Old Navy

Hello all!!

I hope you are all doing well, keeping yourselves busy, but not too busy and staying healthy as we go thru a season change again... or almost a season change.

Time to update you on all things "mua" ... I went to Shanghai this last weekend. =)

We had our usual Friday study and did a lesson involving trust falls. That was comical. And a great time. Then, Saturday morning, I set off for Shanghai. Arriving for a late lunch, then Jen and I ventured into town to check out Old Navy. Yes, that's right. There just opened an Old Navy in Shangahi... Crazy!! It has three floors, although the floors aren't that big. It's got everything you'd expect from an Old Navy in America. The clothes seemed to be of the same quality and of similar sizing, and the price was about usual for a higher end store in China. The translated price came out to be similar to U.S. prices... A dress was about 200 kuai which is about 30 dollars. We got free popcorn while we were shopping too! It was a fun little trip. Then, we had a women's study back at Jen's apartment. The guys surprised us by stopping by with roses for each of the ladies in honor of national women's day, which was super cute, and very thoughtful.

Sunday morning we took the 45 min subway ride to the other half of the city and had ch/rch followed by subway for lunch. The trip back to the train station included a stop to get marshmallows. (In case more rice krispies need to happen... and they will)  At the train station there was quite a line, and the only ticket available was at 8pm... I got it at 3... So I hopped back on the metro and went to Alison and Josh's house to watch a movie while I waited for my train time.

I ended up getting back to the 'Xing after most of the busses into town were finished running, and I didn't have money for a taxi, so I took the only bus running to Zion and crashed for the evening there.

One funny occurrence was on the train. There was this woman who I recognized but couldn't place. She looked so familiar! But she was too old to be one of the college kids who I would know from study, and I didn't think she was one of my street food ladies... Well, I got off the train, and she was on the same bus as I... Still couldn't place her. I decided I'd never know. Turns out I was mistaken. When I got on the 188 bus this morning, THERE SHE WAS! Suddenly it clicked. She's the ticket lady on the bus, and when I took the bus everyday to school back in October, she was often the one on the bus taking my money.... We acknowledged one another and I sat down. Haha. It was definitely one of those rare moments in life.

The trip to Shanghai was just a random thing... I decided it would be nice to see everyone, and get away for a bit. I'll definitely be going back and perusing old navy some more...

Now, I'm sipping some hot chocolate... enjoying what's left of my afternoon.

Until next time.