A friend is talking about a girl, month watering.
'She is so so hot. Her sexy body...'
'But hers breasts are only B-cup.' response from his audience.
' How impossible! My wife is b-cup, too. How come such a huge difference?'
...
In the end he convinced himself :
The difference is B could be capital B or small letter b.
Nov 30, 2006
Nov 29, 2006
discovering my neighbourhood
' Is it Xia-che-lu stop?' I asked the driver for the direction for the post office.
'Yes, you get off at Xia-che-lu stop. The post office is just at the left corner.'
But..., Xia-che-lu is new name for me. It means' get-off-bus road'. How strange the name is! And I have never heard of it, although I live only 15 minutes' walk away.
The bus pulled in at the stop. I GOT OFF THE BUS at the GET-OFF-BUS stop.
I went there to pick the parcel express delivered from my hero housekeeper from Suzhou Glamour Hotel. They must totally understand my difficult situation of having no right glasses,(Thanks alot).
This is a new street, or to be more exact, an extension part of an existing one, but who chose such a name for it? I am really so interested.
And I should say this is my second discovery for my neighbourhood today. The first one was: in the morning I put on my old frame glasses, regardless of all blurred vision, just so as to find the penalty office for my overdue tap-water charges.
On the notice there's the address only. I clearly know the street, for it's the one right in front of my university campus. However, I don't know on which end No. 1 is. So anyway, I went to the middle part, to whose north is the campus. The street has been expanded a lot and there are much more new apartment building and stores on it than before.
However, after I got the clue for direction and began walking down in the southern direction down the street. The scene there surprised me. Compared to the new stores and expanded street other side, the south part seemed so forgotten. The old dirty markets, houses, narrow street, none public buses. What's going on?
And there I saw the alley Tai-ping-men alley. I haven't heard of it until two days before I met a driver who once based his 'special service' beauty saloon there. It was in the hotel restaurant when he and a tour guide began talking loudly and excitedly about their experiences, prices and all details in Hangzhou and Beijing respectively while we were accompanied by 60-70 people having dinner in the same restaurant lobby. He said he had about girls working for him but he had strong competition from others on the same street. He talked about the pricing system between him and his girls. He was so proud of one girl who once did some stripping dance and other thus earned him 1800 yuan. In the end he didn't answer why took a job of driver but he expressed if one day he's going back to this business, he will do only classy girls, instead of cheap ones.
It was not special alley; and it was now still in the morning, Sunday morning. Maybe at night it would become wild again. But were his girls still working there? I wouldn't like to think more because very soon I found the office and completed my task.
It's like another day of travel, although it was around my neighbourhood.
'Yes, you get off at Xia-che-lu stop. The post office is just at the left corner.'
But..., Xia-che-lu is new name for me. It means' get-off-bus road'. How strange the name is! And I have never heard of it, although I live only 15 minutes' walk away.
The bus pulled in at the stop. I GOT OFF THE BUS at the GET-OFF-BUS stop.
I went there to pick the parcel express delivered from my hero housekeeper from Suzhou Glamour Hotel. They must totally understand my difficult situation of having no right glasses,(Thanks alot).
This is a new street, or to be more exact, an extension part of an existing one, but who chose such a name for it? I am really so interested.
And I should say this is my second discovery for my neighbourhood today. The first one was: in the morning I put on my old frame glasses, regardless of all blurred vision, just so as to find the penalty office for my overdue tap-water charges.
On the notice there's the address only. I clearly know the street, for it's the one right in front of my university campus. However, I don't know on which end No. 1 is. So anyway, I went to the middle part, to whose north is the campus. The street has been expanded a lot and there are much more new apartment building and stores on it than before.
However, after I got the clue for direction and began walking down in the southern direction down the street. The scene there surprised me. Compared to the new stores and expanded street other side, the south part seemed so forgotten. The old dirty markets, houses, narrow street, none public buses. What's going on?
And there I saw the alley Tai-ping-men alley. I haven't heard of it until two days before I met a driver who once based his 'special service' beauty saloon there. It was in the hotel restaurant when he and a tour guide began talking loudly and excitedly about their experiences, prices and all details in Hangzhou and Beijing respectively while we were accompanied by 60-70 people having dinner in the same restaurant lobby. He said he had about girls working for him but he had strong competition from others on the same street. He talked about the pricing system between him and his girls. He was so proud of one girl who once did some stripping dance and other thus earned him 1800 yuan. In the end he didn't answer why took a job of driver but he expressed if one day he's going back to this business, he will do only classy girls, instead of cheap ones.
