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This weekend, I went to Shanghai and experienced some UNSCRUPULOUS activities. There are two main ones I want to mention. 1) Ripping off customers, leading to lower customer trust. My friend and I went to a tourist area called "上海老街." This area features old-style architecture coupled with multiple vendors and restaurants that allow the tourist on a budget to easily overspend. Additionally, if a tourist is not aware of how much the vendor may raise prices to raise profit margins (with disregard for how much they overcharge) or the amount of fake or cheaply-made products out there, he or she will definitely be ripped off. A) The salesgirls working at the technology store saw me glancing at a USB drive. I was thinking of buying one at Suning, a reputable technology store in China. However, since I saw USB sticks there in Shanghai, I was thinking of getting one. The list price the lady gave me was ¥630. The Sony flash drive allegedly had 120 gigabytes of free space. The ...

Right now, I think I WOULD jump on the opportunity to be entertained, but it's difficult to want to move at all. My nose was stuffy this morning and I was suffering a little bit through my classes because I chose to read the text, instead of having the audio player do it. Now that, my readers, is what you call teacherly sacrifice. So I have been lacking appetite for 6 days now. Since last Tuesday, I felt that every time I were to take a bite, I could not breathe and my stomach would be bloated. I did a bunch of research on monkey bites (see my teachjinglish blog) and I think I psyched myself out quite a bit. I'm going to get it checked again on Wednesday or Thursday. Anyway...because I psyched myself out, I probably caused myself some anxiety...in actuality, a LOT of anxiety. I couldn't eat much, let alone enjoy what I ate. In fact, right now, I feel as though I am in purgatory - no reason to do anything and destined for temporary boredom. I don't want to initi...