Life and Travel in China

I have already seen various things for sale on Chinese television. All the time in one program: breast enlargement cream, growth pills, magical exercise equipment, wonderful ointments that will remove every scar and discoloration, but... something new today. Do you remember the jaw straightening device worn by Kasia Figura in the movie "Train to Hollywood"? A similar device, a metal frame with a strap to attach it to the head, is sold on Chinese television in a long advertising block. Although it does not concern the jaw, but the cervical vertebrae, it is supposed to lengthen the neck and thus increase someone's height (it leans on the shoulders and stretches the neck and head). What can't people come up with to trick others and make money?

Yesterday on TV (National Geographic) one guy from Taiwan said that he grew tall thanks to cockroaches... because when he was poor and he lived with his family in the countryside, he ate such insects. It's not that he regrets his fate, he just loves cockroaches, not only does he love consuming them, because he keeps them as pets and feeds them every day. Well, everyone has some hobbies...

A day without a cigarette... in China, most women don't smoke. Until recently, a young girl who smoked cigarettes was considered a prostitute who learned to smoke in karaoke bars. Now more and more young girls from Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Shanghai reach for a cigarette, they feel liberated, fashionable and independent, they smoke in a strange, aristocratic way. Men smoke very often. Cigarettes from the Middle Kingdom are said to be very strong.

My Chinese friend has great hopes for our national team's performance at the world championships. And I'm glad they didn't show the goalkeeper's famous goal on TV yesterday. At such moments, you feel like going to the consulate and handing over your Polish passport. If this friend hasn't watched it, I don't even tell him anything, let the poor guy still believe in Poland, maybe he has this attitude because he is not Polish and he claims that our national team is strong! I am more of a realist and I know that we played good football when I wasn't born yet and maybe we will play well again, but I probably won't be around then. I don't expect any success in the next hundred years.

I wrote a more critical text about China, about one very specific problem, procedure, and immediately one famous newspaper, the most famous weekly, a monthly magazine devoted to foreign affairs, and an Internet portal... everyone is interested! Something incredible! I always said that when you write bad about a country, they are happy to publish it, and this situation now proves that I was right. I sent every other text to them and there was silence, and now everyone is interested in it. If you want to become a millionaire - write bad things about China!!! This is my recipe for life!!! When I wrote well about the Middle Kingdom, you could read about it in Niedziela, and now... If you want to spit on China, every decent daily, weekly and monthly magazine will provide you with a website.