things to do when you are on a 42 hour train ride in china

Hehe. Someone from friendster sent me this message when he learned that I was going backpacking in NWChina. Suprisingly, I actually did some of the things he suggested.

things to do when you are on a 42 hour train-ride in china:

courtesy of danMig

1. try to spot the greatwaLL(1hour) actually did that. saw one along the way
2. read ancient chinese history(5mins) no way i'm doing that! read something. but was feeling too shitty to read so i stopped reading.
3. faLL fast asLeep fLat on your ass(11:55hours) slept for 5 hours tops. even drooled for the first two hours.
4. make breath sLates on the window and draw genitaLas(30:mins) wanted to but i was on the f%$#in aisle seat! i actually wanted to do the titanic-hand-on-the-car-window-thing. f$ck&t, i gotta do that when i go home.
5. evesdrop on other cabins(2:30 hours) f&^%in aisle seat!? besides, they wouldn't let me in the cabins coz that assh@le attendant kept askin for my train ticket and id. another thing is my chinese is sooo shitty and one passenger told me that she could here like 4 or 5 dialects being spoken on the carriage.
6. finish 42 sticks of maLboros everyhour erm, more like 60.
7. apreciate the ride by thinkin how $#!+Y the phiLippine raiL system is(aLL the time) you know, i actually did that. for real.
8. savour the finest chinese haLLucenagenic herbs by the art of tea(1hour) hehe. brought my own tea. i think they were very effective, coz i kept seeing chinese people! lolz
9. feeL d rush&high baby!(12hours) well i felt it alright, the RUSH, that is. imagine being on an overcrowded carriage, like it's sooo overcrowded that people have to sleep UNDER your seat and you can't even move your feet because you might hit a head or a breast or something. everybody's going for the toilet so you have to hold your pee for like an eternity before you could finally pee on a hole (you could see the tracks below, yeah people, very keanu reeves in speed). people either pushing you or stealing your seat or sometimes "borrowing" it for a while (like 3 hours, it was ok, i got tired of sitting anyways). and asking where you're from, ( i honestly wanted to tell them that i was from kiribati but i didn't know the chinese name for it). yeah, i felt it alright.
10. withdraw/tweak(12hours) felt like i was tweaking for the whole goddamn ride! and i wasn't even high f#&kit!

wasnt that fun?

well, i have to say that it was harsh. but it was also beautiful. it was a great experience. i actually felt like crying and singin some julie andrews while do some spinning and shit. i'll tell you 'bout it some other time. meanwhile, i gotta go coz i seriously need a major piss. where's the bathroom?