From India to China

February 1st, 2010


So there we were in this little town in the south of India (see blogpost dated January 6th Shooting Stars). When told leather goods were cheap in India, we got excited. Except that there were very few shops there selling leather anything, ok?

My Hero finally found a leather belt which he (actually, I) felt he should get. Cuz all he has are three belts in three different colours. black, blacker, blackest. How boring, boringer, boringest is that? You will read more about our colourful differences in a later post (all together now........ oooooooooooo, can't wait!)

Anyway, Hero likes shopping for himself like I like shopping for curtains, y'know?
So he (actually, I) find him a belt. great. looked so good. smelt good, too. Yes, I smell belts to determine if they're really leather. Heard of wine-tasters? They smell the wine first, too. No....I din't taste the leatherlah. honestly, can't believe you guys would even think that.

The logo was nice!


Of course, donno whether the camels were symbolic of India or that it meant it was made of camel hide.

(as you can tell, this photo was taken by me, shadow and all. din't I tell ya I ain't no camerawoman)















quite impressive, right? the card, not the photo-taking.
















And I loved that there were no mistakes in the wording. YES! Nowhere did I feel the need to underline a word and write spelling! across it.






highest space quality



















hey, wait a minute....refined stying? sighhhhhhhh
spelling!

















Yes, a simple, brown, leather belt.





And I was done with Hero and could totally focus on teendaughter's and my bangle-scrutiny.








When we got back to Malaysia, I was re-checking the price of the belt. Turned the tags around and found...
























SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH!
Can anyone tell me what a China-made belt was doing in a tiny town in India?



Not that I have anything against made-in-China things, y'know....
Like teendaughter said, "Look around our house, Mum, probably half of what we have is made in China whattttttt. so what's the big deal?"

Huh? Really ah? Now a comment like that would surely make me do a Sherlock Holmes, ok? Do we really own that many China-made things? Do you? Unfortunately, most of what we own had already lost their labels. But I love every one of these, which I think are made in China.


dinner plates - these, definitely made in China




















see?













my sequin shoes which has the word
JinQishi inside















my fit-the-pieces-together wooden house
(which I painted white). so cute! I wanna put a
light bulb in it so it can be lit up in the dark but I
donno how.













my fountain! love it! see what happens when you tell people just what you want for your birthday? you get what you want!











super comfy walking shoes probably to be used
for taichi which is beyond my understanding
(taichi, not super comfy)
















and I LOVE this Red Indian couple! When I saw them at the shop, I'm a-tellin ya, they were just calling out to me - smoke signals and all.. reeeeally! They just looked so Pocahontas-ish.












and the lady's face is so forlorn,
like their love just wasn't meant to be, y'know?
awwwwwwwww.....I mean, look at her!

GEEZ, I'm getting corny.

Anyway I just had to buy them. That is so un-me. I hardly EVER buy anything on a whim.

But I just couldn't leave them there, could I? (there were about 6 other pairs just like them but just ignore that fact cuz that wouldn't make for an interesting story, would it?)

And that's about it! Those are my made-in-China-I-think goodies. So far, none have broken, spoilt, faded, split, chipped, cracked, ... And every one of 'em is treasured, ok?

Now, as far as made-in-Malaysia products are concerned....ummmmmm...there are some really hopeless things out there.






Like this...















But we're not going there.


BUT, just like made-in-China stuff, there are some precious made-in-Malaysia products, too.







Name: Joanna Lynne (wants to be called Joni)
Delivered: 21st December 1985




















Name: Darren Ashley
Delivered: 12th July 1988












Joni and Darren























Name: Tamara Jayne (wants to be called Tammy)
Delivered: 8th April 1994
















Tammy and Joni





















So far, none have broken, spoilt, faded, split, chipped, cracked ...












And every one of 'em is treasured, ok?