Once upon a time in Shanghai ...

... there was a really beautiful castle called Malaysia (wtf).



It has beautiful lighting, weather was great (!!!) ... with occasional breeze.

Perfect.


We could see Thailand opposite as well.



Well everything was perfect. So, me and my prince decided to take a sit at the many benches (mostly already occupied) to admire the place, buildings, and rest our feet.

The few other people sharing the bench with us got up and continued their journey to the other side of the world, visiting other countries like Australia, France, Italy and up to the States.

Given the state where Chinese in China are not so hospitable (NOT ALL Chinese but MOST of them), my prince and I have been very tolerant and patient.

After a while, a group of people, maybe about 5 of them in their 40s and 50s, came and decided to sit next to us.

They took out their bags of food and starting eating.


I was so annoyed when one of them actually threw the seeds and orange skin everywhere.

C'mon, can't you see the rubbish bin(ssssssss) available not even a stone throw away?

Anyway, I couldn't be bothered since it is not my country. So, I decided to pay attention on what my prince was cooking on the iPhone iCook game. He did a good job by BBQ'ing perfect steaks!

Oh mind you, he is really good in BBQ'ing real life as well! :P

Anyway, suddenly I felt someone kept pushing me from behind. I turned to look and saw the aunty sitting really really near to me ... in fact, tried to squeeze to OWN MORE SPACE.

I told my prince "I have no space to sit"

He, being the more patient one most of the time, tried to sit further away despite the little space he was sitting, so I have some space to fit my big butt.

I heard her friends told her that they are going for a toilet break.

She said "Oh alright! I'll keep this space for you until you're back!"


I continued paying attention to the game my prince was playing.


Suddenly, I felt her squeezing her way towards me again!!!!


This time, I got SO ANNOYED, I shouted "HEY!! We have no place left to sit!"


Well, as usual, some people can be so ignorant and selfish. She stopped but put her left on top of the other bench where her friends were sitting as so NOBODY can sit.


I got so angry I stood up and snap a picture of her!



My prince asked me to sit down and ignore her.

He is such a sweetie pie. Despite the very little space we had left, he shifted a little more so I could sit.

Most of you might be thinking that we should actually switch benches to an unoccupied one and stop annoying myself right?

Well, the place is so pack that there are no benches left in that area and we were too tired to walk to another unoccupied bench. It would be like walking another 1KM. Because some people just sleep on the benches ... like taking a nap or read a book. -____-!!!



Anyway, I sat in the little space left to rest my legs a little more.



After a few more minutes, SHE WAS SQUEEZING HER WAY TOWARDS US AGAIN!!!!!


What on earth is that?!?!?!?!!!!!!


I was so angry I stood up and took another picture. Heck care ... I was shouting that we have no place to sit but she doesn't care... so why should I care?


See?!

She was occupying another bench using her left leg on one side and her right leg on the other side.

And that was not enough? She had to SQUEEZE her way through to get more space to sit when she already has such a huge space lor!


We gave up, stood up and left.

You know why? Because my prince only has HALF A BUTT to sit and I have NO SPACE left to sit.


This is part of the HATE relationship I had in China despite my LOVE for Hong Kong and Macau which is part of China. Maybe I will love some other parts of China ... like I love the scenery in Hangzhou and maybe a little Suzhou. But so far, China hasn't WOW me yet.


So there you go, my Love-Hate relationship with China.




XOXO,
theRascal