the weather is terrible...
Autor: paulanachina | Publicado: 2012-03-06T06:26:00-08:00

It has been rainning in Ningbo since The Chinese New Year. According to the lunar calendar it should be spring already , and normally we would see the weather getting better and better. Temperatures should be going higher and the sun light should be shinning until later. But in fact what we only have seen since the Spring Festival is rainy days, very low temperatures and no sun at all.Today i was talking to someone at work , a local girl, and she said: “the weather is terrible, and in fact it shouldnt be like this! It wasnt like this! Few years ago we would have the 4 seasons in Ningbo, now we go from Very Cold to Very Hot in a few days!!” 
Well you already know what i told her, dont you?
China is growing so fast that even the enviromment is complaining! And im not the only one saying it. I know exaclty what my friend from work is saying! I m not here that long, but in the past 6 years I have seen a lot of change. And i can assure you that China is growing too fast, therefore the enviromment is paying a huge price. But not only that ,the population is also paying the price.Some will defend , others will criticise.. i will just tell you how it is to live in a country that things are changing everyday.
You wake up one day and go out for work , ready to take the bus you take every morning , but wait!? Where is the bus stop?? It was here last night!! Well they are fixing the road, or the sidewalk so the bus stop is not there anymore. Is the bus coming? Well maybe?!Or at lunch time you decide to go to your favourite dumpling restaurant around the corner , but wait the whole building is not there anymore!! Oh yeah the subway is going to pass here, so no more small shops!! Just a big shopping center, that will be ready before the subway starts running.
At this pace China grows and has been growing for more than a decade. I have been here for 6 years and when i arrived i promisse you i thought i was going back on time .. compared to Brazil , 6 years ago China was so behind. In 6 years China not only was able to catch up with Brazil but also left us behind i would say in 10 years! Yeah! That is how behing we are now!!! 
But the cost is too high. 
Im also a proof of that. Living in a developing country that polutes more than creates clean solutions can make you sick as fast as they can build new roads. Not only that, when you live at a place that things are always changing you are under constant stress. When you try to get to work and your bus is not stopping where it used to , you have to start all over again, finding a new way to get to work. When your resting time is disturbed by the construction next door, or when you cant have a nice day out because the weather is so bad and the levels of polution makes the air so tick that you can see the dust, you ask if the price isnt too high!?!
This is year i have rented an apartment that is quiet nice , but further away from most of my friends, i have decided that i cant do that anymore. I need to live at a place that i can rest and have some of the life quality i was used too back home.Sometime ago i shared that I am ready to look for a new place to live, a new address, a new life at a new place. Start over. And i guess today`s post gives you a hint on why I have been thinking about moving away from China. One or two years it is a great experience. Six is a long time and a high cost. Not only to be away from those i love, but also to my health and life quality.
But the sad part is .. I can move away, i have my way out.. what about those that cant? I think about my local friends that will spend the rest of their lifes here, facing this caos daily, seeing their country being distroyed by the progress...

I really hope that China will find a balance between progress and life quality. Between building new buildings and presenving their wonderful past. But deep inside Im afraid that in less than 10 years they will run out of oppitions.
The forecast says we will still see rain for another month. I wonder if i need to buy a boad instead of a bike!