it's been an unusual weekend. i invited J and N to visit my new place. i thought it would be efficient to order food from the nearby Taiwanese restaurant, and pick up the food on the way home. a colleague placed the order. when i arrived at the restaurant, they called me to tell me that the food was ready. but it was at their location across town. i had ordered from another location of the same restaurant. the staff figured that a laoweis not understanding the language called the wrong number on the form. the manager was gracious and said they would prepare the food again at my location and deliver it. J and N shared similar expat stories.
the next morning i got up early and took my colleague K. to the giant Dongjiadu tailor market. he had clothes by Hugo Boss with a Chinese look. he wanted to make new clothes in similar styles, with some specific design changes - altering the neck, the size of pockets, the location of buttons. they were all very interesting new clothes so i ordered some for me in the same style. i also ordered a jacket made to match a pair of jeans, to use when dancing, using a country-western design. Later V. came and we watched Room with a View, studied Chinese and went dancing.
i made a list of the topics i want to write about in the blog, with pictures. the list includes: a trip to Qindgao, Chinese brides, my friend's trip to Nepal, visiting Singapore, unusual park architecture, the Hangzhou Mix C mall and others. but my time is so limited i don't know when i can prepare the pictures and post them. right now my speed seems to be six month's delay between experiencing something and posting about it in the blog. is that happening to you?
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