The other night we decided our apartment needed some greenery. Walking outside of our complex sat two men and their hundred year old bikes with large plants and small trees that they were trying to sell. Seeing our interest they quickly used their best techniques to sell their treasures, which they did. They even offered to bring it up to our apartment! After choosing one the man loaded it on his tricycle and then proceeded to load another one to try and sell again at our door. We had to laugh at that. Taylor was able to bargain it down a little, but we decided not to bargain too much because we knew they really needed the money after seeing their excitement and happiness at the prospect of selling one. As he biked away toward our complex in the evening hours, us walking a few paces behind, we had to laugh at the mix of worlds: an old man on a hundred year old rickety tricycle with two large plants on the back, biking slowly toward our fairly nice and modern apartment building with taxis and cars parked in front. Past and present all in one moment--it seemed. It would have been quite the picture and I was sorry we hadn't replaced our camera card yet. We ended up buying the second one as well because he really wanted to sell it, and it really did look good. We both made a killing though. He made a load of money, and we bought the plants for an impossibly small price in the US.
Does anyone remember 'News of the Weird' that is published in the SL Tribune?? My fourth
grade teacher used to have us sit down on the carpet every Monday morning, and he'd read us the weird news of the week. Anyhow, welcome to NEWS OF THE WEIRD. That is definitely what my blog has started to proclaim.
Last night when walking home on a busy street amongst hundreds of others, passing a large electronics store stands two teenage boys smoking, facing the side of a delivery truck. Not that weird, but upon closer examination was seen two steady streams of . . . ya, urine. Taylor yells out to them that the front tire is not a bathroom, and they kinda laugh and lean in closer.
And the reason why, folks, the Chinese NEVER wear shoes in their houses, and why we don't either, is because sidewalks are often times used as bathrooms.
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With the street like a toilet, I wonder what it must smell like in China?
sick!!
I love reading your blog! You have such great stories! I can't wait for you to start sharing pictures. I feel like I've been to China in back just by reading a few paragraphs! Keep it up. Love it.
Come on Taylor, you can hardly give lectures about peeing in public. How many times did we defecate each others cars. And do you remember "the stretch" at least they aren't disguising their urination with prayer like we used to do. Anyway thats what I loved about the Philippines, you could pee wherever you want.
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