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Reflections and thoughts I have gathered for myself during my 9-month stay in China. I hope this blog will be able to bless each and everyone of you in what ever ways that God wants it to be. "What is enriching to the eyes will be enriching to the mind, and what is enriching to the mind will in turn be enriching to the soul." - Natalie

Tuesday 16 October 2007

Goes out to all my friends

My beloved friends,

I just came back from china trip. here are the summaries of my observations....

1. Your senses are sharpened after a few days trip. eg the toilet smell, the sight of shit piled sky high, fossilized and filled with flies all around is enough to put you off a few meals. hmm, good slimming program isn't it? why do people still pay up to thousand bucks for slimming program? suggestion, lock them up in the china toilets for a couple of days, super models-like figures will flood the streets.

2. Medical halls that tell you bear's biles and palms, dogs' penises, snakes' blood and guts, bee's honey, or other animal parts can do wonders for the entire body. was sicken with the fact that these people are lying with eyes open and hearts without conscience. if they are so good, then why do we need so many doctors, hospitals and other medical facilities in China?

3. You need to use alot of imagation in china during visits to the attractions. seeing the famous Li Jiang in Guilin and Zhang Jia Jie in Hunan ie. stone forest, flower gardens, lime stones formations. the tour guide will just describe all these formations as resembling ballet dancers, elephants squatting, or even beautiful tribal ladies scattering the flower petals. it really required a bit of input on your eyes and brains to say.."ahhhh indeed it does look like that", and just wonder at the back of your head...."Am i severely myopic or seriously lacks creativity or what???"

4. Lastly.... even if the price of jade, tibetian beads and costly medicine in china doesn't kill you... The oil, salt and MSG in their food will get to your internal organs, causing your life to shorten, or if not, the amount of frustrations dealing with the saleswomen/train ticket sellers will raise your blood pressure to its peak level.

Finally back home, time to rest...but at the same time, i miss that place.its just that love-hate relationship, which really triggered me, even until now.

Some where over the rainbow...

Some where over the rainbow...