Invitation

Today`s evening i spent on dinner with housekeeping department. I was invited by the manager of this department because i helped them to solve one big problem with foreign guest. Before going there i did not imagine that so many people would be there, there were 50 people. It was a nice feeling to see all these known by me faces. There were 6 tables. We started at 6 and as always in China, after you start eating- all the time GAMBEI (cheers - you must drink to the bottom of your glass). Firstly manager drunk with me and then i started going to other tables and finally i drunk 5 bottles of beer in 20 minutes. A lot, right i agree, but this is how they do it in China. The atmosphere there was amazing, quite old ladies started to dance, there was no communication barrier between me and others and we really had fun. Some of these people were drinking MILK to the dinner, does not matter- everybody was smiling and talking with each other.  It is  part of chinese culture that i really like and i admire.

I put some photos. Enjoy!

Aspects of life in China

I already started getting used to living here in China where on every step somebody is looking...sorry staring at you. This strange feeling when i am going to Auchan to buy something for myself and realise that some of other people look what did i put to a trolley. But it is ok, they do not see many times wei guo ren(wei =outside, guo=country, ren=people).

There are many advantages of being WEIGUOREN and also some disadvantages. Today i would like to focus on some advantages, when i will be in a bad mood, i will write some disadvantages.So  for example if you want to pick a girl in China or just make friends with other in the bar- no problem. To be honest what you really need to do is just wait, they will come to you. Because i am from abroad, they treat me very well, they are tough by their government that they should show how good they are to foreigners in order to show us(foreigners) that China is so nice and safe. This is really good.  And to be honest it is. I really feel more safe that in my own country.
Another advantage is that you can become local star very easily. I am here already 4 months and i have been already in one promotional video about working in the hotel and today i took part in local tv show. It was culinary show in which i was as a guest and my job was to try food and say HEN HAO CHI (which literally means Very tasty, good).

There are some things that i really miss, for example food, good environment, NO CHINESE PEOPLE :D
Kisses !

Christmas is coming

I already feel it that christmas is coming. It is so strange, i live in a country where Christmas is just a time celebrated by foreigners. Even though you can see christmas tree(today i  was decorating it), santa claus and other things connected with the western culture, you can realise that they do not understand it at all.

I remember from my childhood and now these memories are coming back to me, how important it was for my and my family. It is not only about christmas tree, gifts but the most important is to see your family. Now when  i am so far away from home, i can not wait for this christmas, to show to my family my love, how much did i miss them. I do not know if everyone from you was thinking about it, how important is to spend this time with the closest family but i can surely say that i can not wait for this time!

Take care!

They can`t stop me.

Hey everyone.
Really it is so difficult just to write blog from China. It is another time when i had to change my blog address. Fortunately by buying VPN account, i can start using again my old blog. No one will stop me from writing news from here :D.

So...
Many things happened until now. The most important is that i will stay in Danyang at least until july-august. I was thinking to move to another, bigger city but my boss convinced me, with higher salary and that i will get promoted! to stay here in Danyang. From January, my position will be called not GRO(guest relation officer) but Hotel Ambassador. It means that i will be a supervisor to GRO and Bellboys and i will focus on what i do the best which is to keep good relations mostly with foreigners. Because of foreigners`s compliments toward me and their satisfaction concerning service, my boss awarded me with new position. It is very nice, especially that i i work here only 4 months.

The second good thing is that i am coming back to Poland for CHRISTMAS!!!!! I said to my boss that christmas time is very important for me and if it is possible to go back to Poland for this time, she accepted it and i will be in Poland for 27 days!!!! I have already booked my tickets, so the exact dates are: 20.12.2013-15.12.2014. You can already plan to meet me this time!!!

So as you can read, everything goes well. I am happy everyday, my work is a pleasure for me(ok, sometimes boring).

You know... there are few things that i do not like in China, and i am not talking about the environment.
For example i hate when chinese try to cheat me. Here in China, when they see a foreigner, almost always they give you a higher price. And i had this situation twice. Once it was when i needed to buy a charger to my mobile phone. I went to one small shop and i asked how much, he said that not original one, costs 150 rmb!!!(70 zł). I just said thank you and went to another. In another shop, it was only 15 rmb (7 zł). Not easy life, right? Another time i needed to go to cut my hair. 2 months ago i went to hairdresser with my chinese teacher. I had to pay 38 rmb. When i went there alone, they wanted 58 rmb! but because i was angry and i didnt want to pay so much, i wrote them in translator on my mobile phone that the last time i paid only 38rmb. Guess what? She said ok, i had to pay only 38 rmb. So it is like they want you to pay more but if you have a problem with that, you dont have to. Crazy.

What i really do not like in chinese boys is their appearance. Normally if you work in 5star hotel, you should look professional. Not in China... Boys wear white or colorful socks to suit and ALL OF THEM have longer nails than women! It looks awful.

But what i really like is how people treat each other in the hotel. All of staff seems to be very close to each other. For example person who is cleaning, you call her AI(which means aunt). Generally chinese people use it, the same with man. Sometimes when i see a mother with a small baby, she says to her child "look, it is shushu(uncle). I really like this chinese politeness

My chinese is better and better. I have 3 lessons a week, i made a big progress and now i can have basic conversations in Chinese :D. It is so funny when chinese see me, say something about me and i reply to them :D They feel so shy embarrassed.

I have really perfect relations with foreign customers. All of them who are staying for a longer time, are my friends. Few days ago i met one girl from Uruguay. She was alone so i proposed her to go for a beer together. I wanted to go to the bar that i already knew, i did not remember the name of it so i asked my colleague. He wrote me the name but when we got out from a taxi, it turned out that it was not this bar... Never mind we said. We went to a small bar(5 maybe 6 tables). The owner was so shocked that foreigners found her bar(the owner is 24 years old). She gave us some beers for free and when we said that we want to go to another bar- she CLOSED her bar and she went with us. After we spent some time in another bar, she offered us to go back to her bar and drinks some more beers. THis could happen only in China.

I will try to give you some news more often. Hopefully it will be possible and my blog will work.

this cake i ordered for one of our customer`s birthday

In Danyang  i saw many expensive cars, this is one of them-in our hotel.

Shanghai at night.

Food from India.

Amazing view in Shanghai.

Shanghai is overcrowded. Here you can see how many people are in the street.

mahjong- popular game in China.

Old builing in Shanghai.

Big open market in Shanghai.

Every shop is so colorful.

Many people in Shanghai.

Typical side street in Shanghai

Halloween in Danyang.

With chinese beauties.

Delicious food in Changzhou.

memories from the best bar in Danyang.