Sorry, I didn't post for couple days, as I mentioned in my previous post I was not home. So tomorrow is December 1, so please welcome winter. It is a beautiful time of the year, cause you can ski and play with snow. But for some reason most of the girls don't like winter, they say: "Oh, I have to wear a lot". Whatever, I think winter is cool and awesome , everything is white and beautiful (piaoliang).
Now lets get to the fun part. US has this awesome day called "Black Friday". It is always the Friday after Thanksgiving. It is famous for awesome deals and huge lines. The term Black Friday originated in Philadelphia to represent the heavy traffic. However, most recent use of this term represents the turning point for retailers, the point where they start making money. On this day most of the stores are open at 5 am on this day, while the outlets are open from midnight. This year, I have personally experienced this US tradition. Me and my friend wake up at 2.30 am and drove to Circuit City, a major electronics retailer, which by the way has filed for bankruptcy not so long time ago. So we got to the store at 3 am, and hang out there until 5 am. Hey it was fun, we got coffee and bagel for Dunkin Donuts. I only regret that we
didn't take camera. Oh well, I guess we are gonna have to do it again next Thanksgiving.
On Thanksgiving I bought this awesome mp3/mp4 Sony player . All I paid was 79.99 that's an awesome deal for an 8Gb player and that is about 40$ less than the amazon price for it. On top of this, no sales tax was paid as we were shopping in NH.
Now let's go back to "Black Friday". Here is a funny thing that I found, Friday from Robinson Crusoe in depicted as a person of color in some movies. So isn't he, the true "Black Friday"?. Here see for yourself (the following picture is take from here):
What do you think? I personally find this coincidence very funny, even hilarious. Ha ha! Feel free to comment.
Sincerely,
Roma
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