear. In China, numbers are very important. 7 and 4 are unlucky numbers, sometimes buildings do not even have such floor numbers, for example 8A. 4, i.e. the word SY means death in their language.