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June 30 in EuropeI'm in Poland.
Spending time in my brother's garden, driving my parents' car, drinking beer and wine.
Today we're going to Paris. Wow, for the first time!
For one week!
We are European travelers!
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Hitlist #382
June 30th, 2008
June 25 typicalI'm going home.
I want it. And I don't want it. That's so typical behaviour of mine. I don't know what I really want.
I've had a hard time doing business here. I'm not sure if I still like it. Most of the times it seems easy, but there are times when everything collapses like it was the end of the world.
I'm happy to see my family again. I'm frustrated to see my company again.
I'm spending only 2 weeks in Europe. Few days in Poland, few days in France, few days in Poland again. And then I'm going back to China.
Actually, I should ask myself a question where my home is. Is it anywhere?
Damn.
Hangzhou - Shanghai - Helsinki - Warsaw - Solec Kujawski - Warsaw - Paris - Warsaw - Solec Kujawski - Warsaw - Frankfurt - Shanghai - Hangzhou June 18 strength in numbers
Hitlist #380 generation exHitlist #379
June 9th, 2008
June 03 bye to plastic bagWant a plastic shopping bag? Pay for it. That's what shoppers were told at cash counters of supermarkets, department stores and groceries across China on June 1st. Following a government order aimed at reducing pollution, retailers stopped giving free plastic shopping bags from the day before yesterday.
Plastic shopping bags undoubtedly make shopping convenient, but they also harm the environment.
But the question is: can the Chinese people, who have enjoyed free plastic bags for more than a decade, kick their habit? And what do the vendors think?
[China Daily]
People will get used to... June 01 we're the outsidersHitlist #378
June 2nd, 2008
May 27 learning Chinese你看上去气色真好！ - You look fabulous!
怎么样? - How do you feel?
这件衣服是男式的吗？ - Is this piece of clothing male?
您穿上试试看。 - Try it on.
蓝色挺适合您的。 - The blue shirt suits you.
适合 - suit, fit
她适合做教师。 - She is fit fo teaching.
我很适合做这种工作。
非常适合 - very suitable
觉得 - feel, think
我觉得很高兴。
觉得兴奋 - to feel excited
觉得可以 - to feel suitable
觉得有意思 - to feel funny
吃得 - eatable
这双鞋穿得。 - These shoes fit well.
the outsiders"Let's pick a fight on whomever we like
Cause we're never wrong Nobody likes us We don't care So let's lose ourselves Let's lose ourselves Can you spot the English here? We can see it for real But it doesn't make sense We're the outsiders We can see all this speech Come staggering out And we can climbs its way To the top of that cloud I'm away with the fairies now" [Athlete, The Outsiders, Beyond The Neighbourhood]
Hitlist #377
May 26th, 2008
May 19 the time of timesHitlist #376 May 19th, 2008
May 12 if you love me, won't you let me know?"Was a long and dark December From the rooftops I remember There was snow White snow Clearly I remember From the windows they were watching While we froze down below" [Coldplay, Violet Hill, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends] Hitlist #375 May 12th, 2008
May 05 the shadow of the windI've just finishd reading "The Shadow Of The Wind" - the novel by the Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It left me with a deep impression of old Barcelona's images. The story is mysterious, about a boy who loves reading and finds a book of his life. After having read it, he decides to find other books by the writer, but he can't. Somebody wants to burn all remained copies... and it turns out that the boy owns the last one. And that is just the beginning of the whole story! Very interesting one with unexpectable ending.
violet hill"I took my love down to violet hill
There we sat in snow All that time she was silent still So if you love me Won't you let me know? If you love me, Won't you let me know?" [Coldplay, Violet Hill, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends]
Hitlist #374
May 5th, 2008
May 01 Labour DayIt's a holiday today. Labour Day (劳动节), nothing to do, just enjoy the freedom! It's a beautiful day!
What do Chinese people do in their free time? They go to the parks, where is really nice and calm. The one on my photos is People's Park (人民公园) in Guangzhou.
Playing cards is something they do enjoy.
Traditional game is 毽子 (pronounce "jianzi" - shuttlecock) - very smart! I could watch it for hours! You mustn't let the shuttlecock fall down on the ground, using your feet only!
You can buy a shuttle cock in the park - no problem. I've never tried playing it, I guess I'd be very poor in it. Maybe somebody could teach me?
They play Chinese chess - do you think I can? Of course not.
They finally take a nap. Warm weather makes you feel sleepy...
Oh, finally woke up! Haha.. I like taking photos of strangers.
 Oh, I also saw some people dancing! Wow, that's so nice idea.
April 28 last week's musicHitlist #373
April 28th, 2008
April 23 weakerI can tell I'm weaker than before. Something has been wrong with me since I came back to Hangzhou last week. I'm getting tired very fast, I have no appetite (what is bad - how thin can I be!!
 ), I'm getting angry, so many things annoy me these days. Are they just changes I experienced during my travels? If so, then how long can it last to adjust?My mood has been also unstable: sometimes I'm melancholic, sad, want to cry, ad it takes just few moments to be extremely happy. I guess it's not normal. Emotional swing, sleepless.
Yeah, I need to take a long rest. When? Maybe in next life...
 I bought tickets to fly back to China. I'm going to Poland in the end of June (the ticket was purchased last year) and going to be back in mid-July. It's a roundtrip... so yes, I know when I'm going back to Poland again. And it won't be until March 2009... That scares me a little because it means I won't be back home for Christmas. It's going to be the first time I won't spend Christmas with my family. I decided not to come back at that time because my sister-in-law has been pregnant, hopefully is giving birth in winter - I'd like to see the baby. Perhaps it won't be born until Christmas and I want to be sure to meet a happy, enlarged family. It's too expensive and too time-consuming to fly to Europe twice within few months.
Now I think it's a good idea. Who knows how I'm going to feel in December.
Looking for a better world; where can I find it...?
April 21 back from GuangzhouI came back to Hangzhou. Good to be back home.
Some more photos from Guangzhou? Here you are.
Pearl River (珠江) - Yanjiang West Road (沿江西路)
People playing in the city square...
Beijing Road (北京路)
machine gun"If only I could see
You turn myself to me Recognise the poison in my heart There is no other place No one else I face The remedy, to agree, is how I feel" [Portishead, Machine Gun, Third]
Hitlist #372
April 21st, 2008
April 17 GuangzhouCurrently I'm in Guangzhou - I'm attending Canton Fair. So big evnt, so many people, so big city, which... unfortunately didn't impress me much.
Anyway, everywhere you can try to find some nice places. I found! Pity, that there are not too many such places in Guangzhou.
I'm going back to Hangzhou tomorrow. Finally, I miss it!
April 15 nude"Don't get any big ideas They're not gonna happen You paint your smile And fill the holes There'll be something missing Just when you found it It's gone Just when you feel it You don't It's gone forever" [Radiohead, Nude, In Rainbows] Hitlist #371 April 14th, 2008 Hong Kong - Guangzhou
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