Hallo Friday!
If I seem to be in a good mood then it's only on account of extreme amounts of caffeine in my system.
Today was a typical day around town, something of an excursion which started with traditional Northern flavoured bowl of noodles followed by a languorous walk around the area which involved me popping into various shops and checking out things, which is always so much fun.
It's only during such adventures that one comes across various speciality stores.
Case in point a shop dedicated to only selling imported food items nearing their expiration dates being sold at fraction of a price. I mean hahaha. what on earth?
Imagine finding a very expensive box of speciality chocolates which apart from being costly are also rare and lo here they are at 1/5th the price and three months away from expiration!
What do you do? Of course, you buy them because they will be eaten within the next couple weeks, ditto for a very high-quality organic dishwashing liquid which I don't come across too often of which I now possess five bottles because who the hell really cares of dishwashing liquid's expiration date. Organic or not?
I found it for 10 RMB a bottle when one usually comes for about 60.
Another shop which smelled of extremely potent alcohol beckoned. It housed large earthen pots with taps and upon inquiry, I was informed that it is locally made wine and well I ended up with a small bottle of it. Absolutely delicious I tell you. So much better than the local wines sold in expensive bottles.
Alright, the walking excursion then had me needing some coffee, but I wasn't in the sort of area which housed coffee shops since I was traversing the more traditional area of this city and that included lots of small speciality shops and stores and soon there was a lovely Taiwanese tea store where I had the most insanely delicious Green tea with grass jelly and brown sugar and by the heavens, one wasn't enough so I had another.
On way back home I bought vegetables and met a friend who insisted I go to her house for coffee and well, I was already two tea's down but she wouldn't have no for an answer and then, well, then I had a cup of the strongest coffee in town which now has me twitching.
So, my day has been eventful, only because I didn't feel like staying home after a shower and wanted to go on a very long walk.
The walk was indeed too long but not without its share of a lot of fun.
If I seem to be in a good mood then it's only on account of extreme amounts of caffeine in my system.
Today was a typical day around town, something of an excursion which started with traditional Northern flavoured bowl of noodles followed by a languorous walk around the area which involved me popping into various shops and checking out things, which is always so much fun.
It's only during such adventures that one comes across various speciality stores.
Case in point a shop dedicated to only selling imported food items nearing their expiration dates being sold at fraction of a price. I mean hahaha. what on earth?
Imagine finding a very expensive box of speciality chocolates which apart from being costly are also rare and lo here they are at 1/5th the price and three months away from expiration!
What do you do? Of course, you buy them because they will be eaten within the next couple weeks, ditto for a very high-quality organic dishwashing liquid which I don't come across too often of which I now possess five bottles because who the hell really cares of dishwashing liquid's expiration date. Organic or not?
I found it for 10 RMB a bottle when one usually comes for about 60.
Another shop which smelled of extremely potent alcohol beckoned. It housed large earthen pots with taps and upon inquiry, I was informed that it is locally made wine and well I ended up with a small bottle of it. Absolutely delicious I tell you. So much better than the local wines sold in expensive bottles.
Alright, the walking excursion then had me needing some coffee, but I wasn't in the sort of area which housed coffee shops since I was traversing the more traditional area of this city and that included lots of small speciality shops and stores and soon there was a lovely Taiwanese tea store where I had the most insanely delicious Green tea with grass jelly and brown sugar and by the heavens, one wasn't enough so I had another.
On way back home I bought vegetables and met a friend who insisted I go to her house for coffee and well, I was already two tea's down but she wouldn't have no for an answer and then, well, then I had a cup of the strongest coffee in town which now has me twitching.
So, my day has been eventful, only because I didn't feel like staying home after a shower and wanted to go on a very long walk.
The walk was indeed too long but not without its share of a lot of fun.
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