i got "molested"!!! =(

Day 38 – 28 Aug (Thurs)

Went back to shanghai today… for the first time, I didn’t get a window seat on the train!!! T_T so sad… for some reason, I’ve always been super lucky on all the previous occasions… always managed to get a window seat despite the fact that the seats are randomly allocated when you purchase the train ticket… =P but anyway, it was rather uncomfortable coz the person beside me was rather irritating too… thankfully, I just entertained myself watching ugly betty on my archos media player… yay…

So anyway, after reaching the train station, I had to make a trip to the ticketing office to get a refund for my return ticket (sun afternoon 320pm) coz I’ll have to go back to nanjing earlier in order to get my internet connection set up… the technician will be going to my nj apartment at ard 5pm in the evening, so I would need to take an earlier train back to nj… in china, you can get a refund for a purchased ticket provided you return it at least half an hour before the train departs if I’m not wrong… but you only get back 80% of its value… so you would see some people there, trying to get you to sell them your ticket at a cheaper price instead of you handing it over to the train station staff for a refund. For eg. this guy approached me and asked where the destination of my ticket was for… (I ignored him) but let’s say if my ticket’s destination coincides with where he happens to be heading for, then he might offer to pay me 80% of the original ticket price or slightly more so that he could still save a bit instead of paying the original 100% price of the ticket if he were to get it from the ticketing booth…

After I left the station, I was waiting for a cab by the side of the rd… when suddenly, this motorcyclist stopped in front of me and asked where I wanted to go… apparently, there’re quite a no. of such “private drivers” around, ready to give you a lift to your destination at a pre-negotiated price… of coz there’s no meter, so he would usually just ask you where you’re heading for, and quote you a price to send you there on his vehicle… if you’re ok with it, just hop on, and you’re gone with the wind… haha… but well, obviously, these prices aren’t usually cheap… and if you’re a tourist, all the more they’re ready to rip you off… most people don’t readily take such alternative modes of transport, even the locals… however, under certain pressing circumstances such as being in a horrible rush but unable to get a freaking cab to stop for you, then well, I guess desperate times call for desperate measures… >_< so anyway, private driver no. 1 stopped right in front of me, asked me where I was going, but I just told him ‘never mind’, turned away and ignored him… he drove away… private driver no. 2 came along, and was not quite as obedient… I gave him the same response, and he sort of approached this other guy standing right beside me, also waiting for a cab, and got rejected again. Then unexpectedly, while I was turned away from him, waiting to hail a cab, I suddenly felt this grip on my arm… the disgusting guy just held onto my arm, like my UPPER ARM, and sorta tugged on it, asking me again where I wanted to go, and that he could send me there! Omg… I so wanted to slap him!!! Argghhh… disgusting… he just kept holding onto me… I felt so molested!!! So I quickly pulled my arm away and told him, “请你不要动我！”(“please don’t touch me!”) to think I was still so polite right! -_-“ luckily that stupid guy moved away after that and did not bother me anymore… otherwise… I might seriously consider punching/slapping him… hahaha… I know some of you might be asking me to do my side kick on him instead, and I guess it was somewhat possible since I was wearing pants… but I believe a direct punch to his face would be 10x faster and easier… haha… no time to warm up for a high side kick… =P