#10 I hissed to them
Blog Entry: #10 I hissed to them
Blog Entry: #10 I hissed to them
To my neighbours, actually. A couple of young Finnish boys moved right next to my room, and they are screaming and yelling like a typical Finnish boys, when they are totally drunk.
I opened the door and hissed "SHUSSSH!". Luckily they just left the place, so I can be in my harmony again (crying for the movie I love so much..)
Oh yes, Shanghai is wonderful. Or it was at the first week. Then I thought finally I got the rid of the snow that has been teasing Finland so long, BUT NO! IT BEGUN TO SNOW HERE TOO.
OH CLOUDS, ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?!
Somehow forecasters are telling that tomorrow it's supposed to be +18 degree Celcius, but we'll see, shall we?
I catched a cold again!! Our office is a nest of many diseases and everyone has this annoying cold, cough and flu. And I had a disasterous flu about a month ago. Is this fair or IS THIS FAIR.
Anyway, I got a free day from my boss for tomorrow so I think I'll just try to sleep and drink oolong tea all day long. Or black tea, since the tea shop is right in the corner.
Something to tell about Shanghai, in the eyes of a Finn?
- there's no personal space.
Finns are notorious of their need of space. Between you and your friend there should be at least 1-2 meters, and in line YOU STAY IN LINE and you won't push. YOU DON'T WANT TO TOUCH. Because touching is bizarre.
In China... everything is so different. You are being pushed, you are being touched everywhere, people cut the line and spit all over the places.
- staring
Ok. If you stare, or at least take a long look, Finns think you are
a) drunk
b) gay / in love
c) foreigner (from America, for example)
So since I'm pale, and my eyes are not that narrow as Asians have (Finns' origins are from Lapland and Mongolia..), I'm being stared 24/7. It's kinda annoying sometimes, and I tend to stare back with pretty irritated looks.
- giggling for everything you do
Surely I don't know 90% of my time what the hell am I doing, what am I buy or where actually am I, but... why all the giggling?? If I buy an energydrink, everyone's giggling. If I'm talking Finnish or fluent English, everyone's giggling. Even if I try to speak Chinese, they are giggling. They say my Chinese is from somewhere North China, Norther than Beijing.
Ok, there are the main issue-tissues. I just hand-washed my clothes and I'm about to see how good I am at washing clothes 8))) Inspiring experience.
I opened the door and hissed "SHUSSSH!". Luckily they just left the place, so I can be in my harmony again (crying for the movie I love so much..)
Oh yes, Shanghai is wonderful. Or it was at the first week. Then I thought finally I got the rid of the snow that has been teasing Finland so long, BUT NO! IT BEGUN TO SNOW HERE TOO.
OH CLOUDS, ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?!
Somehow forecasters are telling that tomorrow it's supposed to be +18 degree Celcius, but we'll see, shall we?
I catched a cold again!! Our office is a nest of many diseases and everyone has this annoying cold, cough and flu. And I had a disasterous flu about a month ago. Is this fair or IS THIS FAIR.
Anyway, I got a free day from my boss for tomorrow so I think I'll just try to sleep and drink oolong tea all day long. Or black tea, since the tea shop is right in the corner.
Something to tell about Shanghai, in the eyes of a Finn?
- there's no personal space.
Finns are notorious of their need of space. Between you and your friend there should be at least 1-2 meters, and in line YOU STAY IN LINE and you won't push. YOU DON'T WANT TO TOUCH. Because touching is bizarre.
In China... everything is so different. You are being pushed, you are being touched everywhere, people cut the line and spit all over the places.
- staring
Ok. If you stare, or at least take a long look, Finns think you are
a) drunk
b) gay / in love
c) foreigner (from America, for example)
So since I'm pale, and my eyes are not that narrow as Asians have (Finns' origins are from Lapland and Mongolia..), I'm being stared 24/7. It's kinda annoying sometimes, and I tend to stare back with pretty irritated looks.
- giggling for everything you do
Surely I don't know 90% of my time what the hell am I doing, what am I buy or where actually am I, but... why all the giggling?? If I buy an energydrink, everyone's giggling. If I'm talking Finnish or fluent English, everyone's giggling. Even if I try to speak Chinese, they are giggling. They say my Chinese is from somewhere North China, Norther than Beijing.
Ok, there are the main issue-tissues. I just hand-washed my clothes and I'm about to see how good I am at washing clothes 8))) Inspiring experience.