Well, my stomach fared alot better this time, though I can't say my body and spirit did...
Watsons Water
Bottled water with green cap and bottled by a hong kong company and available almost anywhere. Served me well.
The Fast Food Bruce Lee would eat if he were in China
There is a fast food restaurant chain called kung fu that is suprisingly good. You could recognize it by the red background and picture of Bruce Lee. Price is fairly cheap, and it was actually one of the better meals I had on the trip. And besides, who wanted to sip a soda from a cup with bruce lee on it?
The Shrimp is definitely Fresh
I tried Chinese BBQ, called Sao kao or something like that, and it was delicious. I hear it's only open at night, and I found it to be not only very tasty, but very lively as well. I also went back to the hotpot place and made the mistake of ordering the shrimp. Let's just say it's so fresh, it tries to get away... I just couldn't do it.
So you wanna a Chinese Cell Phone
At $3 a minute, my roaming U.S. phone bill was up to $70 by the third day. Every failed call, every call in, is another $3. I eventually gave up and bought a Chinese sim card which was 100RMB I think. I used up the minutes within a couple days, so I had to buy a recharge which consists of a piece of paper with a bunch of numbers I couldn't figure out... I made the girl in houjie do it for me. Having a cell phone made it MUCH easier to hook up with the girls.
Baiyun airport puts the CAN'T in Canton
Sucky. Everybody here is a moron and it takes about 3 hours to get to changping. Better just stick to HongKong then hop on a train or bus to come over. Pictured is changping railway station.
The Legit Saunas are a steal
I gotta say, while I was pissed at the higher prices, the saunas are still a realtively good deal. For about $20-30, you get to use the sauna room, pools, showers, get a massage , etc. I think the same services in the U.S. would easily run over $100.00. It's a great way to kill time/recharge until you are ready for action again.
Is that Viagra?!?!
I didn't try it, but I saw what appeared to be REAL pfyzer viagra at the local convenience stand. I have no idea if it's real or what it runs, but if I had more money I would've tried it and had some more fun.
Fast Food Takeout Style Girls
I was suprised to find there was incall service for girls that can be had for a measly 150RMB (about $23 US). It is fairly underground though. The mama san came with two girls, and all of them (including the mama san) looked like teenagers, though you could tell by their voices they were older. I will guess, they can't afford the nice make up and they grew up with bad nutrition. None were particularly pleasing to look at, so she called two more who came about 15 minutes later. Of these two, one was OK (for sure better than the Hua Mei girls) and my friend chose her. I didn't try it, but I hear it's take a shower, do your business quickly, and the girl is gone. I am sure getting the numbers for this kind of service is difficult and probabaly only known by locals... and no, I don't know the number.
Wrap up
Well, that's about it this time. I was pretty broke and pretty busy with work, so I didn't get to party as much as I wanted too. I actually semi-hooked up with a peppy 18 year old girl who I found out was crying while giving me a head. We kept in touch and saw each other a few times after that, and I developed something of a friendship with her, but I felt really bad she was crying... if I had to guess, she had never done that before. And no, she did not ask me for money or to marry her and support her.
In general, it's easy to forget that alot of these girls are really from poor families and just trying to survive, especially since alot of the girls there are now vets who have been there for two years or so (most girls this time were like 20-22). From what I hear the money they make is way better than a college graduate can make, so I got to wonder... what happens to them?
A girl I met last time now has an office job and became the front woman for a hong kong investor who wanted to open a business. Another I knew became an assistant manager for the girls, which, while not high paying, can lead to management which is very high paying.
When I asked the peppy girl though, she said she did not know what she was going to do, and had no idea what she would do if she would quit. I asked her about college and she said it's not that she didn't want to go, she just does not have the opportunity.
The last night before I left she came to see me and holding her, I told her I was worried about her, and that I wished I was rich and could take care of her (I wouldn't mind a bed buddy mistress) but I was in no position to. In the end, she had to leave to work the karaoke, and I had to pack to head back home.
It made me realize though, that I NEED to be rich. Seeing the people in China, everybody lives their life trying so damn hard, whether it be the service people or the already rich bastard trying to get even richer. I feel like I have been wasting my life since I haven't been living that way and jsut been loafing around.
The fact that I met a girl I wanted to take care of (not to marry, probably jsut keep as a gf until she finished college and then me and her go find new partners) and knew I could not, and had to watch her go back to a job where she would probably be crying in some other mans bed just killed me.
Maybe I f'd up and I shoudln't have gotten that close to begin with, or maybe I should've just stuck with the experienced looking girls who were willing to do what it takes to get my money.
I really don't know, and despite everything, here I am back in the U.S. as a broke entrepreneuer. Once again, I feel like China has changed me, and I feel like working hard so I can live the kind of life I want to... whether it be taking care of the girls I want to, or just having enough time and money to have fun in changping, houjie, or wherever like I really want to, WITHOUT having to calculate conversion rates in my head first.
Anyway, good night china, and good night bros