Passport Photos and Thigh Pants

The other morning Alex had an interview at Beijing University for an intensive language course. I went with her because apparently Beijing University is like the Harvard of the East and has a beautiful campus. Plus, what else did I have to do? She needed to get passport photos but the Kodak near our apartment was unable to do them. After her interview we looked for another Kodak and found one. For some reason it was taking a while to take the photos and Alex asked if there was a problem. Apparently their camera was not working properly and it happened to be the exact same one as mine, which I had with me. While they were trying to figure stuff out with their camera, Alex and I had some fun taking photos with the fake ocean background they had on the wall. There was also this hideous photo of a little girl with pursed lips wearing red lipstick and holding a red phone. I guess this is the kind of photo you can take at this place. After not being able to figure out their camera problems, we offered them my camera for the photo since Alex needed it right away. They took the photos and we were off.

We walked around the campus for a while and then met up with Alex's old Chinese teacher who was really cool. Alex showed me this amazing clothing store that I am now obsessed with. I have a hard time finding clothes I like and this place was almost made for me. At one point though, I was in the dressing room and Alex said, "I found pants that you have never seen in your life. Seriously, you have never seen these before and you are trying them on." So I tried them on and they were the most unflattering pants in the universe. I don't know who wants their thighs to look twice as big as they are.

It was a simple yet fun day and we had a good time at the Kodak store. Who would have thought!