Tuesday I had a pretty typical day at work, except we went out to lunch instead of ordering box lunches, which was a nice change. Afterwards I went to this vegetarian place that was supposed to be good; it wasn't amazing, but not bad. Decided to follow that up with some chocolate cake at Cafe Transat, since I haven't gotten a good dose of chocolate since I've gotten here. Enjoyed an episode of Grey's in the open air seating. Paid the bill and had the following conversation with the waitress (in Mandarin, of course):
Me: Do you take foreign visa?
Her: How embarrassing, no. Are you a foreigner?
Me: Um, yes.
Her: What country are you from?
Me: America.
Her: Oh...America. American girls are very pretty!
Me: Thanks!
And they don't even tip in China!
Afterwards, I went to check out the Y+ Yoga Center. Got a tour from a very nice woman who spoke very slowly so I could understand everything, and signed up for a Flow 1 class tomorrow. (It's in English, although they have classes in each language.) I'm pretty excited...we'll see how it goes. All the places I went are in Xintiandi, which is right near a subway stop that's 2 stops away from work on the same line.
Took the bus home and took note of the stop that's actually closer to the yoga place. Also was shocked to see another clear foreigner on the bus! I think she was equally surprised to see me.
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Chocolate, Grey's Anatomy and soon, yoga. Does it get any better than this for you beautiful American girls?
Ali, I want a slice of your life.
why did she say "how embarassing?" i don't understand that comment in the context of the e-mail (yes, remedial judy blog lessons continue).
but you are very pretty.
yoga! i should take yoga some mornings next semester, since i don't have any classes until 1pm, and if i don't have something in the morning, you are not allowed to make noise in our room until i wake up...
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