Oh the news reports that are coming in about the chaos happening in Guangzhou. People fighting to get onto buses and trains, hundreds of thousands of people camping outside the stations, the helplessness of the police, the anger of the people… oh I wish I was there.
This is what I love about China. The chaos, [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Guangzhou, If only…
Posted in china, random, tagged chaos, china, empathy, migrants, snow, train, winter on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I won’t be home for the Spring Festival
Posted in china, random, tagged china, migrants, snow, spring festival on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There has been a little snow falling in China for the past couple weeks, mostly hitting the provinces of Hubei and Hunan. Beijing, meanwhile, is nice and clear and windy and cold with no snow in sight. And here I was thinking that once I got out of Guangzhou, I would be building snowmen in [...]
Stupid Pig
Posted in random, tagged china, chinese, pig, stupid on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
蠢猪: Chun3 Zhu1 – 1. Stupid pig. 这只猪真的是只~!This pig really is a stupid pig! A derogatory name used to demean or otherwise belittle a stupid pig. 2. Stupid pig. 你是个~。You are a stupid pig. A derogatory name used to demean or otherwise belittle a person or thing that lacks sophisticated metal capabilities who may or [...]