The days just keep getting better...

...don't they?

So - today, determined to meet up with Richard Howard, the one key component of my research, because without this one email from him I can't get my research approved, and without approval I can't get any money, and also he is leaving for another business trip tomorrow. I woke up at 8 and stayed at home until 11 hoping to catch him by phone at his office. But by 10 I found out that he had a meeting that would last until 2.... so I gave up and just emailed him a "please submit this form even though you've never seen me before" note. I hope he complies...

So getting off the bus at ZhongGuanCun, I think to myself that I should go buy my cell phone now. When suddenly, a woman asks if I have two minutes to complete a survey. I'm like sure - why not? But she leads me up the elevator to the 11th floor and says oh we're letting people have free facials. So I'm like ok...not exactly a survey but its free so whatever. So the lady does the facial, saying that its a free check up and if I want treatment, I have to pay. I was like I don't want treatment. Then she was like well do you want to use the good medicine to remove the cream or the normal medicine, and I was like well it's free right? and She's like no, the medicine to remove it isnt free. WTF. I got so mad I was like - look I didnt even sign up for this, I thought I was here to do some survey for you... can't I just wash it off with water? So it turned out the medicine was like only 2$ less than the actual facial, so I was like fine do the facial. But I was pissed. It cost 88Y, and I gave 100Y (they were supposed to give me change). But after the facial was done they said - oh do you want to do something something (Chinese I didnt understand) we'll just not give you back any change. If you don't do it, your face will get infected. wtf?? Well of course, I don't want my face to get infected right? and its only like 1.5$ so what the heck.........


Still - I'm soooo pissed right now! And when I got out I couldnt buy my cell phone bc it was raining so hard and I was already really late for work...and now my shoes are wet. I hate when that happens.