Coloured see see’s
Shuangliu, China, Feb 27, 2010
Ok, so who knows what this means? “If you don’t do what I say, I will give you a coloured see see.”
My best guess is that a coloured see see is Chinglish for ‘two black eyes’. My new gym instructor told me today that I should say it to the kids at school. I said I had no idea what it means, he said not to worry, because the kids would know.
This country is one huge contradiction. One minute it is as frustrating as all heck (I won’t go into detail, just in case you have already read my blog) and the next I find everything I need done, takes nothing more than me saying I need something done, and there is someone here doing it. One minute this country is making me cry, and the next, someone says something that has me laughing my head off. One minute I am working with state of the art technology, and the next I am walking down the street next to a lady carrying a rooster in a sack thinking if I took one step in the wrong direction I would end up in the dark ages. Where does that happen in a big city? This place is crazy! Crazy good and crazy bad.
Today has been a great day. The honking horns outside my window at about 6 this morning let me know it was foggy outside, and since I couldn’t get back to sleep I thought I would come and catch up on some emails, and get started on some Portuguese. However, a friend I haven’t spoken to in a while came online and we had a nice chat. Then I spent some time doing some stuff before having lunch and then heading to the gym.
I like my new trainer. He’s a good trainer and we get along well. Not quite as well and Mr Li and I got along though. I still miss Mr Li, but I can see that Jacky is going to be great for me. He told me today that next session he is going to make me sweat. Oh, so what was I doing today? He looked at me when I was on the elliptical trainer (I think that’s what it’s called) and told me I was not sweating enough, my clothes were not dripping wet. I screwed up my nose and said, you will never catch me looking like that, I’m too much of a laaaaady to let that happen and my body knows it. hehehe (anyone who has watched ‘Little Britain’ might get my humour in the way I wrote ‘lady’) He said most of his clients, after doing the session I did would be wearing clothes that were wringing wet. I said, well, not me. ewww
My Portuguese course is sitting open on my computer but I have not learnt anything new today. I have been refreshing all the lists I learnt on Tuesday though, I signed back into my course thinking I would knock off a couple of new lists tonight, but when I saw so many items to refresh – I think about 74 from memory, I had a change of plans. Tomorrow there will only be more, so… The good thing is, I have remembered most of what I learnt, there are just a couple of things I get stuck on. She’ll be right.
Well, I’d better get back.
Till next time…
Whoops, nearly forgot again…
Today I am gratefrul… ummm, that should read ‘grateful’
1. That I can still get a laugh out of this country. A coloured see see. It cracks me up.
2. The Portuguese I am learning seems to be sinking in.
3. For my beautiful friend I had a chat with this morning. I have missed you.