Life in Shenzhen

          Two kind of non-chinese people can survive quite easliy in Shenzhen.One,who can speak Chinese language.The other one is, who knows BharathNatyam or any other dance well.Because there is no other way one can express self without words.

          In the last post, i longed to be a Superman to avoid Bangalore traffic jams.This week, i wish i could dance a bit of BharathNatyam.People back in India ask me that i would be relatively comfortable in China because i knew a bit of Japanese.There is absolutely no connection between the Japanese and the Chinese other than the similarity of the Kanji(a type of Japanese script).The only brownie point i have is,i can recognize those identical ones.For example,i will not land up in the kitchen searching for the loo.;-)

          I am here for a week and some of my Japanese colleagues are also here.Their plight is much worse than me .In my case,when i goto a restaurant,i will be easily identified as an 'Alien(without Antennae on my forehead)' .But poor Jappus,once my Jap colleague was scolded by a Chinese waitress for not speaking Chinese inspite of being a Chinese.

          Whenever i go for shopping in Shenzhen , i love the bargaining part of it. Sometimes i say the numbers in Japanese and they could comprehend it .Most of the times , i just talk in Tamil itself.What difference does it make anyways?:-) When it goes out of control , i show the calculator in the shop or show a notepad on the table.Then we start typing or writing the prices.So far,this has solved the problems.:-) This is kind of interesting.

          The experience with the food gets gross at times.I entered into the restaurant of the hotel to have my dinner and was annoyed to see a pig sitting on the buffet table.I was wondering what on earth is this pig doing in the dinner table.When i went close to that,then i found out that it was a pork cooked in its actual shape,just the skin peeled off.Pretty gross..huh?Somehow,my Chinese colleague could find a Chinese restaurant that has quite a few Vegetarian food.I was surprised to see a typical paratha in their menu also.So far, it has been our regular lunch time menu.


          All said and done,i still would love to come to Shenzhen again.It's a nice place to visit