The cutest kid showed up on my bus ride out of Hue. As we waited at a stop, he bounded out from behind some shops and stood looking up into the bus windows. He was clad in a sun-protecting khaki hat, pants, and a face mask (pretty common on the streets in Asia). Oh, yeah…he also had on an aqua blue tank top with a little giraffe; the message on it said, “America — We combine the best of function and fashion.”
As I searched for my camera, he gave me a huge wave before hopping on the motorbike with his mom. After they sped off, I kept thinking of the tank-top slogan. So weird. But, you know, I guess we just might…maybe I should change my blog description to “Traveling solo for a year, Jayna Rust looks at how America’s function and fashion is (and isn’t) influencing the world she sees.” Nah…
You know eventually, you need to start wearing these Engrish shirts.
I think his shirt may have been a little too small for me…