Tag: Shopping Anecdotes
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What I Snagged After a Year of Queueing for Stuff in 2025
Intro: The year I spent waiting in lines In January, I made a New Year’s resolution that felt almost brave: take up a new hobby. By the end of 2025, I realized my real achievement wasn’t a fancy skill but the actual endurance to queue—patiently, persistently, and with an unexpectedly good sense of humor. Welcome…
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Edwin Goh & Rachel Wan Use Google Translate on Taobao: Hilarious Lazy Susan Quest
When Translation Trips Up Shopping Dreams Shopping on Taobao, China’s sprawling online marketplace, can be daunting for anyone who isn’t fluent in Mandarin. For local actors Edwin Goh, 31, and Rachel Wan, 28, the challenge became a playful mission: to purchase a simple kitchen item—a Lazy Susan—without getting tangled in linguistic potholes. The result, as…