I could use a parasol on a day like today.

[randomness]

I would see them all the time, carried by fashionable young women in Bangkok, who used them to maintain their porcelain-pale complexions. They could be distinguished from umbrellas by their shiny silver top surfaces, but worked to protect from both sun and rain.

I saw them being carried, but never found a vendor. I wasn't looking particularly hard, as I thought it silly to bring one home.

Perhaps I was wrong. I walked a couple of miles in this heat at noontime. I wanted a parasol.

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[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I'd have sworn that the thingies with the shiny silver tops are also umbrellas.

Oh, they are. They tend to look like this:
www.emcadgifts.co.uk/graphics/umbrella1.jpg

That being said, would you still like one? *grins*

Thanks! But I think I'll come get it. This is one of the first times I think I've thought of having one here, and I'm terrible about keeping umbrellas.

(Also, I have a question for you which I'll ask in email. puffydrake @ LJ work for you?)

The whole skin-whitening thing rather disturbs me, actually.

[puffydrake.livejournal.com]

(Also, I have a question for you which I'll ask in email. puffydrake @ LJ work for you?)

Yes it does. Or you could just use my old Wes account. Am curious now.