Life and Travel in China

It's Polish Christmas Eve here, even though I'm in the middle of nowhere. Of course, some dishes will be missing, because there is no sauerkraut, for example, but I will still prepare dumplings, borscht (I have the concentrate from my homeland), carp in jelly (I ordered gelatin from Poland), fried carp, and cabbage with peas. For Christmas, I even bought some better cold meats for a lot of money (because, as you know, they are not very popular in China), each slice of turkey breast cost me about PLN 1. Yellow cheese is also a delicacy here, so for Christmas I allowed myself such extravagance. And there will be chicken jelly, but it's worse with poppy seed cake, because I've never seen poppy seed here. In China, I had a lot of culinary adversities, but after three years here, I'm managing somehow!

Happy Christmas! Everything went according to plan for me, it was Christmas Eve with Polish dishes, and now it's time for a proper Christmas breakfast.

The Chinese are hard-working, but when they take time off, you can only envy them. A year ago, most companies had January 1 and 2 off to celebrate the usual New Year. This time some people are off until January 4th! Who celebrates the New Year like this in Poland? And in 5 weeks it will be Chinese New Year and they will have 10-14 days of relaxation. Just envy! And the best thing is that they don't care much about this ordinary New Year, they don't party, they don't drink champagne, some people just go to sleep, so what right do they have to have a New Year's holiday?

How many Poles are there in Shenzhen? I think more and more every day. Right now maybe about 30 people, with gusts up to 50 people. Some in groups, some as individuals. It is different with our compatriots. Personally, I have Russian and Filipino friends, and of course many Chinese. That suits me.

This Sunday I met with my fellow photographers, our Chinese internet forum for photography. About 80 photographers, me, my wife, 5 models, my Filipino friend. As someone funny called it in Poland: 'a small Chinese photography circle'. Those who could met, because I assume that the entire group may consist of about 200-300 people. We took about 300 photos, I chose several dozen of the best (according to us) and decided to create a new group in the gallery - MODELS. I invite you to watch.