Shenzhen, Day 2
Yesterday, I was rather disgusted to discover that the sun rises at 6.25am… I discovered this at precisely 6:35am, after which I was unable to sleep. The weather here is interesting — it’s dry, and cool (25C on average apparently) and it never seems to rain.
Apart from that, no real surprises. It really doesn’t feel all that different, except for the traffic. This still shocks me — people here seem to obey only one traffic rule: drive on the right side of the road. Most of the time.
I expected to see more bicycles here for some reason, but walking seems to be the trend — all my colleagues live within walking distance of the office, and they seem to spend most of their time there. The working hours here are 9am-8pm. 11 hours, and people actually stay and work late. Insanity I tell you. No one goes out for lunch either — they all order in, eat quickly and resume work.
I confirmed today that I do indeed live in the clubbing strip of the city. It’s somewhat hard to tell with all the signs being in Chinese, and there being very normal facades hiding the clubs…
Apart from food (dinner/lunch) I’ve only purchased one thing — a Heineken six-pack . This was at Foong’s suggestion — I said that I needed to get a cereal drink (like Nestum) that I could drink in the mornings, and in reply he proceeded to walk over to the alcohol section of the supermarket we were in. He will pay for this.
On Receipts
There are apparently two kinds of receipts here — official, and unofficial. You have to specifically request these official receipts, which are the only receipts recognised by offices. They come in predetermined values, and have to be acquired from an official source… Most quaint.
