Memories of Shanghai. A young couple checked into the Lestie Hotel after midnight on 8 Mar 2024.
8 Mar 2024 12.10am
Complimentary Supper from 10pm to 1am provided by the Lestie Hotel, Shanghai.
Lestie Hotel or Liz Hotel is probably the only one in the world to provide complimentary supper of porridge and noodles from 10pm to 1am. I had my porridge with vegetables with pickles on the 2nd floor. Then I went to the hotel lobby to ask about the number of rooms in this hotel.
The two young female receptionists were attending to a young lady dressed in white coat and scarf who showed an angry face at her male companion. This 30-year-old lady was unhappy with some matters and scolded him.
He was shorter than her, thin and meek. Soon he went out to get the object.
"Do you speak English?" I asked one receptionist. Both couldn't. I spoke in Mandarin and they told me that the hotel has 297 rooms. "How old is it?" I asked. They didn't have the answer.
I went out to take the photo of this hotel. Suddenly this unhappy lady came out and shouted across the road. Her words: "Why do you take such a long time! What are you doing?".
Her loudness shattered the silence of the black after midnight scene and vibrated across the gentle breeze chilling my fingers.
No patience. No respect for the young man who had gone further across the road, to a convenience stall to buy something for her. He ran back.
This dramatic incident reminded me of domineering women. They start young. Will their marriage, if any, last to the end of time? I have my doubts. It is so sad that one party needs to shout at the other in public.
My free supper at Lestie Hotel provided me a dramatic show as well. It was certainly a Shanghai I would not forget in my travels.
It would not be the landmarks such as the Oriental Pearl Tower, but the drama due to the actors and actresses I encountered during my travel!
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