In a Nutshell ... this work week passed so slowly. Dinner plans were less than mundane: Monday starved a little, Tuesday pizza hut, Wednesday & Thursday zong guo song, Friday Dazos with CJ. Sat & Sun @ Shezhen with new found buddies from JPM. Selina (helps me with air tickets), Clarins (shares some gossip) & Kal (invites me to house bbq and junk boat party, and afterwork drinks) from office ...... all been very kind to me & Leslie from Nittan too - Cute friendly guy.
Weekend...We took the MTR to Tsim Tsa Tsui & KCR to Luo Hu, right into Shenzhen. I would characterize it as very rampant, unsafe, exposed, city in transition, kai fang, dirty. Ladies a bit outrageous and a bit brazen if you ask me. I am a bit scared of the place really. Liken it to Sg-JB, HK-Shenzhen. Went to apparently the best SPA in town. Queen Spa & Dining, big white and gold sign with huge grand intimating entrance. Walk down a flight of stairs, greeted by ladies in a white Space-suit looking uniform with high collars, all say "Huan Ying Huang Shi Jia Qi...." in loud shrill voices in unison.
Two entrances, one lady one male. First stop: Lockers, change, shower, steam room/sauna, cold/warm pools, Cha Bei, Shower. Second Stop: We change into bright pink/orange like clothes, with a hand tag to identify us and charge expenses to. 3rd floor Spaceship looking place, numerous massage-like chairs with small flat television attached. Free flow fruit bar, juice and drinks bar, restaurant, then Movie area with bright red chairs in cinema setting, snooker table, more non-smoking massage chairs with TVs. All around (males in green spa uniform, ladies in pink uniform, with a number tag attached) are either walking about or lying on the chairs, enjoying TV, or services that lady/male staff provide. Range from head, hand foot massage to foot scrub, ear cleaning etc etc. With their gorging on foot, with white towel as blanket, spacecraft uniform staff walking around, the whole scene looked one or more of these places 1) space craft 2) drug rehab centre 3) hospital. Amusing, but i thought it was really weird. To me it was akin walking in my PJ's and getting SPA-ed and seen with people i know not.
Been spending too much now. SPA, new black heels, trekking top base layer, air ticket to SG, Califonia Fitness trainer. Its crazy, but first month, give and take first. Next month, taxes come, will be quite dead. 17% of salary.
Looking forward to going home. This Thursday night i pack my stuff and go home for the weekend till Monday.
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