I bought shoes. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, I, queen of the size 8 1/2, found shoes in China. They were in the bin marked "These are way too big for anyone else in this country, so we are putting them on sale!" So for 35 kuai (about $4.50), I have pink shoes. My sister also bought bright pink tennis shoes while she was living abroad. Apparently it's a Schleske girl tradition.
The reason that I came across these shoes is that I was shopping with Joni. Joni is performing the wedding of Paul and Grace on Saturday (they are Chinese), and she needed black shoes to go with the dress she just had tailored. This is a lot harder than it sounds, and we spent a good two hours looking at black shoes.
In some of the cheaper stores, they keep extra sizes in the ceiling, so there is a rope with a basket attached to it, and some poor guy has to sit in the ceiling all day raising and lowering shoes. I was crouched down looking at tennis shoes that were on sale when a red high heel mysteriously came plummeting down from the ceiling and landed on me. It was hysterical. Also, in many shoes stores, they don't realize that we can speak Chinese. Or, more accurately, that Joni can speak Chinese, so they spend five minutes trying to find someone who isn't afraid to talk to the foreigners, which is even funnier.
On a side note, for those of you who talk to Dad, I have my very own stalker who is in a cult. Isn't that fun? Also, there is a student at school whose parents sell things on the street, are very poor, and are in bad health. The student works a job and goes to school. He tried to gamble to get money for his parents to see a doctor, and now he is addicted to gambling. He tried to commit suicide the other day. Joni is paying for his parents to see a doctor in Guiyang, hopefully on Monday after the wedding. Also, I am going through a phase of culture shock where I have huge mood swings, and sometimes my heart just feels kind of dead.
On a lighter note, we are going to a wedding on Saturday! We are going to Joni's for lunch. I have to French braid her hair, and we are going to help carry the groom's cake and a bunch of other stuff to the wedding. I'll let you know how it goes!
posted by Sara @ 3:25 AM
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