Arrived in Nanjing

It's a bit messy. The trains are really modern and fast. So we arrived to the train station and this women would drive us for 100 yuan o_O. And we got a taxi for 18 later ?_?
Really, trusting them can be painful.
Our building is being built. The rooms are nice (tho, I have no roommate yet (+) ) but the bathrooms are scary and sad. 2 showers and two toilets (holes in the ground) for 40 people.
I'm in a good mood, seeing that I don't care, while some people from my class are crying and being very upset. It's quite hilarious.
We are not supposed to have internet for the next two weeks, and they are planning to move us somewhere else, but I don't know anything...
But it's very nice to see all my classmates.
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So I'm ''like a professional''

David very impatient – he wants buy camera. I say Davvvviiid: buy Olympus® camera. Olympus good. And I say: David I do research for you, check all the Olympus camera prices. :)

So we went to buy this camera – and we went in and this sales assistant approached us, and we were like cold professionals looking at prices, knowing EXACTLY how much everything would cost. Seeing our seriousness, the boss came to talk to us personally, and knowing that we know the prices, he went down from 2600 yuan to 1800!!! (Which is just 50 more that it costs in the UK). That was like the coolest thing ever. I felt so SMART :) and he gave me a really great tripod (statyw) for 100 yuan(40 zl) with David's camera (as he assumed we were a lovely couple) ❤❤❤❤

Ola J. starring the role of the possessive wife. She just wouldn't agree... after all her husband has to feed the 10 children (he assumes there are just 3 to win the argument!) hahaha.... :)

That was fun acting... honestly.

And then... I sadly paid 20 yuan for 4 batteries, while in the next shopping mall they were 8 for 10 yuan.. *shame on me* (︶︹︺)

SO that's the shopping, dudes! You gonna be careful, and do some research, then they will respect u, and they won't laugh at u... I'm sure the battery man will be like ''Ha Ha Ha, I'm stealing the foreign money'', and I'll be like ''Dude, I'm spending the money I got from your taxes...'' o_O

So we went to this one station across the river, where the world's highest buildings were. Just looking at them made me scared of the heights (not just heights but THE specific ones). So I'm going to post some pictures, so you can see it all :)

Also I have to say that China is very crowded and in the underground there are warnings like:

''Keep valuables snugly (przytulone), and beware the people press close to you designedly.(zlosliwie)'' Chinglish :)

And oh, today I'm in a much better mood. I don't let the Chinese stare (gapic sie) anymore! When they just do this. (see the orange pic)

So it was quite a good day, and tomorrow I'm going to Nanjing.

What costs 800 kuai really costs 350...

When we woke up the nice warm acid rain full of sulfur dioxide started puring outside the window. We had a meeting with our classmates at 10, it was 10.30, David went downstairs and saw poor Tom sitting there. He said that everyone is asleep, so we waited for a little while and went to get some breakfast... at FuCkDonalds. It was alright. Still I do not support this stupid company and I think that if I had to advise the terrorists what to blow up I'd probably point at FuCkdonalds.

But that's just my feeling and not a part of the glamorous China Experience...

On our way to the technology market kind of thing, we went to this BEAUTIFUL park. The green trees hanging just over our heads, and small cute stones with baby frogs all over. And the smell of the acid rain (just kidding). To make it short – technology (mobile phones, cameras, camera lenses, memory cards etc.) are not cheaper in China. If you don't haggle (targowac sie) YOU, my dear – will get ripped off (okradziony). I must say that I was proud of Tom, he showed no fear, and he got good prices. While David, who is very impatient gave up to quickly and made a few bad purchases. Since blogs are not allowed in China (that is, since they are too controvertial) I can publish them but can't read them (David can't read them either) I can say that he bought a mobile phone, the price was 1300, he got in for 800 and in the US you can buy it for 200... o_O Bad choices? No, that's why this all thing is really annoying...

And also it's really annoyin when the guys went to look at something the shop assistants were all over them, but when I wanted to look at something, everyone just ignored me... Women here must feel so great. . . Or maybe I just have that expression ''If you come and talk to me I'll kill you, your kids and your mother''... This will be all for now,

P.S. I was also tempted to see if the human rights sights (like the Human Rights Watch) will be allowed but guess what? They are NOT!

