Random Thoughts From The Beijing Blogger

SOUVENIRS: Way Too Much Stress (SORRY) I'm sorry but this whole souvenir thing is for the birds and its getting old really quick. Everywhere I go, I have to go shopping? I hate shopping! If I'm out of the country, I have to actually make time to find my way to some shopping center in that city. I can think of better things to do. What about sizes? Things fit differently in different countries. I can't buy it and return it if it doesn't fit. How about that knock off iPhone? What do I do if it works just fine until I get home? What if you don't like what I got you but you fake it because you know I hate shopping but went out of my way to get this for you? Why not just cut it out!? What really sucks is that the airport carries quite a bit of tourist stuff/souvenirs, but we all know that that stuff is so overpriced. What if you have a big family? What if you own a business and have almost ten people working for you and you don't want to play favorites, so you gotta get everybody something. Now I have to think of what to get each individual and how not to get one person something better than the other person. Got church family? Good luck with that! I've decided that I travel too much to be bothered with this everytime. My family and office team is big enough to just not want to bother. I hope people understand the headache. If not, well you know I don't really care. I'm tired of it and will limit my souvenirs to keychains and refrigerator magnets (if you're lucky)!