The Avid Reader (and enjoyer of all subjects)

Sorry for not posting yesterday.  No time   I also had some stomach problems during the morning, but it was just consumption of overly cold drinks.  Yesterday we didn’t go to either the aquarium or the science museum just because of me DX.  But I can safely assure you that tomorrow, we’ll go to the science museum  (I hope we have time for the aquarium, too.)  Since there wasn’t enough time today (we went to play piano for two hours) we just settled for a browsing of Huai Hai Road’s malls.

Today, after lunch, wai po, my mom, my sister, and I set off by bus to the subway station.  Then, on the subway, we headed for Huai Hai Road, with its many malls.  Huai Hai Road was once the home of famous Chinese author Adeline Yen Mah.  Her stepmother used to take her half-brother shopping on the malls.  My mother also lived nearby there when she was young–Huai Hai Road was only a few minutes’ walk away. 

Sorry for digressing…I bet you’re wanting to read about our experience at Huai Hai Road.  Not much, really–quite the same as Xu Jia Hui.  The first store we went to was a store especially for children’s clothes, toys, and games (thank god).  While my sister looked for a dress (an avid clothes-lover ) wai po and I went up a few levels and looked at the toys and games.  I immediately went to the LEGO section (nothing else interesting) and began to build a house (yes, inventing is the only LEGO activity fit for my age).  It had three rooms, a magnificent entrance, two doors, and two windows.  Soon, my sister and mom came over.  Since they didn’t find anything interesting, we left. 

Outside, it was almost beginning to rain.  We located another mall, Novel Department Store, and tried to find something there.  It turned out that all five levels were dedicated to adult fashions!  (I’m getting migraines out of how popular that is.)  We instantly left.  Then, we saw something that I consider “the event of the day”–a red Ferrari (Enzo Ferrari, I think?) which made an abnormally loud noise.  That Ferrari was the second I saw actually being driven. 

Finally, we went to another mall.  Over there, I saw a decent amount of LEGOs but there was no “inventing station”.  I just wandered about, memorizing my perfect squares and some of π’s digits (what I love to do when I’m extremely bored).  Finally, my sister and mom came up.  Since they had not seen anything extraodinary, we left for home.  I think that if I was four or five years younger, I would have liked this experience more than I did.

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