That's SIR Paul Smith to you

Weather: Slightly nippy
Temp: 4-16
Exchange rate: RMB1 = R1,63
With fur please. Litchi anybody?

I started my day by sniffing salt water. It was as much fun as it sounds. It burned the bejezuz out of my nasal passages, but it also, sort of cleared my sinuses. Don't worry, I haven't completely reverted to home remedies for my nasty cold that doesn't seem to want to go away and I picked up some Tylenol Cold and Flu meds from the pharmacy on our way to the subway station.

Then we headed to the Yashow market in Sanlitun. Now when I say market I mean, it's a 4 storey building, with an escalator and a food court. And what seems like millions of little stalls selling everything your little heart could possibly desire. Yashow market is very, very clean and tidy. And all the sales staff wear the same uniform: jeans, white shirt and blue satin waistcoat - it looks more professional than you might think. So, think organised, with no dead animals being sold anywhere, except in the basement, where they sell shoes (although from the smell of it most of the shoes are plastic). Frikkie said he needed gloves. That was, ostensibly, what we were looking for. What we ended up with were 3 Paul Smith shirts. I'm not even going to tell you what we paid for them. Obviously it was ridiculously cheap. Obviously they're knock offs, but quite frankly my dear, I don't think you'd be able to tell the different between the real thing and a good knock off. I may go back and get myself a Max Mara coat, cause the duffel coat I bought from Woolies is not quite cutting it in the cold climes we now find ourselves.

Our lease in Phoenix is running out and we're thinking of moving closer to the CBD. Looked at 3 apartments, but I'm not convinced by any of them, so the search continues. Living with a person who really cares about the wall colour can sometimes be very interesting...

Saw a billboard advertising the 2008 China Copyright Conference. Thought it was rather ironic. We will be spending the rest of our Saturday lazing on the couch watching pirated DVD's.