Isn't it ironic?

We tried not to have fast food everyday but we couldn't stop ourselves to try when KFC and McDonald serves rice and milk tea! Yep McDonald and KFC in china have beef rice and chicken rice with vege. McDonald even has milk tea! How weird is that!

Best service in the world

Guess what? You can order McDonald and KFC delivery in China! We just ordered the meal online and it arrived less then 20 mins! Genius!! The delivery service is 24 hours and at McDonald. Website you can order like 3 days in advance! 

Thanks but no thanks

Having Iain with me in China attacked lots of attentions. Everyone went to him and tried to sell him something. In another words people tried to rip him off all the time! 

I haven't had this problem coz I have an angry face. There was only one person approached me so far. She asked me to go to her clinic to lose weight. I told her I don't need to lose weight I Chinese. I may sounds nice to her but in my head I have killed her ten times! 

Anyway, the word that he used all the time in this trip was " bu yong" it means no. I think he used it more often than thank you. But when people heard this big Australian feller said "bu yong" they just cracked up laughing and let him go. Some people stopped for a few seconds, it's like "what? What did he just said?" Then they start laughing and said "your Chinese is very good".

I wonder how many tourists bother to say Chinese to them. It's a simple word but it's so powerful. The more you say no in English to them the more they after you. But if you speak their language and say no they will just let you go easy. 

I remembered a pair of mother and daughter team trying to sell us tourists stuffs on the street, we said no to the mother first then the daughter came after and the mother said to her "oh I can't believe he spoke Chinese to me" 

Public toilet

Do you know the Chinese government has rated the public toilet? I have managed not to go to any in the past few days coz I m so scared. I heard that even the five stars public toilet has no toilet paper so you have to BYO. What the hell right?

The most disgusting public toilet I have been to in the past was the one has only a hole on the ground! You went to the toilet and  there was no door. So you see all the girls squatting along this long smelly deep trench. You can see exactly what came out from their bottoms! There is no flush so everyone just clean their bum then go. This is the most disgusting and uncivilized toilet I have ever been to in my life. I think I m scared! 

About pollution

I have heard a lot of stories about how dirty, or polluted I should say, China is but we never really see how serious it is until the day we flew to Russia. Everyday when we walk around we see this layer of fog/ smog hanging around. Not too thick not to grey. It's like you are living in a 24/7 construction site, there is dust constantly on your face. I didn't realized how horrible it was until one day I took off my shoes and the area that was not covered by the shoes are all dark! I thought I had a tan on my feet but unfortunately I can wash them off without worries.

The last day of our stay in Beijing is the worst. You can only see te shadow of the buildings. What a shame. This beautiful city is now coping with all the over development of the infrastructure. I hope one day we will be able to see the real beauty of this city again.

How odd

I was at the Tian An Men Square when I saw this tour guide waiting for her group taking photos. I have no idea what kind of group she was with but she looks like a Chinese so I went to ask her how to get to the Forbidden city in Chinese. And the first thing she said to me " can't you speak any Spanish?"

What the hell?! I said no to her and I was so regret! I should have said " Can't you speak bloody Chinese? Do I look like I can speak Spanish ??"

Anyway I asked her how to get to forbidden city again and she answered me in Chinese.

What is wrong with these people!?

Crossing the road in china

Crossing the road in china can be life threatening. People who don't care. Buses that don't care. Crazy taxi drivers who don't give a shit about anything. And when I say crazy, I mean they are ALL driving as if they are in formula one race. 

In general people don't care. It explains a lot why Asian drivers don't give a shit when they drive in Australia. Even if the traffic light has a count down for you, people still cross the road as if they own the road. Cars still turning in even the traffic light is red. You can never figure out how the systems work. 

There is no rule. People is the rule. They do whatever they like and the fact is if you don't do whatever you like you will never cross that bloody road.