China Diaries Part 2 (Sept 2006)

Another one....

September 11

China Diaries Part 2

Friday afternoon....it was IMpossible to get a cab in this city....goodness....why are there so many people??? what happens when your country faces a population of such gastronomic numbers? the result....they needed to be herded like sheeps, herded with whistles to cross the road, get on and off the train, to get into queues...and yet....they STILL never learn.

I had my queue cut thrice today by some smart suitted, briefcase carrying chinamen. can't they just wait for their turn?

It made me wonder....perhaps this is really survival of the fittest...from youth it has been imbued in them that if they do not fight for what they need, they would never get it....it would never be THEIR turn...because there are just too many people to fight with. Back home...it was always, get in queue for your turn. Thought it irritates the shit out of me when someone cuts in front of me at macdonalds and shoves their money at the cashier for their next hamburger....it taught me that 'when in china, do as the chinese do'....haha i've mastered the art of fighting for cabs that friday afternoon. I had to fight with old people, women with crying babies, couples.....but oblivious to all, i did it the china style - open the door and sit in before the previous passenger pays and gets off.....otherwise i would never have gotten to my destination.

When will the people really learn and change....i thought...perhaps never becase they are always faced with the defacto problem of people, more people and more people. The masses would need to be herded like cows, propogated from young....no wonder communism prospered in this country.

We all have ugly sides to our society, china non-withstanding....i guess i'll just have to learn to accept that and stop rolling my eyes whenever the people rush into the trains and try to wriggle their butts for a place in the already-very-full roll of seats.

Looking at the bright side: more people = bigger market = more biz opportunities.......i'm still staying