Sorry for the lack of updates here. Honestly nothing very interesting has been happening including during the weekend, except for a KKNBCCB thing that happened which I will elaborate later. But first up, check this video out.
Honestly I only knew about it after going to mrbrown.com to kaypoh kaypoh after a looooong time of not gg to his blog. (It can get a liiiiittttllleee bit boring here...) It's the most WTF thing I've ever seen man!
Ok on to the KNNBCCB thing that happened during the weekend.
I brought Philip, my filipino colleague, to 东门. We had our lunch and he mentioned he wanted to buy DVDs coz he got his new laptop that can watch DVDs. So ok, I brought him to the shop I usually buy from (Ok not, usually, coz so far I only bought Prison Break Season 2, but what the hell...) and he commented they were too expensive (AT 15 RMB a DISK TOO EXPENSIVE??!!) coz he can get cheaper in the Philippines. So ok, I asked him if he wanted to buy from the touts, because what happens usually after you walk out of a DVD shop is a whole bunch of touts will ask you if you wanna buy from them.
As expected, that's what happened and I asked Philip again if he was sure he wanted to do this. He thought what the hell right, we try it once and if it is no good we just don't bother the next time. So ok, I asked one of them how much per piece and before I knew it we were swarmed with aunties asking us to follow them. It took me a while to realize that they are all actually working together instead of competing with each other.
So fine, we followed them, but only because I thought they were going to bring us to a house where they keep their *ahem* DVDs, coz that's what happened in Chengdu when I was there with my mum. But instead, we went to the second storey of a building that had nothing. Instead of showing us DVDs, they showed us catalogues and we were supposed to pick from there, and they would go and get it.
I decided there and then I wasn't going to buy from them, but Philip wanted to browse the catalogue. As we were looking through the catalogue the whole bunch of aunties were crowding us and telling us to buy every damn show there was. Philip picked 5, and here comes the KNNBCCB part. When it came to payment again the aunties crowded us. He didn't have enough change, so he gave them a 100 bucks to change. They changed all right. They changed the real 100 bucks he gave them into a fake 100 bucks and claimed he gave them a fake one. Both of us never saw the swap, and so it happened again, and again, AND again. They swapped away 400 bucks without us realizing, finally I gave up and I said I would pay for him first. I gave them 50 and they gave me back the change.
All this time we didn't realize the money has been changed and what they gave him were fakes. To fast forward a little, we went our seperate ways at the internet cafe, but I got back first because I couldn't reach him on the phone and I was starving, and I didn't have enough money on me to buy dinner. I started to worry for him, but when he came back at about 10pm, he told me he tried to buy clothes with the money just now and the sales girl told him they were fakes. THEN it occured to him the DVD aunties crowded us to create confusion while they swapped the money.
When he told me the story I felt soooo bad coz it was my wise idea to buy from the damn touts. But Philip was nice about it saying it was he who wanted to buy DVDs from them in the first place. I still feel bad about it all, but it did give me a wake up call. In a city of immigrants like Shenzhen, the people will do anything to survive, even if it means to rob, steal, cheat or beg. Many come from farmland, seeking a better life in the city. And when they can't, they resort to immoral means. I don't blame them, but seriously I dun like to go through it either.
We learnt a lesson. Somehow, I'm already looking forward to going home.
Honestly I only knew about it after going to mrbrown.com to kaypoh kaypoh after a looooong time of not gg to his blog. (It can get a liiiiittttllleee bit boring here...) It's the most WTF thing I've ever seen man!
Ok on to the KNNBCCB thing that happened during the weekend.
I brought Philip, my filipino colleague, to 东门. We had our lunch and he mentioned he wanted to buy DVDs coz he got his new laptop that can watch DVDs. So ok, I brought him to the shop I usually buy from (Ok not, usually, coz so far I only bought Prison Break Season 2, but what the hell...) and he commented they were too expensive (AT 15 RMB a DISK TOO EXPENSIVE??!!) coz he can get cheaper in the Philippines. So ok, I asked him if he wanted to buy from the touts, because what happens usually after you walk out of a DVD shop is a whole bunch of touts will ask you if you wanna buy from them.
As expected, that's what happened and I asked Philip again if he was sure he wanted to do this. He thought what the hell right, we try it once and if it is no good we just don't bother the next time. So ok, I asked one of them how much per piece and before I knew it we were swarmed with aunties asking us to follow them. It took me a while to realize that they are all actually working together instead of competing with each other.
So fine, we followed them, but only because I thought they were going to bring us to a house where they keep their *ahem* DVDs, coz that's what happened in Chengdu when I was there with my mum. But instead, we went to the second storey of a building that had nothing. Instead of showing us DVDs, they showed us catalogues and we were supposed to pick from there, and they would go and get it.
I decided there and then I wasn't going to buy from them, but Philip wanted to browse the catalogue. As we were looking through the catalogue the whole bunch of aunties were crowding us and telling us to buy every damn show there was. Philip picked 5, and here comes the KNNBCCB part. When it came to payment again the aunties crowded us. He didn't have enough change, so he gave them a 100 bucks to change. They changed all right. They changed the real 100 bucks he gave them into a fake 100 bucks and claimed he gave them a fake one. Both of us never saw the swap, and so it happened again, and again, AND again. They swapped away 400 bucks without us realizing, finally I gave up and I said I would pay for him first. I gave them 50 and they gave me back the change.
All this time we didn't realize the money has been changed and what they gave him were fakes. To fast forward a little, we went our seperate ways at the internet cafe, but I got back first because I couldn't reach him on the phone and I was starving, and I didn't have enough money on me to buy dinner. I started to worry for him, but when he came back at about 10pm, he told me he tried to buy clothes with the money just now and the sales girl told him they were fakes. THEN it occured to him the DVD aunties crowded us to create confusion while they swapped the money.
When he told me the story I felt soooo bad coz it was my wise idea to buy from the damn touts. But Philip was nice about it saying it was he who wanted to buy DVDs from them in the first place. I still feel bad about it all, but it did give me a wake up call. In a city of immigrants like Shenzhen, the people will do anything to survive, even if it means to rob, steal, cheat or beg. Many come from farmland, seeking a better life in the city. And when they can't, they resort to immoral means. I don't blame them, but seriously I dun like to go through it either.
We learnt a lesson. Somehow, I'm already looking forward to going home.
2 comments:
seems like everyone is having bad experiences in china man.
my sis also, wanlyn got pickpocketed. damn bad.
Hey Dude...Take care of yourself man...these chinese people quite screwed one...Watch out for the aunties and dont keep your wallet in the back pocket...see you soon man...
Cheers
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