We took the shuttle from our campus to the main one, where the concert hall is located, and had a couple hours to kill before the actual concert. So, we decided to have dinner at a Hunan restaurant where i am good "friends" with one of the waitresses. The weather was somewhat agreeable, so we decided to eat outside. As we were finishing our meal, all the restaurants that had tables outside started folding their tables up, as did our restaurant. Turns out the "gong an" were making their rounds. They parked their truck in front of our restaurant and waited impatiently for the staff to put everything away, including our table. We weren't quite done, but they started putting away our table, all the time apologizing to us. S. continued to finish off the rice in his bown as we stood there watching the scene. We got a RMB 3 discount on our tab for the trouble. First the Banana Lady, now this... Black Market Parking Lots?
We walked to the campus auditorium for the jazz concert, picked up our tickets which put us at the very back of the balcony - the nosebleed section. The jazz combo was a univeristy group from Oklahoma. After they gave a 10+ song performance, a few university students gave music performances on Chinese and band instruments. It ended rather awkwardly.....the last performance (which sounded akin to a junior high marching band) should've been a warm-up to the main attraction. Welcome to China.
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