Paul Ropp (again)

We received the Paul Ropp email about their factory sale 5 days before the event. The man and I looked at the message in dismay and disbelief. What is wrong with the staff that they would wait till the last possible moment to disseminate information? It was like they sat around the workplace for months, and then suddenly decided that they should like, you know, have a sale because, well, just because it seemed like, well, duh, a good idea?

With a sense of righteous indignation, we said we were NOT going.

Because of the extremely short notice given.
Because we would be in Xi'an.
Because we would be rushing ourselves too much.

We held the moral high ground for all of 10 minutes. Then we broke down. In a matter of hours, we had shortened our Xi'an trip and made our airfare and hotel arrangements for Bali. We would rush in from Xi'an to transit in Singapore for just one night and then dash off to Bali the next day. We even cancelled chap goh mei dinner with friends (sorry you guys but we will make it up to you soon).

Yes, we did all that for Paul Ropp.


My haul was not as big as the last time. The man did alright for himself - he came away with at least 30 shirts that he could not not have.

Between us, we filled the suitcase. But it was just full, not bursting-at-the-seams full, you understand.

And look what the girlfriends have coming their way this time :)