Thursday, October 11, 2007

Out with Lisha

So today, met up with Lisha at 9:00am. But she was late. So 9:15. We tried to find something to eat, but was hard because we couldn't find anything we really like. Actually, it was because she got lost trying to find the noodle place to get fish ball noodles. I tell ya, most females can't handle directions at all! =P

Took her to Yoshinoya and tried beef bowls. She didn't really like it, whereas I thought it was okay. If you don't know what beefbowls are, they're like the beef set from Charlie's lunch box. It's thin strips of fatty beef fried with onions, topped over rice. Fast and cheap.

Then we went to Mongkok and TST. Looked around at books and stuff. Walked around way too much. Looked at shirts and shoes (for me, again) and Children's books (for her for tutoring). Most were too expensive, and I didn't want to buy before I came back from China, so basically window shopped.

While we were wandering around, we ate at McDonalds. There, I struck up a conversation with two 'foreigners'. I thought they were Australians, because there were two others at a nearby table with backpacks. It is usually the Australians that travel widely. Turns out they were not with them and they were Canadians! Also from Toronto. One's actually from 404 and Finch. (near Apache). They were here for the consumer fair in Guangzhou. They were in the clothing industry, selling stuff on ebay mostly. That was cool. Lisha drooled over one of them. Granted, I have to agree that objectively, he had the rugged look to him that had quite a charm. Fascinating people, that they would come so far to do business with China.

Then we went around, looking for another fish ball noodle place. Lisha has an unhealthy obsession with it. Saw another white guy. Turns out he's another Canadian, but from Owen sound, not Toronto this time. He's doing his undergrad in International Business in Taiwan. In his 3rd year, entering his fourth. And yet, he still perseveres. Good for him. At least he's willing to experience new stuff.

Then I led Lisha astray by walking in a circle like 3 times. Bad for me. Oh well, we did get home alright though.

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