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What I saw in the park this morning. It looked like Mao having an epileptic crisis.
My new boss walks in and after meeting me she says “啊 好帅的！“ (omg, he’s cute!) to my colleagues. Then one of them says “um.. he speaks Chinese”. Then she translates embarrassed ”I was saying, you look ok”.
I live in a lane-house in Shanghai in the French concession area. Sometimes it’s a bit complex for postmen to find the letter or package recipient’s exact address. When they don’t, what they do is stand in the middle of the lane court and start SHOUTING the name of the person to which the letter is addressed 10-20 times in a row. I usually wake up on Sundays at 9:30am to shouts like: “SHENG MI, SHENG MI, SHENG MI”, or “YANG FAN, YANG FAN, YANG FAN!”
A store in a Shanghai mall. I mean in terms of kitchiness this is topnotch.
Just saw a small dog walk on the street dressed as …. A BEE! with fake wings, the stripes and of course, the cheesy antennas. Only in Shanghai.
This is how I carried my luggage around today. After I bought it my friend said “Are you mad, you’re stuck with it now”. “I’ll find a way” I replied.
I couldn’t help but take a photo. 台式 which literally means “Taiwan style” but 台 (Tai) also means desk. Hence the desktop noodles. Couldn’t stop laughing.
Today at a local restaurant as I wanted to pay I handed a 100RMB bill to the waitress. After 5 min she brought it back saying I had paid already. I obviously hadn’t. Just for the stupidity of not even asking whether I had and the mess up for confidently affirming I already had I just walked out. Should I feel bad? Cause I don’t lol
