It's all about burning DVD's in China. At least that's what the government said they will work especially hard on this year. I was offered Windows Vista here the other day before the official realease date, so guess there is a lot of burnin to do then!!Been a while since my last post here.. The extremelly slow internet speed all of China has experienced lately, must certaintly take the blame. ok...and also partly the fact that I have found "Bai jiu" (a chinese vodka type) on those sports-squeeze-bottles :-)The fact that they cost 3.99 RMB pr. bottle doesn't make it better.
Let's take a closer look on this: This actually means that you can by3 bottles of this "excellent" drink, for the same price as 1 bottle of "Imsdal" water back home. That fact is actually quite amazing. 10 kroner (Norwegian oil dollar), can then buy you 1.5 litre with 50% Bai Jiu or 0.5 litre with pretty average drinking water in Norway. As I'm in the middle of discovering the wonderful world of Joseph Stiglitz and his microeconomics, where he dicribes the rational choice of individuals, I can't help myself from thinking that I'm acting very rational here. I don't save any money for buying overprized water back home, ->instead I spend it all on Bai Jiu.
(Hmm it should also be mentioned thatfor those of you that have tasted this fine fine product, YES I agree it does taste really crap. But the fact that you can get it on those bottles make the
hole experience much better.. )
Another ex. of these sometimes "nah-that-must-be-wrong-price" experiences was these slippers I bought here the other day. Warm and comfy as they looked, even close to my size as they were, I were ready to pay whatever it costed. And 9.99 RMB it was! After paying with my Mao 10 note, I walked happily out from there with a big smile on my face. The kind of smile you put on when you have just made a real bargain.
Even if I have got somewhat familiar with the price level in this country, still I get really amazed of how little something costs over here.That often also includes realizing how much things costs back home.
Back to my slippers again: Couple of days later I walked into the same department store to buy some groceries. Now the slippers where on sale! They now costed only 4.99 RMB. Ahh and there went that bargain...hehe
