October 8, 2008

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                       BEIJING                                                                                           SHANGHAI                                                          XIAMEN

  THIS YEAR IN JUNE, MY FRIEND AND MYSELF TOOK A TRIP IN CHINA VISITING BEIJING, XIAMEN AND SHANGHAI. IT WAS A BAR TOURISM. THREE WEEKENDS WITH MANY BARS! FIRST WEEKEND IN BEIJING WE WENT TO DESTINATION. BEFORE REACHING THE BAR, WE, THE TWO FOREIGNERS AS PRIMARY TARGET, TWO WHORES APPROACHED US AND WANTED TO SELL THEIR BODIES. WHEN THEY REALIZED THAT THERE WILL BE NO BUSINESS ABOUT IT THEY TRIED WITH THE ALMOST-DIE-OF-HUNGER SCENARIO AND ASKED FOR MONEY. OF COARSE THEY DID NOT GET ANYTHING. ONE OF THE PROSTITUTE KNOCKED ON MY BACK. THIS IS THE THING WHAT I REALLY CANNOT BEAR WHEN WHORES OR BEGGERS TOUCH ME!
  SO WE REACHED THE BAR AND NOTICED THE CURRENT CHINESE TREND: GO TO THE BAR WITH A BAG WITH SHOULDER STRAPS AND KEEP IT ON YOUR SHOULDER EVEN WHEN DANCING. HAIR STYLE FOR BOYS: BACK COMBED HAIR. THE BAR WAS VERY POPULAR, NO PLACE FOR THE FEET. WE ALSO VISITED A DISCO, WITH GOOD LIGHT AND SOUND SYSTEM.
  IN XIAMEN WE VISITED FIRST A BAR WHERE THE CUSTOMERS SANG ALONG. IT'S A PITY THAT IN MANY CHINESE BARS THE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD WHEN THE SHOUT SONGS. THE GUYS HERE ORDERS AROUND 10 BOTTLES OF BEERS AT ONCE SO WHEN THEY OOPEN THE FIFTH BOTTLE THE BEERS ARE ALREADY WARM. WE ONLY ORDERED ONE BOTTLE EACH AND WHEN WE WERE ABOUT TO ORDER ANOTHER ONE, WE COULD JUST HARDLY FIND A WAITER.
  THE FOLLOWING NIGHT WE WENT TO A DISCO. WE ASKED TWO BEERS BUT FORTUNATELY I ASKED THE PRICE, TOO. IT WAS 100 YUAN! IN A VERY GOOD BAR THE BEER IS AROUND 30-40 YUAN MAXIMUM. SO WE REFUSED THE BEERS AND WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE. THEN THE WAITERS OFFERED 50 YUAN BUT IT WAS STILL HIGH SO WE STILL WANTED TO LEAVE. BY THIS TIME THE WAITERS ASKED US HOW MUCH WE WOULD PAY FOR THE BEER. THIS WAS CRITICAL, JUST BECAUSE WE WERE FORIGNERS THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD CHEAT US. SO WE LEFT AND WENT TO A DISCO WHERE I HAD NICE TIMES BEFORE. THAT DISCO CHANGED THE OWNER, I SAW IT IMMEDIATELY. 4 POOR GIRLS TRIED TO DANCE ON THE STAGE FOR A VERY FEW GUEST. THE BEER WAS LIKE LEMONADE SO WE CHANGED THE PLACE AGAIN AND WENT TO SCOTLAND BAR WHICH IS THE BEST PLACE IN XIAMEN WITH LIVE MUSIC. THE MUSICIANS CAME FROM THE PHILIPPINES SO NO CHINESE MUSIC OR WHATEVER. WE HAD REALLY GOOD TIMES HERE.
  IN SHANGHAI I WANTED TO SHOW TO MY FRIEND THE NANJING EAST ROAD, A PEDESTRIAN STREET IN SHANGHAI, WHERE FOREIGNERS COULD TAKE A NICE WALK IF STREET VENDORS DO NOT DISTURB THEM. AGAIN AS PRIMARY TARGET WHEN CHINESE PEOPLE SEE FOREIGNERS, WE COULD NOT WALK 5 SECONDS WITHOUT GETTING AN OFFER FOR ROLEX WATCH, CLOTHS, BAGS OR DVD'S. WE ALSO VISITED YUYUAN BAZAAR AND XIN DIAN TI, WHICH IS THE BEST PLACE IN SHANGHAI AS VENDORS ARE NOT ALLOWED OUT THERE. TO FIND A GOOD PLACE, THAT IS EASY IN SHANGHAI. WE WENT TO EDDIE'S AND PARK 97. IN PARK 97 THERE IS LIVE LATIN MUSIC. THIS TIME THEY SANG TINA'S PROUD MARY, THAT WAS GREAT! IN THE MEAN TIME A GANG ARRIVED AND THE SECURITY HAD HIGH TIMES. THEY MADE A TABLE FREE FOR HIM, CHAMPAGNE, FRUITS AND SO ON. STILL THE GANG WAS ANGRY AT A MOMENT AND BROKE THE GLASS TO THE FLOOR. QUICK CLEANING AND THE SECURITY GUARDS TRIED TO CALM DOWN THE GANG. AT THE END THE GANG EXCUSED AND LEFT.
  DURING THE 3 WEEKENDS WE HAD GREAT TIMES THOUGH WE HAD BAD EXPERIENCES, TOO. IT'S A NICE MEMORY.

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