i was out with richard two days ago doing some errands with him. he wanted to get pants, so we did some shopping. we went into a jeans store near hao shang hao restaurant, in the brand name district. the attendents were very nice and asked me questions in english, of course. i saw some things i liked there, but had no money. there were these overalls, lovely skirt.. about 180 yuan. i'm sure i could get a nice one, cheaper somewhere else. but ... really the thing i want to report.
that day, there were these children performing body conforming acts. there were about 7 children, all about 4 to 8 years old, panhandling. i couldn't look at them. richard thinks it's sad to and tell me not to look. the little girl she was performing upsidedown with a thing she had to put her mouth on to keep her up. it seriously made me feel really, really bad. out of all things. one time.. we saw these men maltreating some local monkeys, making them perform tricks, abusing them. i saw a child who was just bones panhandling, couldn't get up, used a skateboard-like apparatus to pull himself around, very weak. another time, a man with no arms. it's really sad. i don't know. seriously, there is more to life.. we are very lucky, some of us just don't know it
the bus. i found finally the character that will signal the north or south direction. richard told me how. yay bus number 4.
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