Today marks the end of what I can safely say one of the most incredible trips I have ever experienced. It's hard to even recollect half of the things I did on this trip, there was just so much. It's also hard to think about going home and readjusting to my own culture, after spending just a month here and doing everything to adjust to this one. I think what is so unique about this trip is the fact that it is so three dimensional and it lets the student experience the culture first hand, and not just lectured in a classroom. I don't think I have learned so much in such a short period of time about so many different things. I believe a class like this is necessary for any business student because it widens your perspective and shows you first hand how important cultural differences are.
Our last day in Shanghai we ended up going back to Nanjing road to do some last minute shopping. I wasn't looking for anything in particular but needed to find a few more gifts. Me and a couple others had an interesting experience with a young market lady. At first this lady just showed us her room full of fake stuff which is exactly what we were looking for, after some hard bargaining with her and what seemed to be her boss we started to walk out the door until she stopped us and started motioning to follow her. We really didn't have anything else to do so we figured why not. She led us down deeper into the alleyways into a real Shanghai house which was pretty cool. It looked like a normal Chinese household with a women cutting vegetables in the kitchen and cloths drying everywhere until she opened a door that was filled with fake shoes. It was funny to see how professional looking this room looked, it had one shoe for every model they had displayed nicely on racks with lights behind it. Basically something you would see on the wall of a footlocker or Nike store. This lady ended up dragging us around to 4 different shops until finally she gave up. It was quite entertaining.
Our last day in Shanghai we ended up going back to Nanjing road to do some last minute shopping. I wasn't looking for anything in particular but needed to find a few more gifts. Me and a couple others had an interesting experience with a young market lady. At first this lady just showed us her room full of fake stuff which is exactly what we were looking for, after some hard bargaining with her and what seemed to be her boss we started to walk out the door until she stopped us and started motioning to follow her. We really didn't have anything else to do so we figured why not. She led us down deeper into the alleyways into a real Shanghai house which was pretty cool. It looked like a normal Chinese household with a women cutting vegetables in the kitchen and cloths drying everywhere until she opened a door that was filled with fake shoes. It was funny to see how professional looking this room looked, it had one shoe for every model they had displayed nicely on racks with lights behind it. Basically something you would see on the wall of a footlocker or Nike store. This lady ended up dragging us around to 4 different shops until finally she gave up. It was quite entertaining.
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