11/15/2005 11:50:00 PM|||The Zen Master|||I arrived in Hangzhou this evening, and already I can tell that I'm going to have some incredible adventures here. For now, the only evidence will be these two photos, since I'm too tired to really write anything--tomorrow, however, I promise more. In any case, the first one is from the nightstand in my room at the surprisingly well decorated and nice Bokai Commercial Affairs Hotel, where a room with free ethernet is costing my boss only US$25 a night. I'm still waiting for Matt to get back to me on the meaning of Mei Rong Mei Fa. My bet's on "Beautiful lady, beautiful time," or, more accurately, on some weirdly poetic euphemism expressing that sentiment. The other photo is of a miraculous find I made at Vanguard Supermarket tonight--the whole box cost only US$1.10, which in itself is unusual for American junk food in China, although from the box (and the frosting's sad divergence from American tastes) it's clear that they didn't have to import this overseas...it's actually manufactured in China.|||113206984587873552|||Strange images
