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Q: How do you spend National Day 2013?
The first half of mine was spent stuck in traffic in a taxi, then waiting extremely long time for food, then a long wait for a taxi, and a slow drive back home.
Here in Changchun it has been raining.... all day, which it actually does not rain so much here and when it does its usually not heavy like today, normally just a drizzle... anyway seeing as I have not bought a umbrella yet I simply made a grocery and lunch run and then a brisk walk back home..... If it stops I may go out for a walk other than that my National Day was rather slow.
Bored s**tless at home I intend to loiter around burger kings or any other establishment as I know lots of chinese girls will be available this week. I want to chew on chinese fur burgers all week!
I've been spending my National Day enjoying the no.1 national past-time of sleeping.
Went for a long walk and am now chilling out. Strangest National Day ! 
At home!
No way i'm going out during major holidays.,
Luckily the community offers what is needed. It's big (about 2km long) and half empty, lot of place for jogging + pretty god gim room and swimming pool with very few people there (gim room, it's usually me, myself and I only...)
Sitting on the inlaws sofa getting bored stiff waiting for that family meal. I just can't get any enthusiasm going cause I know it will be the usual old crap. It is funny I used to like Chinese food before I came here, now I'm in my third year here I don't care if I never see another Chinese meal again.
went to hike a mountain and then watched a performance near my apartment while having some snacks in a night market.
getting out is always better than being locked inside.so,put on your shorts and go out to have a look,man!Enjoy your holiday!
chenhan:
go out to a park or a museum or a mountain if there is any or a bookstore or a gym or swimming pool or the seaside or a river or some friends or just take a bus outside the city to explore some new places.the list can go on and on.
andy74rc:
Mhh..... let's see.....
1) Parks: 1 gazillion people crowding in parks, littering everywhere..... checked.
2) Mountain hiking: only hills, tree farming, loads of weed killer sprayed all over the place. Harvesting season begins now.......... checked.3) Museum: apart the Opium War museum in Humen, to which I'm not interested, no other choices....... checked.
4) Bookstore: ??...... checked.
5) Gym, swimming pool: doing it..... checked
6) Seaside: watching a yellow murky sea, with floating garbage ....checked.
7) River: watching a yellow/grey/black smelling murky sewage river .......checked.
8) Bus: I drive. I'm already on the road everyday, no fun. Go outside, ending up in garbage filled villages........ checked.
I understand it's hard to explain how much it sucks to somebody who never seen better places..
chenhan:
1 try to find out the good points and focus on them,things couldn't be all bad there. 2 try to make some positive changes ,as a foreigner in China,its much easier for you to get attention than common Chinese,so,if you set a good example,many people will follow,then things will change little by little in the right way .
andy74rc:
2. Being doing it for 10 years, didn't see major changes. I appreciate your consideration though.
chenhan:
i am sure the change will take place.the young generation pays much more attention to environment protection and food safety in these years,that's the sign.take myself and my friends for example,we care much more about these points than our parents.most of us dont litter and spit around either,of course there are still many bad ones among the young people as well,but i can say two in three of them do better than their parents.so,thats the change.it is taking place slowly,but it does happen.ten years ago,all the corruption and environment problems existed as well,but few people paid attention to that other than economy.now thes. problems are hot topics all over the country from politicians to common people,thats a big change.
Scandinavian:
Yup, there are plenty of people that care. This is why if I see someone accidentally drop some trash on the street I will pick it up for them and either hand it back to them or just tap their shoulder so they can watch me go to a nearby trash can.
I don't mean to knock your feelings, and you are right that the younger generation is better at keeping the country clean than the older ones, but it's still pretty bad compared to elsewhere. And you don't need to go further than Hong Kong to see a place that is pretty clean (although not quite like downtown Luxemburg)
Had a pretty good day. First I washed the car whilst the wife did housework, then went to the pub, went swimming for a few hours and relaxed then ended it with a nice meal at home.
Tepanyaki! All you can eat/drink, absolutely no better way to start off the holiday.
Government shutdown, that's how I'm spending my National Day...
Scandinavian:
Either this hasn't been featured on CCTV1's 7pm news show, or I don't understand Chinese (both pretty likely) I've just now made myself aware that the US is going down the tubes this week. That will teach you evil capitalists.
We just bought a house. So we are stuff at home
ironman510:
Thanks man, Apartment. So we hope when we apply for a green card someday they'll have no excuse to say no. Married over five years and never left China, children born here, own an apartment Working and paying taxes legally with proof of tax documents. And 2 salary incomes.
We'll be trying this in Shenzhen. I know I know, We'll need a lot of luck.
This applies to the new green card rules passed in July 2013.
