Today was my first day of classes at City University. I had Mandarin - this is going to be interesting. I am ok with remembering words and characters, but my pronounciation is a little off. Luckily I have the class every day for two hours, so I'm hoping that means I won't forget anything. After class I went to the mall - the school's MTR stop is located in the biggest mall I've ever seen, although apparently it's pretty dinky by Hong Kong standards. The salespeople in China are a lot more attentive than in the States - every store I had three people following me, holding things up for me, and trying to wait on me hand and foot. In one shoe store, the saleswoman asked me if I was a student, and we ended up chatting for 10 minutes. People here are really friendly to foreigners, much more so than in China. In China they stare at you, but its more like you're an animal in a zoo than an interesting person.
Tomorrow I have International Economic Relations in the morning and then Mandarin in the afternoon. After that my roommate and I are going to the Ladies Street Market to buy shoes - I hope I find something cute and cheap :)
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Ladies Street Market...is that just for ladies?
ReplyDeleteIs the reason the sales people follow you is cause they want you to buy...are you using your "charm" to do a little haggling?
ReplyDeleteHave fun and buy buy those shoes...what about purses?
Classes sound interesting esp the Mandarin.
Love, Grandma
It is NOT just for ladies, although it was ladies' heaven. I am in LOVE with it and am going back tomorrow :-X I'm keeping my spending under control I promise! I just want to swap a dress I want for a different color - I got home and realized everything I own is blue. Hopefully I can convince them to let me swap and get through the market without buying anything else! (at least for now)
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