March 12, 2007

Watch, Bag, DVD?

I went to the big "trinket" market yesterday, and here's a quick rundown of how it went:
  • Approach the general area
  • Small Asian person walks up to us and says "Watch, Bag, DVD?" while unfolding a collage of watches, bags, and DVDs
  • Approach a store front, and probably hear, "Hello! English DVD?"
  • Repeat every 20 seconds
  • Teenage Asian girl walks up and asks if we want to come see an art gallery. It's a scam, and essentially it involves being led upstairs to look at some random art, then being told, at the end, to pay a shitload of money. Enter two huge Chinese guys.
  • Enter any store, look at any item, and an owner approaches while pointing and saying "Look, good"
  • "Hello! English DVD?"
  • Went to the Yu Garden, which was cool. Pictures later.
  • Walk by a Starbucks in the middle of the trinket market. Excellent.
  • The world is still obsessed with the idea that white people like to buy T-shirts
  • Leave
If you're wondering, we did not buy any "Watch, Bag, DVD".

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