Life and Travel in China

Yesterday I was riding a bicycle. On the main street I was rushing between cars because there was a terrible traffic jam, four lanes and everything was crowded. After two kilometers, it turned out that a suicide bomber had blocked half of the street. The guest climbed onto a steel platform with information boards, about 4 meters above the road. The firefighters stopped traffic and deployed the airbag, but it's a pity that when I passed it, it wasn't even inflated. Maybe they thought it was better not to inflate, because the guy won't kill himself from this height, and if he breaks, he will learn a lesson. This was the second time I saw a similar situation. It looks like there will be more and more such suicide attempts (like in Japan)?! The Chinese once had the god Mao in their hearts, but in the 1980s this god was replaced by money. We have a crisis now, no money, no good job, no meaning to live. Spiritually, the Chinese are really poor. Whenever they are abroad for a longer period of time, they admire our churches and quickly try to get baptized (I know such a case personally). Others treat faith as a fashion, it is appropriate to believe in something. Others are left with money, and still others are content with the still-living cult of Mao.

I liked the (how stupid) golden idea of a certain Chinese president (I'm sure you can guess who he is). I don't want to write this name because they will block my website in China. Well, this famous and wise (in other words, wise) leader once said: "The more books a person reads, the stupider he is." Deep thought. It is worth mentioning that this leader did not read many books himself, but he loved writing various nonsense and brainwashing all Chinese people. If it had never existed, I wonder what China would be like? Certainly better.

Recently, our friends from a provincial town visited Shenzhen. They came with their daughter (about 4 years old) and niece (8 years old). Their daughter was behaving like an "animal" in the restaurant. She climbed under the table, screamed, grabbed people's shoes, jumped, knocked, and simply went crazy without any attention from her parents. My niece was much calmer and even spoke a lot of English, she wasn't too pushy (children sometimes get too excited when they see a foreigner), and she just talked to me, quite seriously, it turned out that she was a top student in English. When her urchin daughter's behavior exceeded certain limits, her mother drew her attention. Her father said they were raising her "in the Western way." Interesting? This would mean that in the West (that is, in Poland too) children are raised indifferently, without any interest, without stress (as it was put in a certain comedy). Apparently, the Chinese assume that if a child is spoiled, it can be attributed to the Western lifestyle, and that's great because it is worldly!

Today, to my delight, I came across a Polish product and sweets again. I wrote earlier about the Solidarity chocolate box. This time we were in a sweets shop (it's a chain of stores). They are mainly famous for various jellies and typical Chinese delicacies (nuts, sesame). As I was leaving, a small package of chocolates and pralines caught my eye. I didn't guess they were from Poland, because it's a less known brand. We asked the saleswoman and she said it was from Poland. "Lama" pralines, two small packages, approximately PLN 14. It's good to know that they have Polish sweets there. When I'm "hungry" for chocolate, I'll go there.

Returning to the previous thread... I checked these two snack and sweets shops more closely, the same chain. It turned out that in addition to pralines, there are also Polish Terravita chocolates. Quite a reasonable price - about PLN 5. It's strange that there is nothing like this in large supermarkets, and in these small boutiques Polish products have somehow made their way.