Bunly Meas

It has been a while that I was told China is dominating the world's productions. And I agree with that. The media was surprised to report that China exceeded Japan to be the world's second biggest economy. But I do not feel amazed as everything around me has always alerted about that. I am not going to flood this post with statistics about China. Instead, I will tell you my shopping experience. I went to a market near my home for the first time after two years. I was both shocked and excited to see varieties of affordable goods. Most of them are from China! Even products imported from neighbouring countries, which supposed to be cheaper, have been washed away. Now my wife could buy her shirt from 1.5 to US$ 3 instead of 10 she did before. And I could halve my spending but receive more loads. You may think about quality, but I assure you that they will last to the time you need newer ones. While I was bargaining, there were Chinese wholesalers asking store owners to try ne...

Today I went to a Cafe near my home. I joined a table with two men. They were trying to find an address but could not make it. They kept complaining of difficulties navigating through city roads. Suddenly, there were two foreigners biking passby and their eyes were occasionally scanning their colourful maps. The moment left a discussion topic for the two guys. "Why didn't we use a map? we could have found the place easier," asked a man. "Come On, maps are not for us," shouted the other man. "We are the local, we have many other ways," he continued. The conversation went on and finally they concluded that maps would never become their choice. I asked why and they simply replied that "maps are complicated to use". I came home and kept thinking about their words. I took out all my maps to find out why they are complicated. At a first glance, I wondered how a user-friendly map should be made as it is already clear. But later, I notice...

I call my home a construction site as we renovated it last week. My family and I did not agree on where we would stay during the renovation. We ended up with a comprised solution by staying upstairs while the downstairs was being constructed. The work began and more than half of the house space was full of dust, sand, cement, and tools. Even on our reserved floor was too dirty to stay. So at the end of the day, we cleaned and removed all unwanted things before we slept. It took us two to three hours to tidy our bedding area after construction workers left. The main concern was our health. We breathed dust in, we walked on nails, glasses, and tools which injured us several times. This went on for the whole week. Finally, it was over. We sat down and discussed on the experience. Now everyone realizes the difficulty of not moving out. We come to a conclusion of not repeating next time. The experience was a good lesson, though. Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.1