How to cross the streets in Shanghai

I slept so well, with the conditioning and all a few steeping pills... We woke up at 8, and went out to get some breakfast. Since there is no bread in China, and the small eyed people (still they would stare) eat noodles for breakfast... we just went out. We found this nice girl in the stall selling nice rice ball-things(male buleczki ryzowe)(2,8yuan for two). And we joined Ronald FuCkdonald on his bench and ate with his pleasant company noticing that the Chinese people finally thought that we're on our rightful place... Yeah... they were still staring tho.

One thing I noticed in China is that there are loads of guards and policemen but almost no police cars. People don't really have any respect for the police, or for the man navigating the traffic. He'd say ''Stop, don't cross the street'' and they just laughed at him, putting on this expression á la ''Do you seriously think I give a damn?'' China is so surprising all the time. Europe is the same everywhere. You have the rules (laws, social rules or whatever) and everyone is behaving the same. You know what you can expect of people, while here, I still have to learn!

So we ate lunch in this odd place, a soup which was really nice just for about 5 yuan. We also went to the Chinese Carrefour, where they had toads(ropuchy), big weird snakes, fishes and turtles in tanks to sell for people to eat. Yhmm... nice . . .

I also had my nails painted for 10 yuan by this Chinese woman, and they are so so so nice ;)

Finally, the advice on how to cross the streets in Shanghai. Knowing how busy they are, knowing that the bikes, the little motorbikes and cars are mingling in the middle all going in different directions, the best thing to do is to pick someone and follow him/her till you get past the oncoming traffic. Great :O

My first day

The flight

My dear godfather, ciocia and Krzysiu delivered me to the airport. I think the frequency of me saying ''I don't want to go'' was greater than that of cars passing by a street in Shanghai. But I didn't have any options – I was doomed! (so far all this sounds very depressing)

While waiting for my gate to open I observed the people going to Helsinki and the people going to Madrid. The Finnish were already standing in a neat line with expressions of total seriousness or maybe that was just the biggest hangover in the history. The Spanish were in a chaotic line which didn't reflect any pattern. They were smiling and laughing. So I asked if they would change my ticket... no I didn't. . .

The flight was long, food was ok, nothing exciting really. I didn't get any sleep at all.

Shanghai

We landed, it was 8am Chinese time. I had to make my way to the hostel I booked with David. I went out of the airport and it was so hot and humid... I felt like in a rain forest. So I got on the bus no.6 which was going to Zhong Shan Gong Yuan. My fist thoughts about China were that it's really really green, there are loads of flowers (and people) So after 2 hours or something (ough) I got of at the stop and where was I supposed to go??? So I was waking with this big 25 kilo bad, and all Chinese were staring at me(''foreign devil'') And they were all staring and I didn't know where to go, and all the chinese were so old and staring and I was lost and they were staring (can you see the irony of the situation?) So I asked this cute lady in pink how to get to Cao Yang Lu. She asked me if I wanted to take the underground. And I was like

''What?''

''the underground''

''what is it''

''it's a fast train''

''Oh YEAH!''

So she wrote ''the underground'' on my piece of paper and I went in the direction unknown. Then I saw this one Chinese guy who wasn't staring (a PLUS) so I asked him. He said he's waiting for his friend who speaks better English and then they'll show me. So they took me to there. This one man even bought me a ticket for the subway. And then they helped me to find the hostel and said goodbye. Thank You so much! :)

So I got to the hostel, which is really nice. We booked a twin room, but they didn't have it and we got a twin room with a bathroom!!! And then I went to sleep for 8 hours. The beds here are quite hard and but jumping on them is ok :) When I woke up I went to eat some Chinese food which was tasty (and it took me like an hour to eat it) And David came so I'm not scared anymore :)

China is big and scary and I'm experiencing something called THE CULTURAL (not revolution) SHOCK!

I'm going to China

So tomorrow morning I'm flying to China. My flight is overall 18 hours and I'm a little scared. First I'm going to Shanghai for a few days, to see People's Square and take some pictures. If I'm proven right, I'll be sitting in the corner and crying for mummy... But hopefully I'm not always right and I'll really really enjoy the counrty. And I also hope that my coursins predictions that I'll have to eat cats and dogs will not be accurate.