Observations on Nothing

This is all random:

Since I haven’t found a place to do laundry yet, I’m starting to have thoughts like: “the less I wear this shirt, the later I’ll need to wash it!”

The bathtub is quite large… I find myself turning it on even when I don’t need to bathe because by the time it’s filled, who knows?

The stall in my bathroom has two issues with it- for one, the "Joey phone."


I just noticed my hotel room is called “The Two Brothers.” My question is, when does he get here and why are there two bathrobes?


I saw quite a few Germans in the morning on the shuttle bus to the Company. However, at night, they all disappeared which leads me to believe there’s a German underground railroad that transports them to Downtown Shanghai.

Today I splurged and bought some emergency food in case the hotel restaurant closed for any reason. I bought four cup noodles and a milk tea, but I still haven’t found a grocery store yet. I included the plastic bag because I actually had to buy it. The bundle cost me 22 yuan.


Tonight I ate in the hotel again. Apparently there is another place just at the outskirts of town I could eat at, but I didn’t feel like groping around in the dark to find it. Only two people served me tonight, which is like a 300% improvement in labour productivity for the hotel. Tonight was baked chicken rice, which cost 35 kuai. I thought about buying a beer to go with dinner, but then realized it cost more than my entire meal and decided to pass on it. The meal was served with very romantic lighting; I could barely see my food as it was illuminated by a sole spotlight.


It was also my first day of work today; tomorrow I'll be heading Downtown for a meet and greet with a marketing company our company has contracted. I'll talk about work later, but so far so good.

Dialogue

- Cat & Free, I think the lighting in the room is much too dark for them to take my kidneys without damaging the merchandise. I am blood type O though so there could be some credence to your theory.
- Nick, I've gotten past the jet lag thanks to a good night's rest and a busy work day.
- Phil, sorry I won’t be able to read/comment on your blog anymore. It's not because I hate you or what you stand for. The Great Firewall of China has blocked Wordpress.
- Char, the reason we were talking about the women in Suzhou is because I wanted to appeal to the driver’s regionalist sentiments in striking up a conversation. I asked him what was Suzhou known for, and he said... nu ren!