{"id":2363,"date":"2009-09-01T07:17:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T23:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianramblings.com\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2009-09-01T07:17:49","modified_gmt":"2009-08-31T23:17:49","slug":"shopping-china-passing-grade-stevo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/shopping-china-passing-grade-stevo\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping in China: A passing grade for Stevo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ugly-shirts.JPG\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2373\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/ugly-shirts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ugly-shirts.jpg?fit=400%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,506\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1251789020&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ugly Shirts?\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;An image of knock-off shirts in China. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Buying ugly shirts in China is really easy.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ugly-shirts.jpg?fit=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ugly-shirts.jpg?fit=400%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2373 alignright\" title=\"Ugly Shirts?\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ugly-shirts.JPG?w=300\" alt=\"Buying ugly shirts in China is really easy.\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I bought some new duds for my new role as a \u2026 I don\u2019t think I have a title at my new job. Mrs. Stevo gave me instructions before I went to the market. No XL-sized shirts. As I\u2019ve lost weight she thought I could wear something a little less tent-like.<\/p>\n<p>And nothing ugly.<\/p>\n<p>Ugly is a pretty relative term. I won\u2019t argue the fact that I do buy ugly shirts: In fact, the ugliest shirts I can find. Anyone who has visited China (no, not Beijing or Shanghai, and certainly not Hong Kong) will know that foreigners tend to be stared at. I figure I will give the staring public something to see, and possibly blind them, with an assortment of garish plaids and neon monstrosities. I use <a title=\"Asian Fashion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shops.hk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asian Fashion<\/a> to my advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Aside: the day before I was wed my bride-to-be and we were taken to a restaurant in Hunan Province. The town boasts (occasionally) one foreign English teacher. We walked into the upscale eatery and the room went completely silent. It was like something from a movie. Every eye was focused on me. I think I was wearing an orange and yellow striped shirt. No, no one to the best of my knowledge, went blind.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing ugly, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Stevo\u2019s wardrobe has improved greatly since I first met her. Back in the heady dating days of 2005 she was festooned with lace and sequins. Her color combination were both frightening and interesting. Slowly, with a gentle nudge or two (and several pounds of severed sequins lodged inside the washing machine) she started to wear clothes I would call \u201cclassy.\u201d I place the love of sequins at the feet of the Chinese education system. After 12 years of school uniforms you might be up for wearing a sequin or two.<\/p>\n<p>Question: Did I buy anything ugly? Did you disobey the Hunanese fireball?<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, no. A pink short-sleeve shirt, and golf shirts, purple and black (they say Polo and even have the little logo, but I don\u2019t think they are strictly kosher). The Lee navy-blue trousers (knock-offs) have a size 34 waist. I haven\u2019t worn something so small since my pre-fat days (before 2002). They are a little tight, not in the waist. I could be an extra on <em>Queer as Folk<\/em> if needed.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as she returned from work Mrs. Stevo inspected my purchases. All passed muster, except the pink shirt \u2013 it was too faded and looked old. A passing grade for me.<\/p>\n<p>I will sneak back to the market and buy something incredibly ugly. 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