This may be old news to you, as it happened over a month ago now,
but I'll share anyways. :)
In May, a very wealthy Qingdaoren {Qingdao person}, Wang, chose to
express his dissatisfaction & anger with Maserati
by having his $423, 000 Maserati Quattroporte destroyed in front of
a Qingdao Auto Show,
a mere 3 km from our house.
He's been quoted everywhere as saying, " 'I hope foreign luxury car producers acknowledge clearly that Chinese consumers are entitled to get the service that is commensurate with the brand," Wang told the Qingdao Morning Post, according to Agence France-Presse. "
The victim.
This is not the actual car but same make and I thought you needed a visual.
To add to your visual,
it looked terrible after.
I know this,
because we saw it.
That's right. We saw it.
To add to the scene, they had the car fenced off,
on display, along with some other random person's destroyed Lamborghini.
So, we can check it out anytime.
I guess Lamborghini-guy should have come up with the idea first,
as he didn't get any press for it.
That would be the worst, right?
All that attention you thought you'd get for smashing up your gajillion dollar Lamborghini,
only to get upstaged by Maserati guy.
I bet he wishes he would have just kept it or sold it or done anything with it but destroy it.
Keep in mind, as you watch this video, that these guys were PAID by Wang to destroy his car.
Honestly, I think
I could have done better than that.
There are places in the States,
where people pay to do this to cars, right?
Because it would just be fun and a stress reducer, like punching a punching bag.
But these guys seem zero-enthused to be doing what they are doing.
Did you see the guy in the blue?
Where's the aggression?
The fury?
Or even the excitement?
You're smashing in a half million dollar car
and getting PAID for it!
Give it some uumph.
Also, what are they using?
Rubber mallets?
I've seen numerous reports say they were using sledge hammers.
But,
really?
That's all a sledge hammer can do?
All I really know is this guy, Wang, he was mad.
And that he has way too much money.
As I'm sure my blog is on Wang's reading list,
I'd like to address him specifically now.
Dear Wang,
I know you are very angry at Masarati.
My deepest sympathes to you're plight. I'm terribly sorry for the inconvenience and stress the dealership has brought you, however, I'd like to humbly suggest
100 Things You Could Do with your Maserati Instead of Destroying It
1.The most obvious would be to drive it.
But if you're not into that,
I do know the BEST ways to really "stick it" to Maserati,
2. Pay off my student loans.
3. Pay for me and the hubs to go on an around the world vacation 10 times.
4. Help us adopt a child. Or anyone really.
5. Save/help/feed/educate entire villages, thus reducing the need for adoption in the first place.
6. Pay off my entire families debt.
7. Sponsor 1000 children a month for 1 year.
8. Pay for our whole family, extended family and close friends to visit us in China.
9. Buy us a house. :) Nothing fancy.
10. Buy 141, 000 drinks from Starbucks for me. Basically buy me a life time supply.
{But really, save the world first, then buy me a life time supply of SB.}
I'll be sure to send you my next 10 ideas next week.
Also, Mr. Wang,
I'd like to submit my name for consideration for the next time you decide to destroy an expensive car and pay someone to do it.
I've been working out...sooo. I'm legit.
I won't disappoint you.
Also, my husband does pull ups & push ups in the morning.
and being the sweet wife I am ;) and knowing Zachary LOVEs chocolate,
I wanted to save him one.
While waiting for him to come to my class,
his truffle melted in my hand!
With it being so hot I am so grateful we have all this delicious and refreshing fruit to enjoy this summer!
Any of these small bites, refrigerated,
are the perfect summer treat.
1. In China, you can sleep anywhere. Anywhere. No joke.
2. Check this out?! This is some Chinese medicine trick. Basically you pinch your self or get pinched in a certain spot repeatedly until red marks appear. Our student and his mom both had similiar marks on the front of their necks and told us it was because they were sick.
This picture is of another student with three stars down his back. Crazy, right?!
3. I've been so sick the past week. It seems like I'm always sick lately. I'm just ready for rest, I think!
4. Justin, our student and China baby, chowing down on chicken feet.
1. A stuffed sea turtle, you know the endangered one, at a grocery store pharmacy.
2. Fresh sweet potato chips! Delicious. We buy them from the store for $1.50 a bag.
3. A good Chinese host always makes sure the table is completely full when their guests are finish eating. The parents of one of my classes through the teachers a big dinner at a local banquet hall.
4. Included in the dinner was 5 hours of speeches in Chinese and this soup. Something I will NEVER try, though it's quite famous. It's full of red peppers, duck blood, spam, pig large and small intestines.
1. So thankful for friends that encourage me towards the Lord.
2. Z and I tried this awesome cafe the other day, Cafe Bachata. We had mango daquiri's in their court yard that had dim lighting, greenery, stones and a small waterfall. It was so relaxing.
3. Z and I at Cafe Bachata. Terrible IPhone pic!
4. It's quite foggy these days! You can't even see past floor 16 on our building.
What's new in your life lately?
Love you reader.
I read the The Brayn of Chalayn blog, and she always says, "reader," and I just really like it.
