Pearl Market

Today we went to some Pearl Market. It was pretty cool. It’s a 3 level building, where the first first floor sells stuff like clothes, bags and shoes. The 2nd floor is completely pearls and other jewelery (3rd is more expensive stuff that we didn’t look at). I got some earrings for 35 yuan but I think I probably got ripped off since I didn’t really bargain much. I probably could have gotten them for maybe 20. We’re going to go back on Sunday to get some other stuff. I’ll probably get some gifts for friends there. I don’t know if I will get jewelry for people though since I’m not really sure if the metal is real silver or not. I Zhe Ge (may be spelling that wrong) Laoshi if she knew how to tell if it was real silver and she told me if she just looks for the number 925 on it. I think it says that on my earrings but its hard to tell. She also said to just wear them for a few days and if they don’t get infected/turn my ears green then I can assume it’s real. Not really the best way I want to find out they’re fake but I guess we’ll see.

I think I will get a new purse and mini backpack when we go back. There is a lot of Harajuku bags there as well. I’m not a huge fan of Harajuku (a lot of times it feels like wannabe Japanese) but there are a few designs I like so I may bargain a bit if I find a bag I really like.

We also tried this noodle place for lunch. It was one of those places were you take a basket and fill it with veggies and meat from the fridges then they cook it for you. Anna didn’t want to try it but the rest of us did. It was pretty good, though a bit spicy. I was a bit scared to eat the meat since refrigeration here doesn’t seem all that great but I figured it was well boiled and my stomach seems to be holding up so no problems. I admit I didn’t really want to eat my meat that was pinkish red once it was cooked (which I’m sure was suppose to be chicken).  The rest was good though and only 5.5 yuan which is less than 1 US dollar. I’m really loving these cheap meals.