Zaran jälkeen kävin Muji
liikkeestä hankimassa koukkuja ja muita vastaavia tuotteita, jotta saisin
laukut ripustettua ylös. Kävin Yoba:ssa pitämässä taon syöden frozen yogurttia juustokakkupalojen
ja mansikkakastikkeen kanssa. Jatkoin kirjakauppaan, josta löysin kaksi kiina-aiheisia
kirjoja, jotka ostin. Ensimmäinen sisältää lyhyitä tarinoita kiinalaisten
käyttäytymisestä ja toinen on nimeltään Niubi! The real
Chinese you were never taught in school ja se on kuin sanakirja. Sanasto kylläkin sisältään enimmäkseen slangia ja
kirosanoja, mutta jos opin pari sanaa ja lausetta sieltä ehkä kiinalaiset
luulevat minun ymmärtävän enemmän kuin mitä oikeasti tajuan. Olisin vielä käydä
hierojalla, mutta en löytänyt mitään hyvää ja halpaa paikkaa keskuksesta.
Lopuksi kävin Paris Baguette:n kautta ostamassa syötävää kotiin illaksi. En
tietenkään miettinyt yhtään kun lähdin ostarilta kotiin päin tasan kello
kuudelta. Tähän aikaan kaikki olivat matkalla kotiin, mutta kyllä metro- ja
bussimatkat jotenkin onnistuivat.
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Today I went to Super Brand Mall to go through
the sales. I don’t like the mall that much, but since it was raining outside I
decided it would be better to start from there. I had noticed that Zara had up
to -50% sales, which was pretty good compared to the prices they put in Finland
during sales. I went to try on clothes three times so I got to know the employee
in charge of the dressing rooms pretty quickly. First time I went there he didn’t
understand when I said five in Chinese. The next time he wanted to give number
four, even though I had six items. And the last time he was really confused
with the numbers. I bought from Zara a hoodie, skirt-shorts and two pairs of
t-shirts for 400RMB.
After Zara I went to Muji and bought some
hooks for my room so I could start hanging up bags, instead of having the
laying around on the floor. I had hooks and stuff in my previous room, but they
were stuck in the wall. I had a short break at Yoba, where I got some frozen
yogurt with cheese cake pieces and strawberry sauce. I continued my shopping to
a book store, where I bought two Chinese related books. The first one has short
stories about Chinese behavior and the second one is a dictionary with mostly
swearwords. I actually didn’t realize that the most of the words in the
dictionary are of that kind, that I will never be able to use them. I would
have wanted to get a massage, but the places in the mall were too expansive, so
I went to Paris Baguette to get some food with me home. Of course I left the
mall exactly at six o’clock so getting home with the rest of the working force in
Shanghai wasn’t too pleasant, but I managed it.