Chinese people sleeping, pt 2

The Chinese have an admirable ability to sleep wherever and whenever they feel tired. Naps are definitely underestimated back home.

Sleeping at work

Sleeping at Ikea

Sleeping in the subway

Sleeping at Tiananmen Square

Waking up at Tiananmen Square

Paras viikko!

Viime viikko oli täynnä hauskanpitoa:

Yllätysbiletystä (Anneli 22 v + 1 kk 15.10.)

Shoppailua @ Yashow Clothing Market

Jalkahierontaa shoppailun jälkeen

Halpaa tavaraa

Maukasta ruokaa

Ruotsalaista kokkailua

Kerry Centren aula

Ennakkoäänestämistä

Kansalaisvaikuttamista

Ilmiömäistä arkkitehtuuria - CCTV:n rakennus
suurlähetystön naapurissa (aka Housut)

Illanviettoa

Uusia tuttavuuksia

Lumilautailua absurdissa ympäristössä

Tänään maanantaina sitten oli luentoja kahdeksasta aamulla yhdeksään illalla :)

"I need to pee"

Chinese toilets are a bit different from what Western people are used to.

Yes, you need to squat.

Only high-class places provide you with toilet paper, so you always have to carry tissues with you. There's also never soap to wash your hands with or anything to dry them with.

Most of the times you can do your business in private, but not always.

But OK, I've only seen one place like this.

The great thing is that there are public restrooms everywhere and they are always free!
It's really awesome.

In my room I have a "normal" toilet, and at some places they do have toilet seats,
for example at Western restaurants. 

This was the smallest lavatory I've ever seen, right next to the counter at a bar.

But it's not like I'm complaining. In fact, I think these toilets are more hygienic.

 And that was all I wanted to share today, good night :)

Huge celebrations - Renmin's 75th Anniversary

On Wednesday the 3rd of October Renmin University of China celebrated its 75th anniversary. As we're talking about one of the leading universities in the most populated country in the world, the celebrations couldn't be anything but exceptional. There was no information about any of the events in English (as far as I know), but fortunately the word had spread to some of the international students.

There was some kind of International Culture Festival in the morning, but I couldn't go there. In the afternoon there was an event on the sports field. Tens of different groups representing different organisations and faculties (I'm just guessing) presented themselves in a parade.

There were also some army guys showing off with their fighting skills and maybe a couple of hundred people doing tai chi and after that a couple of hundred doing karate. I only got a place outside the field so I saw these things mainly on a screen an didn't get any proper pictures. But it was mind blowing ... :)

At one point a couple of hundred white doves were set free. Never seen anything like that in real life.

In the evening there was a concert. We had got the tickets the day before and the line to the place where they dealt the tickets was something I had never seen before. I don't know for how many hours the people who were first in the line had waited. At least I know that there were thousands of people who wanted to get tickets. And many didn't succeed in getting them.

The concert seemed truly amazing but as everything was in Chinese, it was hard to follow. There were different performances with people singing and dancing on a big stage. Some of the artists were probably quite famous, as the crowd started cheering when they entered the stage. But I have to say that the Chinese weren't that much into showing how much they enjoyed the show. They were pretty quiet although I got the impression that they still appreciated what was going on.

The headmaster also sang a song. He seemed to be very popular among the students! Everyone was cheering when he performed.






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