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Alex Mumzhui with his Brompton on Silk Route to China.

Silk Road

Alex Mumzhiu
2006-03-20 17:44:21

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same. How they will behave when they will became so powerful nobody knows.

Alex Mumzhiu
Nov 15 2001 12:30pm
Makau China

Interesting recollection on recent airplain crash. It was before the September 11 events, I read the article called "samoletopad" airplain-o-fall in the Russian newspaper. An author of this article addressed unusually high number of airplains which fell in Russia in previous month. He said, in the Soviet time in the special secret camps the professional aircraft engineers teach the large number of freedom fighters, muslim extremists, separatist, marxsists, maoists and other assholes (translation is mine), how to down the aircrafts, in a such a way that nobody ever find out why it happens. We lost track of them, he said. May be now they punishing us for Chechen war, author finished. Formula 1 racing. I am in Makau now. I told you before that I was lucky to get to international sporting events, such as Gorodki in St Petersburg and Cormorant Fishing in Yangshuo. Now I am really lucky, I watched a Formula 1 rally in Makau today. It was great. I bought ticket for $3 and was able to come to place where the drivers and mechanics prepare cars for start and where damaged cars (it was few) was delivered. My bike draw considerable interest there, by contrast may be.

Fan things about Chinese. Chinese do not understand us not only because the language difference but also because different mind set. So in order to be sure they ask questions. When you buy a hat, selected it, and ready to pay, they would ask: "one?" If anybody would buy two identical hats at once. When you order food in the restaurant and select soup, they would ask: "one?" again. If anybody will order two soups for himself at once. Sometimes they completely give up on any attempt of understanding us and even don't try to apply a common sense. When I order salad, soup and main dish. They bring a soup first, then main dish and then salad. It is low season and I am usually the only customer in cafe for breakfast. Anyhow, they bring my flied (fried) eggs almost cold, why? May be they do it on purposely. Ones I asked lady who speaks some English to bring my flied eggs hot, hot!, not cold. And miracle she bring them hot. Chinese as well as other people in SE Asia (except for Laotians)are very intense, when you came in store to buy something or just look around, the salesperson jump in front of you and start to put different products in front of your eyes and repeat bytifyl, bytifyl. I don't survive such sale presentation longer then few seconds. In Makau where I am now, it is different. Makau is more like Honk Kong, a bit more quiet.