On the ride-share car, I watched the scenery flash by outside the window. The driver was going really fast—I glanced at the speedometer and it hit 120 km/h. With all the motorcycles zooming around us, I felt a little nervous.
We soon reached the city center. The mall there had a similar layout to the MixC malls back home. First, we went to a popular milk tea shop called Tiger Sugar. I ordered their signature drink, and after one sip, I found it extremely sweet. I only had a few sips and felt full.
After that, we wandered aimlessly around the mall. Lao Zhu bought a piece of clothing with Southeast Asian style. Jerry took a fancy to a hat that cost about 400 RMB; he hesitated for a long time but didn’t buy it in the end. I didn’t buy anything at all—I didn’t see anything I really liked, and I thought I could get similar stuff much cheaper back in China.
Later, we walked through the mall’s food court. More and more people started showing up, and there were many Chinese-run stalls. But probably because of the milk tea, I still felt full, and so did they.
We shopped for about two hours. At around noon, we left the mall and prepared to take an Uber back to the hotel.
Under the overpass, the crosswalk was crowded with people, and police were directing traffic. Our Uber was on the opposite side, so we jaywalked across the street in a hurry. The motorcycles here didn’t give way to pedestrians at all—they didn’t even slow down right in front of us. One motorcycle almost hit me, but the driver hit the brakes just in time.
Jerry held my hand while crossing the street and scolded me for being careless. Thinking back now, I still feel a little scared.
We got back to the hotel around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. The hotel was huge, and there was even a swimming pool right below my room. I was so sleepy, but also way too excited—tired, but unable to fall asleep!!
I played on my phone for a bit, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep.