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And if I dig a hole to China/ I'll catch the first junk to Soho
It occurs to me that a) I have nothing to write for NaBloPoMo today and b) I have not yet finished writing up all the little notes that I took in China of things to blog about. Now keep in mind that I got back from China over a month ago, so I may be a little fuzzy on what my notes meant...
- shoes - Um, apparently I wanted to tell you something about shoes, but I have forgotten what. Chinese people wear 'em, if you're curious!
- "what watch?" - After several days of communicating in broken English, I got the following exchange from Casablanca stuck in my head:
Mr. Leuchtag: Frau Leuchtag and I are speaking nothing but English now.
Mrs. Leuchtag: So we should feel at home when we get to America.
Carl: Very nice idea, mm-hmm.
Mr. Leuchtag: [toasting] To America!
Mrs. Leuchtag: To America!
Carl: To America!
Mr. Leuchtag: Liebchen, uh, sweetness heart, what watch?
Mrs. Leuchtag: Ten watch.
Mr. Leuchtag: Such much?
Carl: Hm. You will get along beautiful in America, mm-hmm. - shopping theory - While shopping in a Shanghai mall, I realized that there were many stores that I recognized from the US or France, but many others that I didn't. I checked out some of these stores, but walked past others, and I was trying to figure out why certain ones appealed to me more than others. I realized that subconsciously I was guessing whether a store was in my price range based on the number of items I could see for sale. If you look at the Gap family, for example, there is a greater quantity of clothing on the shopping floor in an Old Navy than in a Banana Republic, and Old Navy is much less expensive. I went into shopping in China with the same expectations and it seemed to work!
- every child in China @ museum - I went to the Shanghai Museum, and it seemed that - due to the upcoming Golden Week holiday - every elementary school in the area had decided to have a field trip to the museum. Chinese schoolchildren are every bit as noisy and bored in museums as American children.
- Crocs - I only saw three pairs the whole time I was in China, all on the feet of white people. I did see a Crocs store in one mall, though!
There are more tales to tell, but I will save them for another night when I can't think of any NaBloPoMo content!
srah - Wednesday, 5 November 2008 - 11:43 PM
Tags: china, nablopomo, nablopomo 2008, travel
Comments (4)
Micah - November 9, 2008 - 10:48 AM - ℓ
Ah, my favorite Aimee Mann-marrying and non-acting Penn brother*.
Your shopping theory seems to be spot-on. All of those stores that have 5 garments on the floor are ridiculously expensive compared to the flooded racks at Old Navy (I just bought a new jacket there in their 50% off outerwear sale yesterday, I should add).
*My favorite non-Aimee-Mann-marrying and acting Penn brother would be the late Chris, solely for his wardrobe in "Reservoir Dogs." Hey, Russian mafia and Sinbad, you're not the only ones who can rock a tacky track suit.
When I did research at the zoo, you could tell what time of year it was based on the school groups. Like, there were many more field trips in May and many more school groups than in November.
I am excited for you that you only saw three pairs of crocs.