inconsistencies

one of the things that makes living in china difficult is that nothing is constant or can be expected to remain the same. this is a quality of american life for which we take for granted, the ability to schedule an appointment in advance and it happen, to expect that your life tomorrow will go as planned and not be dramatically different from yesterday or tomorrow, public transportation for the most part follows its designated schedules, etc. . (not that there aren't exceptions to this).

here, stores and vendors are open when they open. for example, the internet cafe i frequent posts their hours as being 7:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. but i have yet to see them open that early. . yesterday i came at 9:00 a.m. and they were open, today they opened after 9:30 a.m. . . .a friend of mine who was working for a chinese company one day went into work and found the business had shut down compeletey overnight. . . buildings left and right are being torn down. . marked by the chinese character "chai". . .one day they are there, and the next. . ?





inconsistencies