Life and Travel in China

I understand that the sex business is the future, with karaoke all over the street (i.e. an escort agency with a cover) and foot massage parlors everywhere (and other body parts, whoever needs what), but even in a DVD and music store they would throw away Playstation 2 games and put erotic films on the shelves? Come on, they're crazy!

Happy Hallelujah! Most Chinese people don't know that today is Easter! Of course, those who have contact with white people (European and American culture) know something about this, and some companies even have one or two days off (in Hong Kong, for example, they have a Christmas break). In general, however, Easter is not popular and has not been as advertised as Christmas. Eggs, bunnies and lambs will not take the place of commercial Christmas trees and Santa Clauses for a long time. The worst thing is that the Chinese sometimes lump our holidays into one basket (American Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Easter). I don't blame them for this, but sometimes it's good to tell them a little and explain our traditions and rituals.

The Chinese are already at work today, just like any other day. So why should I pour water on myself to keep the tradition?! Well, I guess so...

Today I saw two idiots with dogs, because I can't call them anything else. I know that dogs are such a show-off in China, the bigger the better. It doesn't matter that in a big city this dog has nowhere to go, but whatever... The guy took a wooden pole and started hitting the dog, and the dog howled in pain. He beat him for two minutes because the dog didn't want to sit down or didn't listen when he called him, I also had to train the dog. I saw a similar situation in my neighborhood. The woman was beating the dog with this special whip, and the poor dog could barely walk. I don't know, maybe it's some form of stress relief for them, buy a dog and feed it every day? I don't expect anyone to care about the dog's fate here, but why do they need these animals at home? You don't know anything about dogs, you don't love animals, you keep him obviously for fashion, so that you can have a dog at home and let your friends admire how you beat him!

Today, one Chinese asked me whether it is difficult to get a passport in Poland... interesting... maybe he is still thinking about our previous system. Now everyone is fleeing Poland and all you need is proof. It's good that they didn't ask me how Bierut's health was. You see how Poland is perceived abroad, they know nothing about us. Sentences like "Chopin was Polish?" (some people think he's French), "Copernicus, that's how we learned about him at school" (without much enthusiasm), "Pope - what is it?", "Warsaw (HuaSha in Chinese), I don't know", "And Poland has access to the sea?" - this is already commonplace, more than one Chinese has asked me this or was surprised. Poland has never been able to promote itself, and yet we have an interesting history, many famous people, interesting books, scientific successes (recently computer programmers), discoveries, good films and good music, and many tourist attractions, beautiful nature, sea, mountains, thousands of lakes, not to mention museums, churches and cathedrals.