It was not special alley; and it was now still in the morning, Sunday morning. Maybe at night it would become wild again. But were his girls still working there? I wouldn't like to think more because very soon I found the office and completed my task.
It's like another day of travel, although it was around my neighbourhood.
thanksgiving
Three bills on my door. For cable TV, water and electricity. My roommate was not in. He totally forgot to pay off the bills. They were all sharp and tough, mentioning I have to pay the penalty before end of this month or all these services would be shut off.
It was day of thanksgiving. I was in not any mood of celebrating with friends after a long day's travel and seeing those red-letter notices. And besides:
I've lost my frame glasses. Or left behind at the hotel of Suzhou. But I was so stupid not until 6pm, already away for 10 hours,when I found out. I was being surrounded by the crowd at the transit area between metro line 1 and line 2. Seemingly pushed by all Shanghai communters going off work, I seached my bags inside out but all in vain. I had to run fast too, in order to catch the train or bus back to Hangzhou.
There were no more train tickets available; so hurriedly I walked around the huge train station square from the south to the north side, because the long distance bus station is only there. It was raining with big wind; I was so tired, so exhausted and so wet, even I had an umbrealla.
I bought the bus ticket 5 minutes before the bus ran out of the station. 9 pm I was back to Hangzhou and I saw those bills. Why were they so mean to do it on Thanksgiving?
Today was more thanksgiving-ly? I contacted the hotel and they promised me to send back my glasses as soon as possible;a friend invited me to a big buffet dinner; and bangkok airways send me email informing I could possibly collect my ticket at the transit counter, so that means I could save some 1600 thai baht for the visa and departure tax,(thank you.)
It was day of thanksgiving. I was in not any mood of celebrating with friends after a long day's travel and seeing those red-letter notices. And besides:
I've lost my frame glasses. Or left behind at the hotel of Suzhou. But I was so stupid not until 6pm, already away for 10 hours,when I found out. I was being surrounded by the crowd at the transit area between metro line 1 and line 2. Seemingly pushed by all Shanghai communters going off work, I seached my bags inside out but all in vain. I had to run fast too, in order to catch the train or bus back to Hangzhou.
There were no more train tickets available; so hurriedly I walked around the huge train station square from the south to the north side, because the long distance bus station is only there. It was raining with big wind; I was so tired, so exhausted and so wet, even I had an umbrealla.
I bought the bus ticket 5 minutes before the bus ran out of the station. 9 pm I was back to Hangzhou and I saw those bills. Why were they so mean to do it on Thanksgiving?
Today was more thanksgiving-ly? I contacted the hotel and they promised me to send back my glasses as soon as possible;a friend invited me to a big buffet dinner; and bangkok airways send me email informing I could possibly collect my ticket at the transit counter, so that means I could save some 1600 thai baht for the visa and departure tax,(thank you.)
what's new!
Still busy reading many, so many travelogue posted on different webs; still hesitating on some programme.But my coming tour in Dec through Jan,2007 will be like:
Dec 18 fly from Xiamen, China to Bangkok, Thailand;
Dec 19 fly to Yangon,Myanmar
Dec 20- Jan 09 visit cities in Myanmar, including Yangon, Bagon, Mandalay, Kalaw, Inle lake etc.
Jan 09-12 Bangkok, Thailand
Jan 12-18 North of Thailand, including Chiang Mai, Pai, Suhkuthai etc.
Jan 19 -... Laos
Jan19-25 in Laos, then back to Kunming, China.
Anyone interested? Welcome to join. I talked with several guys, but there was always problems of timing and length of the travel. Actually I am not sure if I myself can continue through to the very end (maybe after I finish Myanmar and Bangkok, I will buy a ticket to fly back. Good luck
Dec 18 fly from Xiamen, China to Bangkok, Thailand;
Dec 19 fly to Yangon,Myanmar
Dec 20- Jan 09 visit cities in Myanmar, including Yangon, Bagon, Mandalay, Kalaw, Inle lake etc.
Jan 09-12 Bangkok, Thailand
Jan 12-18 North of Thailand, including Chiang Mai, Pai, Suhkuthai etc.
Jan 19 -... Laos
Jan19-25 in Laos, then back to Kunming, China.
Anyone interested? Welcome to join. I talked with several guys, but there was always problems of timing and length of the travel. Actually I am not sure if I myself can continue through to the very end (maybe after I finish Myanmar and Bangkok, I will buy a ticket to fly back. Good luck
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