A year in China

I got an oppurtunity to work for a year long tenure in mysterious country called China.it was a roller coaster ride for me, as indians we know china by its cheap products ,you pick up any branded shoes ,shirts like reebok nike u will see "Made in china"label in it ,china is suppose to manufacturing hub of asia almost 60% products are been manufactured here.
well come to the point as i landed in china,was impresed by its airport and cleaniness, as we are on our way we stop to take dinner,our chinese counterpart order the dinner ,to my suprise the food in not like chinese stuff that we used to get it here,it was rather plane and you have to sit in particular mannerism on table .After sleepless night we reach our destiny called shougunag.

FOOD : chinese cuisine is know to be the best in the world ,generally food cook out here is on venigar and use high flame .its totally differnet from what we get here in india,there are many joint spread around cities even u can get small stall "tapris" in and around busstop only, but the menu is in chinese and you are adviced to take chinese person along with you , generally they serve you hot water and i guess even cold drink and beer are not serverd chilled.
The wheat flour you get get here is generally fine wheat "maida",you have to be expert to search good quality wheat n get it cushed to get taste of indian wheat, In rice you can have variety to choose from,and you get very little cereals and pulses whichu get in india.
Spices -You can get almost all spices that u get in india,atleast salt and chillipowder are avaliable evrey were.
Tea - the tea leafes you get here is totally different ,here people use to have a bottle full of hot water and put two or three tea leafs in that n use to repalce water when it get cold .you can get variety of tea leafs depending on you taste of flavour ,there are few joint spl for tea.
Vegetables- you can get almost all vegetable that u get in india and the palce where i live is called as vegetable city,you can pick up vegetable from malls around or from local market.
Fruits - you can have seasonal fruits and some palce u can get even mangoes in offseason ,u can get apple throgh out the season some fruits are bit expensive like grapes ,banana etc..
Nonveg - this palce is heaven for those who r nonveg you can variety from worms to crocodile,spl in summer time peopel have fun with kabas and draught beer on the street, fish cooke d here is fantastic,almost on every saturady we use to have fish in chiense style.
Bakery products:the cake and other bakery product you get here are fantastic.,spl the way they do icing on cake.
Beer and Cig:here beer is damn cheap alost rs 12 a bottle max and have god range ,ou can even get multinationla brand here,other breavage are quite expensive,cig is also cheap out here and have variety to choose from.
PEOPLE : people whom i met are very nice,humble and pro indian and have good sense of humour, well its hard to find a typical chinese person that we imagine in india who have thin moucthe and thin bread.they have good body and are strong ,from face it's hard to guess there age and generally they don't show emotions on there face or in there voice,girls are pretty and what ever they wear look good on them,n have a remarkable figure,had i been chinese i would have marry someone down there.and when they see foreigner they wants to talk ,wants to be friends with you ,in one such incidents while shopping around in a mall i met a aunti ,she was a big fan of Big B and saw his movie DON and even have poster on her wall and lover of indian movie,she approach me help me in shoping and even in getting a free gift and latter she ask me to have few indian movie.
in second incident while i was sitting around in park and having cig and was not in best of my mood a couble approached me and start talking to me and seems to be confused about my look (pakky or indian ),i guess b'cous of my gotty beared,they where keen to learn english so that they have a edge over others for jobs,they also wants to go USA to yearn like most of indians.
In a third incident i was having a beer with my friends,few guys sitting around called me and start pracing me and eager to know what i am doing and how is india and some other stuff ,i share a beer with them exchange few things and latter they said let me know if i need any sort of help.
During summer days people gather in park and play and those who want to dance can also have western dance on the floor made spl for dance and some lite music going on.
but when it come to take work from them it really a challenge ,i one of a such incident where we want to print few broucher it took us almost 6 hours to finalize it and take a final print,where it take half n hour down here,but when it comes to thing which they know they do it real fast,they bulid almost 6 -7 new bulidings in just about 4-5 months where it takes ages here.
well it take time to mould people and when mould is ready you can make as much product u want.

CULTURE : well its suprise that they don't believe in god or rather don't know,i found a common idol who they treat as goodluck charm, they celebrate spring festival at large and some festival in october i guess its caled as autumn festival,during these festival they gather in there family house and drink wine and celebrate . it's hard to find chinese peopel in there traditional dress almost everyone wear western outfit even down in village

WORKING ENV : they are very hard working people and there office start generally at 7vand arounfd 11 they have lunch time which last for 2 hr or so they genrally have nap during that tinme and at around 5. or 5.30 close office.shop do open early in morning and remain open till around 9 .
INFRASTRUCTURE : They have great infrasture ,in shnagahi they have world fifth tallest tower and in around 2010 they will have world talest tower having 101 floor.they have good conectivty by road ,rails and planes,

COMUNICATION : They have both WLL and mobile ,but bit expensive than india,international calls ar bit cheap and there is particualr code by which u can slash your phone call bill almost half,unlike india you won't found coin boxex ,you have to take a card rather.

PLACES AROUND :

Historical Relics
The Great Wall , Qin Terra-cotta Army in Shaanxi ,Ruins of Guge Kingdom in Tibet,Silk Road ,Forbidden City in Beijing ,Yuanmingyuan in .

Five Most Famous Mountains :
Mt. Taishan in Shandong , Mt. Hengshan in Hunan, Mt. Hengshan in Shanxi
Mt. Huashan in Shaanxi, Mt. Songshan in Henan

Beaches :
Beidaihe Beach in Hebei ,Beihai Silver Beach in Guangxi ,Dadonghai Beach in Hainan
Qingdao Beach in Shandong ,Yalong Bay in Hainan

Natural Scenes
Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area in Sichuan ,Yellow River Scenic Area in Henan , Zhangjiajie Scenic Area in Hunan , Beidaihe Scenic Area in Hebei , Mt. Jiuhua Scenic Spot in Anhui, Mt. Wuyishan Scenic Area in Fujian, Mt. Emeishan Scenic Area in Sichuan