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May-May's Diary
Entry for September 08, 1998
Here's another letter I thought I'd pass on to you, boys and girls, to
show how broad and significant my influence is having all around thw
eorld. due to my deep, penetrating investigatiopnjs into the nightlife
word of our city, combined with the unparalleled power of the Internet
to deliver my words to the four corners of the world.
Many of the people who write to me, in fact, are fellow Shanghainese
people off in the great wide world who are feeling homesick and yearning
for a sense of what it's like back home. It seems that my reports
provide a taste and a whiff of the streets of the city, which is very
encouraging.
This one is from Yiping:
"Hey, May-May, I think you and the stuff you wrote are great. I'm
feeling comfortable already w/out being even in Shanghai. I'm in the
states and coming back in a week. Thanks to your nightlife info, I feel
I won't be blinded and will definitely have a good time. Keep up the
good work!! Salute, Yiping"
Well, Yiping, please remember to give me a report on what you find. The
nightlife of Shanghai is getting totally out of control. I can no longer
hope to report all the goings-on here all by my little self!!
Byeee!!!
Entry for September 07, 1998
Boys and girls, I seem to be receiving an ever-bigger flood of emails
and messages and postcards from fans all over the world, asking me for
information on every little element and mystery of life in "our
Shanghai". And I love it!!! I try to answer every one, either in
private, or in my report.
Here's a recent one from Sven Serrano, who has a story which I feel I
have a responsibility to pass on to you all. I have changed the name of
the establishment to protect the guilty (or innocent), but it won't be
difficult to figure out if you know the location:
"Dear May May, As a visitor in your famed city this summer I look to you
for information about where to go at night. But I know I should beware
that it is possible to be led down the primose path to murky underworld
from which there is no escape! For example, in a recent column about Ju
Lu Road you mentioned the xxxxx bar at the end of the row of
establishments there. When I peeped my head into the empty place at
around 6 pm on a Tuesday I was physically seized and pulled to a stool
by 3 shrieking bar girls. I take the philosophy that 'we are being
ripped off everyday of our lives, but some ways are fun' so I succumbed
to their charms and whiled away two hours, buying 'lady drinks' and even
taking my favorite, 'Wendy' for a fox trot on the dance floor. 250RMB
later I exited, older and wiser about the ways of Shanghai. Cheers,
Sven"
Well Sven. What should we make of this. You COULD take the view that you
were ripped off. Or you could take the view that 250 RMB for two hours
entertainment with three girls, including a foxtrot with "Wendy", is an
absolute bargain!!
I think I'm tending towards the latter view! Who knows? Wendy might turn
out to be the love of your life!!
Byeee!!!!
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