The last genuine blog was when I went for a walk with Rainbow on mid-autumn festival day and I haven't really done anything notable since then: teaching, marking (which is soul destroying and takes hours - its like factory work), faffing around with friends, eating and drinking. I did spend one day trying to find a shirt for myself but failed miserably. The problem appears to be that you can only either buy hideously ugly, cheap clothes, or hideously expensive, and still often not very nice, clothes. It's surprising how a country with a GDP per capita of (I think) no more than 5000 USD can support so many high-end department stores that even overpaid English teachers like myself can't really afford to shop in. At one point during the day I actually burst into laughter
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