net bars in china.

i'm good now. at the net bar in taiyuan. it's actually in a tea house. a nice one. i was in a shitty one the other day. i set out looking for the net since the earthquake in taiwan had caused problems with the servers for weeks on boxing day. first, i went to the world trade hotel. after being discouraged by their absurd prices of 1.5 kuai a minute, i went to a nasty net bar for 2 kuai an hour. i can literally feel my skin burning off. i'm sure it was not only because i had this face wash thing done the day before, but it was just the nastiness of college aged bums and some nasty guy hacking beside me. i totally held my breath for the longest time. for my 2 kuai/30 cents worth of net time, i will never step into a net bar in china again. of course, this net bar is in a nice cafe, so it's okay. but man..