More incredibly inaccurate insights

Will they ever stop? Probably not.

So, a couple of thoughts, many of which came about on my cycling trip, but were then confined to that part of my brain I don't use (the part in my head).

Chinese television is really bad. No no, don't misunderstand me - I'm not talking Scandal or Egoli or even (god forbid) 7de Laan bad. I'm only talking really bad. I don't know what it is. It looks dubbed, for one thing. And although I don't understand anything they're saying, for the most part the acting is as bad or worse than on any of the aforementioned shows (where I also don't understand anything they're saying). I guess what we learn from this is that in no country in the world should the government be allowed to sponsor entertainment with our tax money. No, SABC, of course you could stand on your own two feet - absolutely. I would never question that.

Chinese sports fans, however, are awesome. Just like South Africans. And somehow, the one they always interview on telly is a complete and utter spanner. I was watching them interview a guy, and apart from the language and a few facial features, he could have been any drunken bloke outside Loftus or Kings Park - barely able to talk, mates in the background jumping up and down and waving to whoever. We must never underestimate how much these people add to our lives. I only hope and pray that one day, when my fifteen minutes of fame comes along, I don't go and ruin it by being sober.

Selling. Chinese people are, apparently, know for their selling. I don't know. What I do know is that the most popular technique of marketing a product is quite amazing to behold. Think... shouting. Now, think about shouting the same thing again and again. Of course, you want to make it efficient, so you get a megaphone with a record feature, shout into it once, and then leave it on a pile of whatever you're selling. Seriously. I have, for your benefit, used my amazing powers of communication to translate. "BUY OUR SHIT. BUY IT. DON'T JUST STAND THERE - BUY IT!! COME ON. PICK ONE UP, PAY FOR IT, DEAL DONE. DO IT NOW". Repeat.

No need to thank me.

Finally, I want to talk a little but about flavour. I've spoken quite a lot about how good the food is here, yes indeed. And so far, I have found three items that I will quite possibly sell my kidneys for one day if needs be. But that's not important right now. What is important is that it appears colours can also be flavours. I know orange is a colour, and a fruit, and they associate a certain flavour with that. But the flavour "Orange" is actually the flavour of the fruit, not the colour. However, the flavour "Purple" is the flavour of the colour. Don't ask me how. I ate a purple flavoured ice-cream the other day.

It tasted like... purple.