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November 14, 2005
The Chinese Dream
The Foreigners want to learn Chinese, whilst the Chinese want to learn English.
The Foreigners want to get Chinese boyfriends/girlfriends, whilst the Chinese want to have Western boyfriends/girlfreinds.
The Foreigners want to sample local cuisine, whils the Chinese want to go to McDonalds or Pizza Hut.
The $1 a day rural labourer wants to go London or New York, whilst the Foreigner wants to go to the rural workers village to experience real China.
The Foreigner wants to go dancing in a Chinese disco/club/ktv, whilst the Chinese want to go to where they play Mylo, Moby and Michael Jackson.
The Foreigner wants the local tailor made shirt or suit with no label or brand, the Chinese want the most expensive one with the biggest LOGO showing POLO, NIKE, Puma, Lacoste etc etc.
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All I want is a Mars Bar
Posted by shak at November 14, 2005 9:52 AM
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City Supermarket - bottom of Times Square. Oh, Mars Bars...
Posted by: TimmyB at November 14, 2005 9:08 AM
Oh how times have changed! I remember working for the Hong Kong Arts Festival and doing some gigs in Mainland China. We had chauffer driven limos in Hong Kong and ex-army trucks in the mainland.
Meals (divine) cost (per person) 300 – 800 dollars (Hong Kong dollars) in Hong Kong and less than 100 dollars a day for 3 in the mainland but I have to admit it was a case of sign language & luck I was never there long enough to learn the language.
Lovely people and a great place to work, especially Hong Kong, a real buZZZZZZZ!
Enjoy
Posted by: richardb at November 18, 2005 1:33 AM
i don't think meals cost so much a day in china.
Posted by: susanne at February 22, 2006 6:38 PM