Super Dare Devils

One of the nicest shows that we have seen was in Guilin. It was mainly an acrobatic show with some dances.  However there was a presentation that demanded a lot of skill and courage. This presentation opened with a dramatic bang of thunder and lightning. The light effects were astounding.

 Then the smoke screen cleared to reveal a huge wire globe with a ramp leading to its door.

 As we were wondering what surprise was in store, a large motorbike roared on stage and two men quickly opened the door and he shot into the globe.  The door closed behind him and he began to circle inside the globe going faster and faster.

 A couple of minutes later another rider roared on stage and zipped into the globe.  I was on tenterhooks. How do they keep their distance?  The globe wasn’t that big and there were two riders inside zooming round and round.

 As I was wondering, two more riders came on and rushed into the globe soon followed by another. Now there were five riders inside!!  At first they were chasing one another. Then they were criss-crossing each other, from the side and from the top and bottom.

It was a nail-biting experience, watching them speeding inside, going round and round, up and down, side to side. After a short while, they came out of the globe and took their bows.

 These were really dare-devils, risking their lives and limbs each day in this small spherical space.

What astonished me was one of them was a woman!! Who says a woman can’t do what a man can??
She’s truly courageous and very daring.

Pole Dancing

It looks deceptively simple but one lady pole dancer says it isn’t. There is a lot of hard work and sweat and you need to put in lots of  time to practice the moves. You can also get bruises in the beginning.

 However, once you get the hang of it, it looks simple and sensual as your body glides up and down the pole and you strike different poses.

It was a marvelous sight to behold the young ladies doing their routines on the poles.

A Lift Up The Steep Steps

When you have reached seventy and above, you are entitled to spoil yourself.

Such an occasion arose while we were on a visit to the mountains in Zhangjiajie, China.
We had climbed hundreds of steps and there were more to come! So when there were people who offered a lift up those steep steps for a fee, we joyfully opted for the ride.

Little did we know what a ride it would turn out to be!  The two guys just rushed up the steps, hollering at the crowds to stay out of the way and of course I had to cling on for dear life, and many a time I just had to close my eyes in case the guy in front stumbled and I would careen over the mountain side into the bottomless depths.  There was no safety belt as it was just a simple rattan seat carried on the shoulders of two guys.

Boy, what an experience it was, but I’ll not go through it again!! Thoroughly shaken and bounced, I was happy to get off the seat and stand on flat ground again.

An Awakening That Is Still Not Too Late

It was most heartening to see these two notices during my trip to China. The first one is a timely reminder that trees are precious. Indeed they are, in more ways than one.

 The other was in a restaurant.  Many people still waste food. On the buffet line, they will pile their dishes high with food, heedless of whether they can consume it all.  In fact a lot is left behind on the plates to be discarded later. It’s such a shame that food is wasted unnecessarily while others are dying of starvation.

Let’s hope that more restaurants will put up such notices to remind people not to waste food. It helps to remember that while we enjoy the lavish spread laid out before us, there are others who are less fortunate and may not even have a square meal once a day.