Published by Swiss James on 14 May 2007 at 01:00 pm
wkend (including the guys who wet themselves)
I was no good at drinking this weekend, Friday night I was home by 2am, Saturday by a bit after midnight. For future reference I should remember that a jug of JD and Coke doesn’t sit well on top of Guinness and a steak sandwich, and staying up until 8am chatting on MSN messenger isn’t the best way to set yourself up for a productive day.
By rights, Saturday should have been a total wash-out, but my friend Emma- oh OK then, my girlfriend Emma- came round after she finished her morning lessons (teaching, she’s not a 14 year old schoolgirl) so I couldn’t really just lie in bed all day. Our first stop was at the fabric market where I’d ordered a pair of linen suits. I was dead chuffed with them, the buttons on the sleeves actually fasten, the lining is as smooth as polyester silk and although one jacket only has one arm and the other has three, that’s a an average of two per jacket. Not bad for a total bill of 700RMB (47 squid) I’m sure you’ll agree.
After that we walked through some crazy markets and backstreets in the old town / Bund area. Even though Emma is as English as cucumber sandwiches, she speaks pretty good Chinese which is a lot of fun. You get a lot more out of a walk down a typical Shanghai street when you’re with someone who knows the lingo
Emma- “This woman says you have very long eyelashes”
Me- “She’s right, I have”
Chinese lady - <something or other>
Emma- “She wants to know what method you used to grow them”
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Me- “Go on, ask him what that meat is”
Emma- <something or other>
Chinese guy- <something or other>
Emma- “It’s a pig’s ear. And he wants to know if we want to buy any”
Me- “Umm tell him we’re full!”
Emma- <something>
Him <something else>
Emma- “He says ‘If you’re tall you’ll fit it in‘!”
Made me laugh anyway.
Enough cultural insight, here’s some lads outside Bonbon that were so drunk they’d wet themselves.
Is one of these the same guy that you photographed a few months ago in Bon Bon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lostseouls/380069838/), you’d think he’d have learn’t by now!
Is that the Emma we met in Windows the first time we went out together?
And yes, you do seem to be carving out a niche for yourself, photographing drunks who’ve passed out. Nice one!
Why no pictures of the girlfriend, James?
Come on, give the public what they want!
Or would that just be more pictures of Czech models…
I am slightly concerned too by the lack of pictures of your ‘girl’friend. Yet we, your public, have to see more pictures of hand-holding chinese men hosing themselves. It seems the balance has shifted to the more and more surreal with each blog entry.
Guys, I’ve got a series of pictures of James’ girlfriend ｗｈｉｃｈ Ｉ ｃａｎ ｓｅｎｄ ｏｖｅｒ ａｔ ｔｈｅ ａｐｐｒｏｐｒｉａｔｅ ｐｒｉｃｅ， ｊｕｓｔ ｇｉｖｅ ｍｅ ａ ｓｈｏｕｔ， Ｉaccept paypal
every time I get my camera out and try to take a photo of her, she shies away and covers her face.
I think she’s got some crazy idea that I’ll put it on the internet for strangers to judge her.
Emma, if you’re reading this- this is the kind of peer pressure I’m under, smile for the camera before they send a goon squad will yer?!
Dingle, what’s your price? Half a lager ok or do I need to go all the way and get you a full pint? Maybe just put the picture up on Flickr so we can all comment. Cheers mate.
oh you’re right anyway WoAi- the same girl we met in Windows. Are you still seeing that sort who’s number you got that night?!
Come on James, just wait until she gets really drunk, wets herself, then snap her while she’s down, it ’s not rocket science! Thanks for the link, by the way.
Creegan, with reference to your issues with getting photos of your fiance, I feel that you’re just not picking the right moment to take photos of her.
When a boy and a girl are on their first few dates it’s generally considered inappropriate to follow her into the toilet at the restaurant and try to take photographs over the top of the cubicle, it’s also inappropriate to push your camera through the curtain in shop changing rooms when she’s trying on a new pair of breeches.
I’m sure if you picked your moments better (i.e. when she’s fully dressed) she’d be more than happy to pose for you.
I don’t know who makes up these rules about when it’s OK to take a photo, and when you have to do 30 days community service for so-called “Gross invasion of privacy”.
Things were a lot simpler when I used to work as an anaesthetist.
James, I honestly did not realise that I met that girl the same night. (That means I’ve known her as long as I’ve known you!) We had lots of MSN chat but never met up till recently. Then we’ve been out quite a few times. She is sitting on the fence about tonight but her twin little sister is definitely not coming - that’s not a euphemisim, she is the older of twins.
Please do send through some of the best pictures from your anaesthetist days, or just put them on Flickr. I am sure there’s a group for that kind of thing.