Jodhpur – Omellete War Part 2
November 17, 2005
Gopal Guesthouse 150 Rs/ double bed
“The boss should be taught that Taiwan is part of China” write a message in Chinese characters in one among the guestbooks of the Omelette shop recommended by Lonely Planet. It seems that this fellow mainland Chinese traveller was not happy being asked by the owner, “From China? From Taiwan?”
Then this message was responded by a Taiwanese, with big English letters “Taiwan is always a free individual!!!”
The respond aroused anger in other mainlander “What a bull-shit!!!” in big Chinese characters, followed by reasons of why Taiwan was part of China.
And there were another responds by nationalist Taiwanese complaining “these ugly mainlanders”.
What a phenomenon. A guestbook of an omellete shop in the middle of nowhere in Rajasthan became a political written war between the mainlanders and Taiwanese.
BTW, the owner of the shop, being proud of featured by the book, keep showing us the guestbooks, pictures, postcards, and also photos he got from the guests. But we just wanted omellete.
As I was also asked to write in the book, I wrote, “The omelette was nice, but would be nicer if I wasnt forced to write. I just want omelette!” in Indonesian language.
Its very amusing, these people (inluding you Gus, by putting this story) can make omellete into something so sophisticated.