Great Leap forward...
Hello again / after a long long time/...
Those who I havent been really in touch with do not probably know that i decided to make a 'great leap forward' and move to China
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How has that happpened? Well, easily. One day I though...living and working in Prague is nice...but why not to live and work elsewhere, so I took a globe and I turned it and here we go...China...why not?
Just kidding, of course. In reality, I have been thinking about it for quite a long time.
So anyway, here I am. I came last week exactly on the Chinese New Year´s Eve when everyone is stressed, running around, shopping and shooting fireworks...a bit crazy...But I survived the first few days with jet lag and cultural shock at the same time, moved to my friend´s house and spent the last days going around and discovering Beijing.
My first observations and impressions of the city and China in general?
- everything in Beijing seems to be HUGE and growing - especially the distances and since they mangaged to construct only 3 subway lines (even though you will find already 5 lines on the map) and since every centimeter on the map mean an hour walking - you got to walk a lot...
- the attempt to quit smoking will probably not work out since a packet of cigaretes here costs approx. 0.4 Euro and they are actually smokable
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- everyone seems to have a job here - even in the elevator in our building sits a lady and her job is to press the bottoms 1-22 according to your wish ...
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