Of China, ENTER, and theft

ENTER shall be discussed later. And yes, there is Internet in China.

So I (and my family) caught the plane at 1 o'clock in the morning on the 15th (Melbourne time), dead tired and really tuckered out. Then I remembered how hard it was to sleep on the plane. So I half-slept for about...5 minutes. Then food was served. Which was what I needed right then, seeing as I wasn't hungry and in need of sleep. So I ate the food, because I wasn't hungry, then I half-slept for about 4 hours. Then I woke up. Inexplicably. So I played DS for a bit, went to the toilet played DS some more, realised that the backlight was probably waking everyone up, stopped playing DS. Half slept for about 2 more hours. Woke up with 2 hours to go on the flight. Alighted at Hong Kong at about 6:30 their time, if I remember correctly (in the morn). (Man, this is gonna be a huge post again. I just spent about 10 line talking about a plane trip).

So yeah, got to Hong Kong airport, and pretty much hopped straight on the bus to Guangzhou. Turned out that we picked the worst ever bus company. What they did was, they told us that it would be an almost seamless trip, with a "short" stop on the border. Then, what they actually did was drop us at the border, picked up other customers and left us stranded for about an hour. My parents went ballistic. Understandably, I thought. So then they decided to shove us all on the bus and go zooming off to Guangzhou.

The weather was pretty bad. Still is. It's winter here. Or supposed to be. It feels like the Aussie spring, plus smog, pollution and general filth. And people. Many, many people. So we bunkered down at my grandpa's old house. It's generally pretty good, except for the tiny stairs, and generally cold water. It's quieter than many houses in Guanzhou.

So the day after we arrived, we went places. Visited rellies. Went to dinner.

The next day, we went shopping and gaming with cousin and wife. Which sounds a bit daggy, until you factor in the fact they're 24. So we bought books, jeans, food, and went gaming. Sarah scored a Hello Kitty doll in a fit of rage (she threw a coin on one of those table things) and Michelle got a hair clip. I got an orange juice that I bought. And a good time.

The next day...more shopping. Bought lots of random stuff. Like really random. As in...golden mices. Go figure. After that, we went and had lunch. As you do at lunchtime. Then we went to do more shopping. Or walking. I tried on those new Converse mouse shoes, but they look dodgy on me. They're a bit thin and queer-looking. My sister got a black pair though. They look quite the awesomes.

Today, we had breakfast at uncle's, and then went shopping. Bought about 5 Levi's jackets for about the price of half a Levi's jacket in Australia. And a Lonsdale jacket. After that, we ventured to a supermarket, which was like walking into Box Hill with about 10 times as many people. It was pandemonium. And I've been informed by my cousin that it's like that every day of the week. After lunch with grandma, we chilled at cousin's place. Still am.

I've been wanting to take a whole pile of photos, but everyone in my family is afraid of thieves. So I guess I can't bust out the ol' digital camera.

The irony is killing me. I can't view my own blog from here.

ENTER was very 93.75. Still don't know anyone who did worse than me. Hope it gets me into Comarts.

My massive family, including cousins and various other hangers-on, and I are leaving for Hong Kong on Friday, so I probably won't blog til after that. That'll make all of you happy. See you after Honky Kongy.