Floozy Speak!

tonight we ventured into the the silk market, the rip off capital of the world, i dont know anything about purses, but i figure mary could always use another, lets go with a louis vuitton, that seems like a popular brand, the silk market is a huge single building, laid out inside its like convention center, all these little booths

i sick jen and our interpurter chen on getting me something nice for mary, of course i pick the one i think shed like, chen is great, she scowls at the peddlers, we say no and walk away, 2 seconds later we hear off in the distance behind us "ok ok u buy 80 rmb" , 8.20 rmb to 1 usa buck

some of the peddlers try and stop you when u walk by, the grab yer arm, i about damn near dragged a lady some 8 feet before she let go, i'm constantly hit up by the "u want dvd?" guy, they are everywhere, i get sick of them so as always i jest a bit back with them "u got vhs? limited run betamax? love me long time?" our client decides he wants to see dvd, so he ventures out of the mall area across the street to go see "dvd",

i go back to shopping for mary, family etc, rolex row was pretty interesting, i found the electronics section but chen strongly suggests no go, im tempted by the 1gig duo pro memory stick, just got released, they have them for 860 rmb, roughly a 100 bucks, tempting considering they go for 400 plus online, but still thats alot, i pass

i now have 3 purses, 1 ring, 1 watch, 1 battery for my dscm1, ive spent like nothing, we go out side to find the client who has ventured forth into the street to find "dvd"

"you want sauce?" a woman stares up looking at me,,,"you want sauce?"... i look and in her hands are socks,..."no want sauce" i say,

we find the client in a bar looking at dvds, hes debating getting madagasgar and something else, the dvd guys take offense to chen being there and start yelling at her, she tells us to leave, we leave, now they are following at us shouting, interesting i think, i need this on tape, i snap off some shots and one of the guys grabs my hand with the camera, no pictures, i give the angry american face, we leave

chen is a bit flustered over these thugs, the dvd thug gang, we wait 20 some minutes try to get a cab, the silk street area with every passing minute as beijing gets darker and darker into the night loses more and more of whatever whimsical luster it may have