Back from Shenyang... and I think that place hates us a smidge.
For several reasons!
(Lately I noticed I curse an awful lot due to stress and mini bursts of rage. Enjoy)
On the way and back, we had to wait for other trains to pass by first.
This can last an extra 20-40 minutes, and there were about 2-3 trains to wait for, per trip. -.-
I was told that the more people that travel, the more likely we have to wait for trains to pass by. FUCKING HELL
Though Sam bought seemingly "cheap" tickets and this was probably why... ^^;
We learned our lesson the hard way, so no more shitty "cheap" train tickets!
It rained the entire goddamned full day we had there.
On Thursday and Saturday were nice breezy days with sunshine.
The entire Friday we were there rained fucking hard several times that we were practically stranded in the mall the majority of the day.
Most of the landmarks were outdoors, so shit.
I like malls, but when most of the clothes are for girls with 12 year old lanky bodies (fuck it, I said it!... online, sadly), there's practically no point for me to be there.
Well okay there's an arcade and I'm a bag nut but I want nice clothes too, dangit.
It finally stopped raining... around 6pm when it was getting dark. Lovely.
There is a constant habit of change, and it gets confusing as well as annoying.
Returning to Shenyang meant that I could visit Modern Toilet, the Taiwan-owned restaurant that served food and desserts in toilet-shaped bowls. :D
I know what a bowl is, so fuck it! But while searching for the place Friday evening, we went in dizzying circles and couldn't find it.
WTF MAN I WANNA EAT CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM IN A URINAL LIKE A NORMAL CUSTOMER
If there's one thing I learned about China, it's that they're always never satisfied with the same thing. They're always wanting to change something about their situation for the best, and still seek to 1-up that! Admirable and a little crazy, but they do work hard to make things better. It gets frustrating, however, when you've grown to like certain places, like where the entire arcade/mini carnival area for young people and adults last year moved to the first floor with all the advertisements and makeup, cutting back on several games like archery (nooo!)... Or said toilet place was totally wiped off the map (mall-wise... NOOOOOO!!!). Cut-backs will be made, especially when sooner or later it turns out said places weren't too profitable in the long run. We didn't visit the city in a year, and many things can happen within that time-frame.
That and maybe the rental fees in the building skyrocketed yet again, and the owners weren't able to make the funds.
PEOPLE.
You know how in the states there are complaints about how there are too many people in concerts, work, traffic jams, etc.?
Throw all of them out the window because China.
When there's a national holiday, everyone will travel at the same goddamn time.
EVERYONE.
The pictures don't do the actual experience justice; it''s one of those "you had to be there, but you really don't want to because PEOPLE."
On a bottom note, I had to learn how to shove stupid teenage girls and old ladies in subway stations or I'd never have any semblance to "right of way." Fuck it, I want to get out of the subway train in one piece, so I will elbow you in the face to do it!
"Foreigners" trying too hard to stand out.
This isn't so much because of the place, moreso because... well, the pic itself is self-explanatory.
Look, I get that we as foreigners want to make the most of our trip.
I do too. But when you're standing on ancient artifacts for shits and giggles,
expecting locals to laugh and take pics without wanting to secretly gang-mutilate you on ancient civilization grounds,
you need monkey shit followed by a massive uppercut flying square into your lower jaw.
Plus, you're doing it wrong.
That's all you had to do. See? Next to no effort.
(I had a better one, but I dunno how to rotate pics here ;_; )
Those were really my little pet peeves, along with getting ripped off on expensive snack foods, everything getting expensive since our last trip last May, and fears of my fever relapsing and I get sick again. But it was probably from all the stress and constant temperatures changing that made my body cranky. If you took these factors out of the picture, the rest of the trip was pretty cool. xD Next entry will for sure be about the pros and junks I purchased like crazy because I rarely shop in this small town. It's insane how Sam can deal with mountain climbing while I'm huffing and wheezing as I throw disgusting, unintelligible curses at the wind... yet I can withstand a weekend of shopping, even if half of my body is shrieking at me to stop, until I see another cute bag or anything that perks my interest.
Well, when life gives you lemons, you SQUISH THEM BITCHES IN LIFE'S EYE BALLS AND OPEN WOUNDS BEFORE WATERBOARDING THAT ASS LIKE NO TOMORROW
Or make the most of what you're given. xD;
Til next semi-positive entry, meeeee.
