It amazes me every day to see how the Chinese are far ahead of us in many things. I have mentioned and illustrated some of those things in various posts. One of those things are business cards. While our cards look quite ordinary, not to say boring, the Chinese have taken the cards to a whole new level. The topic business cards plays a major role in the film 'American Psycho'. Watch it if you haven't.
Living in a commercial building means that many things are different, not ordinary, especially if the building you live in is the so-called 'Fuck building'. In this building there are a few companies, restaurants, tea places, massage parlours and many, many hotels. Some of them are love hotels and their clientele is couples who rent a room for a few hours in order to have sex.
I have seen all sorts of people in my building, families, couples, business people, young, old, etc.
A few days after moving in, I found a different kind of business card stuck on my door. I took it inside and looked at it for a while. I found it weird and didn't expect to see such a card, not in Guiyang though, as it is very traditional, but I would expect to see such cards perhaps in larger, more modern cities like Shanghai. I kept the card to show it to some of my friends and compare it to our boring ones. While our business cards are usually white and have a few details, like name, telephone number, email address, occupation, business address and perhaps a small sign or drawing (that of a pharmacy, etc.), and sometimes at the back a small map of the area where the business is located, these Chinese cards are totally different as you can see.
I wondered for a bit why it was stuck on my door, but then I realised that they must have thought, that my flat is a hotel room. Half of the 39th floor where I live is a hotel, almost all of the rooms on my side belong to a hotel which is based on a different floor, opposite me is Bobo's music studio and I'm the only tenant on this floor and one of the 5 or 6 in the entire building.
I have found many more cards stuck on my door, so I have a small collection as you can see.
Prostitution is something that exists everywhere, but as a westerner, it is not recommended to use such services in China, at least not in smaller places. As you can read on one of the websites underneath, don't expect too much from these ladies. The main reason to avoid such services is the danger a westerner might face. If you live long enough in the country and learn much about the country, the place you live in, the society, etc. you hear various true stories that make you shiver. Any local lady, whether professional or not, might shout 'rape' or 'abuse' or something like that and the westerner will be arrested, put in prison and kicked out of the country if he's lucky. If not, he'll rot in a prison cell. I heard and read some stories of people who got in trouble not only with prostitutes, but with ordinary women as well. So be careful.
Have a read here:
http://www.wikisexguide.com/wiki/Guiyang
http://www.internationalsexguide
http://prostitutes.sexy-date.net/china/guizhou/guiyang
Living in a commercial building means that many things are different, not ordinary, especially if the building you live in is the so-called 'Fuck building'. In this building there are a few companies, restaurants, tea places, massage parlours and many, many hotels. Some of them are love hotels and their clientele is couples who rent a room for a few hours in order to have sex.
I have seen all sorts of people in my building, families, couples, business people, young, old, etc.
A few days after moving in, I found a different kind of business card stuck on my door. I took it inside and looked at it for a while. I found it weird and didn't expect to see such a card, not in Guiyang though, as it is very traditional, but I would expect to see such cards perhaps in larger, more modern cities like Shanghai. I kept the card to show it to some of my friends and compare it to our boring ones. While our business cards are usually white and have a few details, like name, telephone number, email address, occupation, business address and perhaps a small sign or drawing (that of a pharmacy, etc.), and sometimes at the back a small map of the area where the business is located, these Chinese cards are totally different as you can see.
I wondered for a bit why it was stuck on my door, but then I realised that they must have thought, that my flat is a hotel room. Half of the 39th floor where I live is a hotel, almost all of the rooms on my side belong to a hotel which is based on a different floor, opposite me is Bobo's music studio and I'm the only tenant on this floor and one of the 5 or 6 in the entire building.
I have found many more cards stuck on my door, so I have a small collection as you can see.
Prostitution is something that exists everywhere, but as a westerner, it is not recommended to use such services in China, at least not in smaller places. As you can read on one of the websites underneath, don't expect too much from these ladies. The main reason to avoid such services is the danger a westerner might face. If you live long enough in the country and learn much about the country, the place you live in, the society, etc. you hear various true stories that make you shiver. Any local lady, whether professional or not, might shout 'rape' or 'abuse' or something like that and the westerner will be arrested, put in prison and kicked out of the country if he's lucky. If not, he'll rot in a prison cell. I heard and read some stories of people who got in trouble not only with prostitutes, but with ordinary women as well. So be careful.
Have a read here:
http://www.wikisexguide.com/wiki/Guiyang
http://www.internationalsexguide
http://prostitutes.sexy-date.net/china/guizhou/guiyang
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