easy enough - you're doing oristarA no favours by letting him/her think that his/her translations of the descriptions of women's clothing are acceptable
now, back to the real world
oristarA wrote:Unexpectedly, the outfit proved worse than that of the previous day. More poeple stared at me. Every foreigner who passed by me looked at me with strange light. A Chinese man stared at me all the way.
This outfit was worse than yesterday's. Even more people stared at me.
Every (foreigner - do you mean New Yorkers or tourists?) who passed me looked at me with an odd expression.
A (how does she know he is Chinese versus Chinese-American?) man stared at me for the whole trip.
oristarA wrote:they also warned me to avoid meeting other people's eyes or talking to them casually; I should stand with my back to walls in subway to prevent being pushed into rails; not to grab seats onboard to avoid quarrels; not onboard a subway box with less people (the more people the safer); waiting for subway or taxi in crowded places; not to kill time outside but better go home before darkness fall; and if too late at night, take a taxi but not subway...
My Chinese friends also warned me to avoid looking other people in the eye and to avoid making conversation with strangers. I was told that I should stand with my back to the wall while waiting for the subway on the platform so that I wouldn't be pushed onto the tracks/rails. I was told not to grab seats on the subway, not to get on empty subway cars, to wait for taxis in subways only where there were other people. I was also told to go home before it got dark out, and to take a taxi rather than the subway if it was late at night.
(her friends sure are a nervous bunch)
