The China Whiner!For some reason today I am bored out of my brain. Now I don't often get bored, in fact it's a rarity. But for some reason I have this antsy feeling. We're going out for dinner tonight - looking forward to it. Chinese student is away at the coast - thank God!! I'm over it.
In fact I'm not too happy about the Chinese at all at the moment. I'm sick and tired of what they're doing in Tibet and I'm sorry but I'm excited about the way the torch relay is being hampered by demonstrations. A bit of excitement never hurt anyone although it looks like some might be getting hurt but I bet they think it's for a good cause. If I was young and fit and in London I'd be right there on the street with them.
I wonder what the Chinese govt is thinking. China is an interesting country. Personally I think govts and people are far too lacksidaisical in their dealings with China. I think we need to be careful, and I've heard as much said about that listening to the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Coorporation NOT USA). In my dealings with students I've found that there's a deceptive side to them - not knowing the language we never quite know where we're up to with them. Maybe the Chinese people and their govt think this is an advantage? Mandarin etc is extremely hard to learn.
Next time we have a student I'm going to say, Yes I can understand the language but can't speak it. My sister does that when she has foreigners staying at her home.
I've found too that there's an extreme lack of interest in our country from the students. They are here to get what they want and even if it ends up being in business, the motivation is still to make MONEY MONEY MONEY. And they're good at it. A Chinese chap I know puts things on eBay for one dollar and the auction goes for one hundred. They are clever. The students we've had here and not at all interested in looking out the window at our country while they're driving along in the car. They plug in their phones and iPods and go off to sleep, don't speak to us at all. To me that's strange (and rude) when you've only been in the country 2 weeks.
Anyway, I'm off to get ready for dinner out. Hallelujah!!! And the above is not a knee jerk reaction. I've been pondering this stuff for years. Back for some more pondering in a few days.
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