No equality in this world (Timesquare and its neighbour)......1

After having afternoon tea with my friends in Causeway Bay, I decided to have a walk on my own before going home.  The air was so dusty that I could hardly see what was in front of me.  I kept covering my mouth and my nose with both of my hands so as to avoid inhaling any exhaust fumes when crossing the road.  Feeling muggy and sultry, I decided to go to some other places where air-conditioning was provided.  In my mind, “Timesquare” was definitely the best choice.

Having walked through dozens of people, I finally came to the splendid red-brick building, “Timesquare”.  The television with a huge screen like the one in cinemas had first drawn my attention.  Kobe Bryan was featured in the screen promoting the latest version of the trainers from “Adidas”.  In the meantime, several passers-by were standing still in front of the screen just like me and watching the advertisement, while a few trendy girls were waiting and expecting their friends to show up.  They kept laughing and yelling loudly and I noticed that one of the girls was wearing the trainers from Nike which cost $700 dollar.  I had always dreamed of having such trainers, but sadly I could not afford such luxury.

 The sweat on my back seemed to have disappeared suddenly when I took the escalator of that shopping arcade.  In the meantime, I saw several ladies who were wearing luxurious clothes and carrying expensive bags from famous brands such as “Gucci”.  Also, they were carrying several shopping bags from various designer shops including “Lane Crawford” and “Louis Vutton”. All of them were wearing scarves which were of high quality.  They were also wearing perfumes which almost stifled me as I was taking the escalator.  I stood in the centre of the shopping arcade and I heard some piano music.  There was a pianist wearing a swallow-tailed jacket and playing the piano.  The beautiful melody attracted a lot of people, though some men in business suits and carrying briefcases seemed too busy to stop and enjoy the performance.  A child kept pulling his mother’s arm as hard as he could, hoping that his mother would buy more toys.