Life and Travel in China

I come to Poland every other day... but only at night, in my sleep. I meet my family, friends, classmates, sometimes I even go to school. In reality, I visit less frequently, so sleep compensates for my visits to my homeland.

Today I met a white person on the street... I'm already at the stage where white people are a curiosity for me, because there are only Chinese around. When I see a white person, I stare at him like a Chinese person, and I am white myself. I saw a really original guy today. He had jeans so big and loose that he could carry his purchases from the supermarket, a bag on his shoulder in a feminine style, a bald head, a long beard, a leather jacket with the words "fuji rock festival" on it, he was about 30 years old. He stopped on the sidewalk and looked at the intersection. Terrible freak! But there are plenty of weirdos, individualists and random tourists here. I feel weird sometimes too, but at least I don't look that weird.

On every bus (be it a sightseeing or long-distance bus), or sometimes in a car or train, you will encounter a Chinese man or woman who considers themselves karaoke stars. There is nothing worse than when they get a microphone and torture us with their singing for two or three hours. I experienced this again yesterday during a trip. Another time, near Hangzhou, a Chinese man drove me and two other Poles to the hotel. We laughed at him because he kept playing songs from one CD and either humming them or singing the choruses at the top of his lungs for an hour. His friend finally summed him up: "today is Friday, so maybe he has a competition at the karaoke bar tomorrow and he has to practice today." In China, it's hard to find bars or discos, karaoke is everywhere, they're crazy.

Why is China better to live in than Poland... there are several reasons, but the most important one - because there is no Radio Maryja here and no matter what antenna Father Derektor buys, he won't reach here anyway. And then there is the Internet... but there is democracy on the Internet and I don't have to listen to it, even accidentally. And in Poland? When you simply move the analog knob or digitally select subsequent radio stations, you will always stop at RM!!!

Today I received new photos from the photographer, one video, but in general most of the photos are suitable for publication. I went back to the previous photo studio, the last photo lab actually messed up my photos. Pale colors, mismatched contrast, it looked pathetic. I even started to suspect that there was something wrong with my talent or that I had a bad camera. Today, out of 38 photos, several are really great and I'm happy with most of them. I'll try to publish it tomorrow if I have time!