China Day 4

We went to the Summer Palace, which I really enjoyed.  The grounds and landscape surrounding the place were very beautiful.  The place rested on the edge of a large body of water.  The land bordering the water had been carved so tht the 1km length resemples a bat when seen from above…the bat represents happiness.  We also many other emblems on a wall which represented peace, love, hope, etc; one was in the shape of a Swastica.  Meike began laughing, and said, Hey…that resembles something from our history!" 

There was a walkway through the palace grounds which was 750m long and filled with very pretty carvings and drawings. 

Day 5

Meike left this day, and I was actually relieved.  After she left, I went to the restaurant in the hotel and placed my bag next to a table and put my water bottle on the table and went to the buffet.  When I returned to my table, my backpack and water were gone and a French couple was sitting there.  I aggressively asked where my bag was twice, then the man said, "It’s over there."  He had moved my things to make way for themselves.  In a snotty manner, I said, "Thanks." 

As I sat at the new table and began eating, the Frenchman loomed over my table, and said, "I do not like when you speak to me like that."  I politely said, "Then you keep your goat smelling dick beaters off other people’s property."  LOL!!!  He LOST it!  He began yelling in mixed English and French as I took a bit of my eggs.  I don’t know why, but I have the special ability to totally get under the skin of people.   At this point, all eyes in the place were on us.  As he turned to leave, I said just loud enough for him to hear, "Dickhead."  LOL!  He came back for round 2!  After he finished with his banter and turned to leave, I said, "Asshole."  He returned for round 3!  I began laughing very loudly, and he asked, "What is funny?!"  I pointed at him, and said, "You are!  Listen to you!  You’re French, and you’re being aggressive!  I think that’s funny!"  He turned and left, and I ate my meal.

China in General

Never go in the winder time unless you like very, very cold whether.  I was very surprised at how few people…including the one tour guide we hired…actually spoke passible English; I have no idea what they’ll do when the Olympics arrive.  The internet is monitored; the person working at the internet cafes logs which computer you’re on, the times, and logs your personal information after you supply your passport and inputs the information into a log book.  The number of internet cafes was very limited.  The employees of stores do physical excercise prior to opening the doors for business.  All of the stewards on the plane going to Beijing were male…something which I’d never seen before.  I went to the lobby the last night there and had a drink to escape from my roommate.  I was amazed that the city was totally dead by 2300hrs except for the prostitutes walking back and forth in front of the hotel.  I was giving off some sort of energy, and loads of Chinese girls flirted with me…perhaps because of the physical differences; this drove Meike nuts, and she actually got angry with poor ol’ me for the behaviors of the women!  Never pay for a hotel prior to arriving.  Taxis are required to print a receipt out for you. Believe that every single thing you purchase there will not be useful after two weeks, and everything is a ‘knock off’ brand.  The place is not tourist friendly.  All signs informing about the tourist places are only written in Chinese.   They try to generate more revenue by attempting to sell you an audio tape tour; when I told them that I wasn’t interested, they actually acted as though they were deaf!  LOL! 

Sexist Comments

Women don’t know what they want until you are in another country with another woman.  Women will always feel confused after they are the initiators of physical expression of feelings which may or may not be real. 

I would like to share two quotes from friends of mine.  The first is from Conan:  Before you become involved with a woman, remember that somewhere in the world is a man who is absolutely fed up with her shit.  LOL!!! 

My other friend Robert works in the desert as well and was also dumped a couple of days prior to Xmas.  He said, "Don’t they actually realize we purchased gifts for them?!  Why don’t they wait three days so they can receive free shit?!"  LOL!  Gotta love Robert.  This is the censored version.

All in all, my holiday was a nice one.  With the exception of the women I flew to meet, it was very nice.  Gives me a realization though…plan a holiday and SEE if I am able to fit in a woman.  Jimlim wants to spend some time with me when I’m in Thailand.  I don’t think I’ll plan this holiday around her…perhaps if there’s time we’ll be able to meet.