Hospital
My roommate checked into the hospital this afternoon for a small surgery. She's been kinda nervous about it, but it's pretty minor and she'll only be there for two nights. I went with her today to help her get settled in and keep her mind off things. The surgery isn't until tommorow morning, but they asked us to get there by noon today. They hadn't yet figured out a time, but told us that it would be definitively scheduled by 7 pm. We had a bit of time to kill, and Betty had pointed out the other patients wheeling their dripping IV sacks out and about the area around the hospital, (some even going outside to grab a quick smoke!) so we figured we could spend the time with a bit of shopping and some lunch.
So after (!) checking into the hospital, we tooled around looking at what must have been the world's most hideous shoes (faux fur animal prints and suede cut into geometric patterns, and large bows all on the same shoe!), and finding things with horrible English on them, which has to be one of my favorite things to do! My favorite find in the English category: a t-shirt that read "Shhhhkhk Khkhhrk No Prblem Baby." Sadly, it was only in a magazine, but is available for purchase at major retail outlets across Taiwan. Now, the "proper" English at the bottom lets you know that whoever made the shirt at least knew *some* English, and renders the shirt that much more of a mystery. Why the nonsense words? Were you being paid by the letter? The best part was that it was modeled by a western girl who looked like she was scream-laughing in the photo. We concluded she was trying to understand what the hell her shirt was on about...
We talked about Taiwanese fashion, which is in a category all it's own. Mismatching patterns, faux fur, plaids and polka dots, big bows, applique ducks, anything and everything goes here. Of course, the psuedo-mullet has gained amazing amounts of popularity, as has a shade of hair color that is best described as bottle orange. In fact, the other day I spotted the best hairdo yet: a man with a permed mullet! You just can't get better than that! Interestingly enough, I find that the fashion is growing on me, and the only thing that's stopped me from becoming as nattily dressed as my Taiwanese cohort is the size issue. Shoes and everything else are just too damn small! It's a shame, but what can you do when the average woman here is a size 4? I'll find a way around it though. I'm creative. Accessories, accessories, accessories! If worse comes to worse, I can buy two purple faux fur vests and sew them together! :) In the meantime, I'll try to makeover Kristy. I think she might have a little bit easier time finding clothes that fit! We discussed it a little and I think it would be a fun girly-bonding day!
In any case, Kristy is all settled in and we had a good adventure. I'll head back to the hospital tomorrow to check up on her, and some women from work and her other friends are also taking good care of her.
So after (!) checking into the hospital, we tooled around looking at what must have been the world's most hideous shoes (faux fur animal prints and suede cut into geometric patterns, and large bows all on the same shoe!), and finding things with horrible English on them, which has to be one of my favorite things to do! My favorite find in the English category: a t-shirt that read "Shhhhkhk Khkhhrk No Prblem Baby." Sadly, it was only in a magazine, but is available for purchase at major retail outlets across Taiwan. Now, the "proper" English at the bottom lets you know that whoever made the shirt at least knew *some* English, and renders the shirt that much more of a mystery. Why the nonsense words? Were you being paid by the letter? The best part was that it was modeled by a western girl who looked like she was scream-laughing in the photo. We concluded she was trying to understand what the hell her shirt was on about...
We talked about Taiwanese fashion, which is in a category all it's own. Mismatching patterns, faux fur, plaids and polka dots, big bows, applique ducks, anything and everything goes here. Of course, the psuedo-mullet has gained amazing amounts of popularity, as has a shade of hair color that is best described as bottle orange. In fact, the other day I spotted the best hairdo yet: a man with a permed mullet! You just can't get better than that! Interestingly enough, I find that the fashion is growing on me, and the only thing that's stopped me from becoming as nattily dressed as my Taiwanese cohort is the size issue. Shoes and everything else are just too damn small! It's a shame, but what can you do when the average woman here is a size 4? I'll find a way around it though. I'm creative. Accessories, accessories, accessories! If worse comes to worse, I can buy two purple faux fur vests and sew them together! :) In the meantime, I'll try to makeover Kristy. I think she might have a little bit easier time finding clothes that fit! We discussed it a little and I think it would be a fun girly-bonding day!
In any case, Kristy is all settled in and we had a good adventure. I'll head back to the hospital tomorrow to check up on her, and some women from work and her other friends are also taking good care of her.
posted by CJ at 6:12 AM
2 Comments:
(eric)
If you're that much bigger than the locals, perhaps a Cassie-In-Taiwan verion of Godzilla or a similar monster movie might be fun....
That might not be a bad idea. I have a picute of me standing next to a Chinese teacher and I do look a little Godzilla-y. I'm so much taller and my head looks Conan O'Brien huge! Crush! Smash! Grunt! Destroy!
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