Chinese for dummies

Today Steven and Jasper followed a speed course Chinese (Mandarin) in Ghent. It was more like a singing course with all these different intonations... It all sounds quite similar, but raising your voice or lowering it can result in a totally different meaning. I guess we'll have to practice on the plane. Steven learned some basic words and sentences to adress the audience during our gigs. That might be useful to break the ice.

Tomorrow we're off... We'd better eat some good ol' Belgian food like stoemp or Brussels sprouts for the last time in three weeks. After tomorrow it will be all dogmeat and fried scorpions and snake-sate. Yummie!

The final countdown

5, 4, 3, 2,... In two days we'll be heading for Shanghai! Despite all our communication struggle with the Chinese people we managed to arrange everything. You can't imagine what a relief it is.

Passports? Check! Visa? Check! Approvals from the Chinese government? Check! Clean underwear? Euhm... We still have to pack our luggage. And we can always buy some 'made in China'. Chique et pas cher...

Anyway, every now and then we will try to post our adventures on this blog. If we can find computers that speak other languages than Mandarin...