our visit to superbrand mall somehow gotten us to the adidas outlet. honfoong was checking out the official tees for the china team by adidas; contemplating whether or not to buy it for her dad. when asked for my opinion, my reply was "i'm sure old folks would love it, just get it". almost immediately after i said that one old man in his 70s old walked into the shop, stopped right in front of the national jacket and asked for the price. he said “要一件” almost immediately too. i turned around and saw a middle aged woman (whom i presume is his daughter) smiling broadly. i felt so proud that my theory of old folks loving the national outfits has proven correct.
the next thing i know, the oldman was stripping off his long worn polo-t and putting on the china team's polo tee on. he straighten the tee, tucked it into his track bottom while the shopkeeper fold his old tee and put it into the paperbag with the new jacket. his daughter was out of the shop paying for his shopping while all this was happening in the shop.
i can't help but asked the oldman, “要去看足球比赛吗？”
he replied, “我每天都运动！”
we left about the same time and we trailed the couple of son & daughter to the counter for issuing of the official receipt. the oldman looked so good in his new tee you can almost feel his patriotism bursting out from him. they then left the mall with the daughter carrying the paperbag in her hand and nothing else. i'm sure they made the trip to the mall just to get the jacket & the tee. the daughter might have spent RMB 1000 in less than 30mins but the smile on the oldman's face showed that he is feeling ecstatic with his new purchase.
35 golds and another week to go...chinese air is filled with the olympics spirit. i'm so glad i'm right where the historic moment is happening...
