Variations on a theme: How to waste a Monday afternoon

The short version
Arise late and jetlagged. Wander to the subway. Get lost, reach destination at last. 15 minutes of crossroads confucion and mixing up malls. In disappointment at destination, retreat to Starbucks. Lunch, after lingering over restaurant choice. Tit around and take photos of the staff (with Property Biweekly magazine). Then watch Tommy barter in a market for three hours, but buy nothing. Walk. Fail to find the electronics we need (again).

Tommy's official version
"I was indulging my cultural side by means of bargaining, getting to know more about the Jewish side of the Chinese culture."

Mark's add-on
Tommy, at one particularly challenging stage of the bargaining, asked me if I thought it would be OK to pay the shopowner not to buy the black and red dragon kimono he was sporting.

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Marky

Tommy's retort
The truly 'short' version.
'How to waste a monday afternoon'... Spend it with Mark!

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Tommy