Our youngest child, Cameron, also lives in Tokyo and he honoured us with his presence this past weekend. I am not sure where his liking for Japan started but he did spend a year working in Tokyo as part of the University of Victoria’s Co-op program. Or maybe it was just because he figured if Holly could do it, so could he. Anyhow, it was great to spend some time with him as we haven’t seen him since July when he went off to start his new career as a software engineer for Goldman Sachs.
We decided to take Cam to one of the malls we haven’t visited yet. In a city of 17 million people, there lots of malls we haven’t visited yet. Coco Park is a multi level inside/outside type of mall offering something for everyone. There is a multitude of women’s shops that offer beautiful clothing in a lovely setting. Most of the shop names I have never heard of before and they all have out their winter wear of heavy sweaters and beautiful full length wool coats. I have no idea when they would wear them here but I have heard the temperature goes down to 10c in the winter so maybe then. Winter here only lasts a month.
Alongside these lovely ladies stores were American brand stores as well including Tommy Hilfiger, Tom Hardy, Guess and The Gap. Starbucks is alive and well here in China and it is state owned.
Black Friday is here too!
Lots of activities for the kids to do!
So a mall, is a mall, is a mall all over the world. The only thing different about this particular mall on this particular day is that we were pretty much the only caucasians there. David and I are getting used to being looked at twice, especially David because of his height but having Cameron along adds a new dimension. He attracts a whole different audience. We were having quite good fun teasing Cam about the looks he was getting while we were walking around, not to mention the service he got if we went into a store. Then out of nowhere, a girl with a selfie stick and a serious looking microphone stopped Cameron and started asking him questions. She was live-streaming her day. The conversation went something like this:
Girl: Hi can I talk to you? Cam: Yes
Girl: Where are you from? Cam: I’m from Japan.
Girl: Wait! What? You don’t look Japanese. Cam: I know! Crazy right? I’m from Canada.
Girl: What are you doing tonight? Cam: Shopping with my parents.
Girl: You should go out and drink. It’s a Saturday, maybe you can find a girlfriend you know. Cam: I have too many already.
Girl: Do you want to out with me? Cam: No thank you?
Girl: Are you going to reject me in front of 200 people? Cam: Yes
Girl: Ok. Bye.
We are so proud. She seemed to take rejection well. David and I had a really good laugh. This is something that will be ‘poem worthy’ whenever Cam decides to get married.
KBye!
Dixie Goes to China 
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