Okay, let me kick this thing off with some political shit this
time. Since that lovely Swedish girl Greta has gained some momentum and now
travels the world spreading her message, lotta people are real quick to attack
her in the name of the reason and good old balanced order of things. I’ve read so many articles from
established commentators, journalists and politicians, heard people theorizing about who might pay her for activities. She’s too
vegan or not vegan enough (yeah, she was once captured eating vegan food from a
plastic box), she’s too extreme, too young, too
disabled, you name it. So let me drop my two cents here... I honestly don’t give a flying fuck about any of
those opinions and theories. I also do not believe that this system, as it is,
is sustainable or cultivatable on any level. So no, I don’t think negotiating is an option
here. I don’t think it’s okay to be “reasonable”, which
basically means accepting the current status quo (which got us here in the
first place and has all kinds of crazy implications in the areas of classism, racism,
gender inequality etc.), and see if we can find some common ground with it
(which we can’t). From the
capitalist/conservative viewpoint, everything that questions the nature of
the system is extreme or communist or whatever label they find scary enough. So
yeah, how the fuck dare you talking about financial growth at this point? Do I
think there’s any chance to win this
thing? Not really... But it’s
people like her who make me feel at least a bit optimistic... It’s people like Sanders or Corbyn that
bring a bit of a reason to the debate here and there... And no, we cannot meet
halfway with this system... This system is toxic to the core, it oppresses
people, it destroys the environment, it fucks up this whole planet. There’s no halfway here... So you can keep on
calling these people extremists, communists, or not reasonable or grown enough...
You can keep on patronizing them, putting yourself on whatever moral or
intellectual high ground (like you are entitled to any), but that’s basically all you can do. You are
wrong, she is right. Sustainable growth my ass. When all of this comes crashing
down, it’s gonna be too late to think
this over. There’s no check points or game
saves here.
Aight, when I got this off my chest, let’s get back to the real important stuff.
What the hell was I up this past week. Honestly, it’s been quite a lot. Me and some of my friends went for
KTV, which was fun as hell. Old Town Road is my new KTV favorite...
On Wednesday, a friend from a Czech Republic had a layover
in Shanghai which allowed him to spend about 6 hours downtown. I took up the
responsibility of being a guide, and this whole thing turned out to be a pretty
great day. We spent it all on bikes, going from the Bund to the peanut sauce
noodle spot, then to the West Bund, Jingan, and eventually wrapping it all up
in the Jingan Sculpture Park. I could do this shit for living...
The day after, some of my favorite girls over here asked me
for a skateboarding lesson. We met up in the evening close to the skatepark by
the West Bund with some snacks and drinks, and spend the couple of hours kicking,
pushing, and talking. The weather is still beautiful in Shanghai and West Bund is a
pretty awesome place to hang out at. Right by the river, these old renovated
cranes all lit up, those massive bridges illuminated with light shows, many
locals on boards and skates playing around... I got a feeling this wasn’t the last time us doing this
thing...
Outside of that, I managed to do some school work, went out
for a beer couple of times, and on Sunday, did bit of a picnic and petangue at
Fuxing park. Spiced up by gin and tonic, and followed up by dinner at this
Huaihai/Wanping Road Chinese restaurant...
So yeah, things have been good. It’s still love, positive vibes only, it’s still spending lotta time outside,
lotta workouts, lotta cycling around.... And I’m like
2 days from traveling to Bangkok. And words cannot really express how much I’m looking forwards to that. The
Golden Week is about to kick in here, so if you are in China, I hope you gonna
spend it the best way possible. And if you’re
outside of China, just keep your head up and stay away from bullshit. Cause
bullshit sucks.
Highlights:
- Internet. China is really going hard this time around. I wasn't able to access the Western internet for like 2 days straight, and now it’s still pretty bad.
- New Kevin Gates.
- This new stadium I go to. I liked the one at Changping Lu too but this one is even more local and way less crowded
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