China

Nihao my lovelies! I'm not going to apologize for not writing and being absent for twenty days, no, I'm not even going to promise to write more often from now on, because that could be a lie...and I don't want to lie to you.

I want to tell you that I'm writing from a different place and I had to give myself time to get to know my surroundings, the people, the culture, etc.

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Nihao drage moje! Neću vam se izvinjavati zbog nepisanja i odsustva nekih dvadesetak dana, ne, neću ni davati obećanja da ću od sada pisati češće, jer bi to bila laž...a ja baš ne bih da vas lažem.

Želim da vam kažem da pišem sa druge strane sveta i morala sam sebi da dam vremena da upoznam okolinu, ljude, kulturu, itd.

Currently I am in Shenzhen, China. I'm working here, learning the language and having fun while trying to keep up with the tempo. So far I like it!

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Trenutno se nalazim u Šenženu u Kini. Radim ovde, učim jezik i zabavljam se uz pokušaje praćenja ovog tempa. Za sada mi se dopada!

First impression

Everything here is so big, modern and high. The Chinese people on the other hand-are not-big and tall I mean. :)

I feel very relaxed, stress-free. I don't know if the Chinese are relaxed or frustrated, but China has this effect on me. Mostly. :) There is really no point in stressing or fussing because they will not understand you AT ALL, no matter how much you yell or how high you jump. So it's better to just breathe and work on saving your inner peace.

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Ovde je sve veliko, moderno i visoko. Kinezi, s druge strane, nisu-ni veliki ni visoki. :)

Osećam se opušteno, bez stresa. Ne znam da li su kinezi nervozni ili opušteni, ali Kina je na mene ostavila ovakav utisak. Uglavnom. :) Zaista nema poente nervirati se i šiziti jer vas oni UOPŠTE neće razumeti, ma koliko glasno vikali ili visoko skakali. Najbolje je jednostavno disati polako i raditi na očuvanju svog unutrašnjeg mira.

Palms everywhere!/Palme svuda!

Food

The food is well, different. Some would say that it tastes like hospital food, some that it's disgusting, not tasty, not salty enough, but I think the word is just-different. There's always a KFC, McDonald's or Pizza Hut if you don't want to eat Chinese food.

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Hrana je, hm, drugacija. Neki bi rekli da je kao bolnička hrana, neki da je odvratna, bezukusna, nedovoljno slana, ali ja mislim da je samo drugačija. U ostalom, uvek možete da nađete KFC, McDonald's ili Pizza Hut ako vam se ne jede kineska hrana.

Dumplings/Damplinzi

Rice with vegetables and chicken/Pirinač sa povrćem i piletinom

A very interesting type of fruit that tastes like melons./Interesantno voće koje ima ukus dinje.

Soup and dumplings/Supa i damplinzi

Chinese restaurant/Kineski restoran

Pizza Hut

Transportation

I have no desire to drive, because the drivers here are just plain crazy. It's chaos, everyone is going everywhere and I have a feeling that there are no rules. The metro is nice, crowded at times, but it works fine for me.

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Nemam želju da vozim, jer su ovde vozači naprosto blesavi. Vlada haos, svi idu svududa i imam osećaj kao da pravila ne postoje. Metro je fin, neki put je gužva, ali meni odgovara.

This is a rare moment where there are a few cars./Ovo je jedan od retkih trenutaka kada auta nema na putu.

Ovako sam se zabavljala na aerodromima.

Look up!/Pogled na gore!

My building./Moja zgrada.

The bridge and lake in front of my building./Most i jezerce ispred moje zgrade.

Cosmetics

My next post will be about shopping and a new in so I will just show you my first impression when I visited the drugstore. If you want to buy feminine towels or anything similar, be prepared to gamble because it's all in Chinese and you just can't understand anything.. I decided to buy all of them and see which one is the one I need. :)

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Moj sledeći post će biti o kupovini i novitetima, pa ću vam za sada samo pokazati svoj prvi utisak kada sam posetila drogeriju. Ako želite da kupite uloške ili nešto slično, pripremite se na lutriju jer je sve na kineskom i jednostavno ne možete da razumete ništa.Ja sam odlučila da kupim po jedan od svake vrste i onda natenane da vidim koji mi trebaju. :)

That's all from me today, hope you're all well and thank you for reading!

xoxo,

TamaraF

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 To je sve od mene za danas, nadam se da ste svi dobro i hvala vam na čitanju!
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TamaraF