http://tofflerann.com/2006/12/03/transportation-pastimes/ Cultural & Business Insights, Experiences, Observations Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:23:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://tofflerann.com/2006/12/03/transportation-pastimes/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Quynh Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:12:04 +0000 http://tofflerann.com/2006/12/03/transportation-pastimes/#comment-50 I take the subway during the crazy Shanghai morning rush hours and I find that people do read the papers, mostly the freebies you can pick up at the station. In the evening, I often run into a woman with a baby tied to her back selling the evening paper. Maybe it's the baby she has to bring to work or maybe she's quite polite but about 1 out of 8 people buy the 5 mao paper from her. As for novels or magazines, I don't often find people reading them. I once was reviewing my Chinese school book while on a bus and like you said, people around me were very, very curious about what I was perusing. I could hear comments that it's a Chinese book and that there are translations in Japanese and English. Since I am not white, I didn't raise any curiosity until I pulled out my book. :-) I felt awkward and put the book away. I take the subway during the crazy Shanghai morning rush hours and I find that people do read the papers, mostly the freebies you can pick up at the station. In the evening, I often run into a woman with a baby tied to her back selling the evening paper. Maybe it’s the baby she has to bring to work or maybe she’s quite polite but about 1 out of 8 people buy the 5 mao paper from her. As for novels or magazines, I don’t often find people reading them. I once was reviewing my Chinese school book while on a bus and like you said, people around me were very, very curious about what I was perusing. I could hear comments that it’s a Chinese book and that there are translations in Japanese and English. Since I am not white, I didn’t raise any curiosity until I pulled out my book. I felt awkward and put the book away.

]]> http://tofflerann.com/2006/12/03/transportation-pastimes/comment-page-1/#comment-42 pete Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:16:09 +0000 http://tofflerann.com/2006/12/03/transportation-pastimes/#comment-42 tokyo is a lot like shanghai it sounds. well...except that people have ipods and the like and lots of people read. but everyone is pretty much a jerk all the time. tokyo is a lot like shanghai it sounds. well…except that people have ipods and the like and lots of people read. but everyone is pretty much a jerk all the time.

]]> http://tofflerann.com/2006/12/03/transportation-pastimes/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Luke Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:43:53 +0000 http://tofflerann.com/2006/12/03/transportation-pastimes/#comment-41 Sometimes people think I'm sleeping or listening to music on the subway, because my eyes are closed and I have earphones plugged into my head, but in fact I'm undergoing hypnosis. That shows 'em. Sometimes people think I’m sleeping or listening to music on the subway, because my eyes are closed and I have earphones plugged into my head, but in fact I’m undergoing hypnosis. That shows ‘em.

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