I think it's quirky and cute.
So expect to be called reader a little more often around these parts. :)
This morning I woke up with not one but two in my arm.
Not in my arm, on.
Now that would be something really bad, right?
Now this IS the worst, waking up with spider bites, that is.
Because that means some eight leg monster was crawling through your bed with out your consent. AND not only has he been crawling through your bed but he crawled on you!
This picture has nothing to do with this post.
But I figured I'd get zero clicks if I posted tons of spider pictures on here.
I know. I'm a marketing genius.
Spider bites leave so many questions.
What kind of spider was it?!
A big one? A small one?
A poisonous one?
Was it a brown recluse and in a week or two I'll have a gaping hole in my arm??
It's bad when you have two bites.
Because that means that bugger took one bite, like what he tasted, so he had another.
If he liked it, does that mean he's hiding out somewhere waiting for his stomach to digest what he got, neigh, stole, and eager for his next opportunity to chomp?
Which brings you to your next spider bite question.
Do they eat what they bite??
Do they have a taste for human flesh?
If not, why the heck bite me, dude? I was just sleeping. Non threatening. Just chilling out.
OR, did he bite me because I was a giant, sleeping threat,
and he wanted to weaken my offenses while he could?
With spider bites you almost never see the perpetrator.
If any of you have actually seen a spider bite you I will give you an over the top gasp of shock.
And let's not even talk about if the spiders a she.
I've been comfortably leaving it as a he through this post but, okay, let's go there.
She spiders lay like a gazillions eggs, right? I mean hello?! Where's her lair?! If its anywhere near our bed, I'm moving. And right when those babies hatch, what do you think they'll want?
That's right, food. Or flesh!
Also, the thing about spider bites is that the more you think about them the more you start itching everywhere, convinced that spiders are crawling on you about to bite.
Like right now, I have an imaginary spider on my stomach, behind my ear and somewhere in my hair.
Ah! Spiders in your hair. That might actually be the worst. It's like a jungle in there! If you have alot of hair, like me, you've probably had multiple episodes where someone noticed a spider or bug crawling on the outside of your hair.
Not because you have bad hygiene or something, on the contrary you could have just done your hair beautifully for an hour, when the said spider/bug was seen in your hair.
Again, not because of bad hygiene
but because your hair is like a giant net.
Exhibit A. Possible spider jungle.
Also, where the heck am I looking in this pic? It weirds me out.
So, someone points out they see a spider or bug in your hair, usually the back where you can't see and are helpless, and so, you start shrieking telling them to get it out.
Or it's in the front and you do the lean thing to keep it as far away from your face as possible
and to be able to keep your eye on it.
So your gracious friend attempts to get it out.
There are two friends in this category, the ones that swats, or the saints,
the ones that meticulously grab it out.
Either one, they're life savers.
It's a really good day when it falls out, on to the ground and you get to look it in the eyes and smash it.
But it's the worst when you hear that phrase,
"I think it's out."
What do you mean, 'you think?!!!??!?'
Could it not have burrowed itself in to the shelter of your hair and is now not on the outside, but has really entered the jungle that is your hair, ready to be lost all up in there, for ever.
That's enough to make me shave my head.
Well anyways the hubs just walked in with Starbucks so I gotta go
Here's cheers to no spider bites for you tonight.
Happy sleeping!
**As a side note, I asked Zachary who he thought the most attractive male actor is and he said, "Richard Geere" or "Vin Diesel." So, the first picture was approved by him.**
1. Angela's dream cat.
2. Allergies.
3.Celebrate!
4. Too much sugar!
5. Not applicable.
6. "What is that?" Me: "Wasi tape." "I don't know what to say."
7. I always wanted a car like that.
8. Tinker bell.
And Daniel, our Chinese barista friend's, IR's.
1. funny
2. Tired
3. Drunk. Or maybe, Romantic.
4. Delicious and fat.
5. ugly. Crazy.
6. Amazing. Me:"Why amazing?" Him: "Because, I don't know what it is. So, I say amazing."
7. Beach. Swimming.
8. "What's mean?" as in, "What does that mean?" in Chinglish. :)
Last Friday, I was invited to a Chinese wedding dinner of the art teacher at our school.
Never having gone to a Chinese wedding related anything I for sure had to go!
As is custom, the bride wore red! Red is one of the most popular colors here in China! I can see why! Against her ivory skin and black hair, she looks awesome!
In Chinese culture, there are tons of wedding festivities.
These two had already had two weddings, one in his home town and one in hers, as well as other wedding dinners.
This dinner was a "thanks" dinner especially for their current and previous coworkers.
They had 6 rooms, one for each job they've had. 3 rooms full of his previous & current colleagues and 3 for hers.
Teachers at our school.
In our office only 2 of us decided to go because as is also custom, you must bring a red envelope.
And in China a red envelope equals money.
The standard for a single person is about 200 yuan.
But of course the better job you have, the closer you are to the couple, etc.
the expected amount goes up.
Red envelopes are given for most major holidays and events.
