Man, oh man, the pretentious names of expensive Chinese high-rises! These are bona-fide examples of names of apartment complexes in Beijing I have collected and each deserves a novel. The last example is laid out as exactly as I can recall it. (I actually keep a notebook for this very reason.) Here goes:
Amorous Feeling of Canadian Coast
Harbour of the Middle Class
Chateau Regency II
RESPENDENTLYINAUGURATED (Yes, all one word, and all caps)
Blue Ocean (near a desert, for god’s sake)
Ocean View (ditto)
Blue Fairyland
Blue Glory
Blue Gloryland
Upper East Side: A Mature Life is Going On
Triumphal Club
Home of Tycoons
Seat of Honor Oasis
And the best of all: This is on the sign of one building:
Passion stirred
Senses soared
Temptation unleashed
Yearning
Longing
Wanting
Satisfaction
An afterglow
My Humble House
For the SOUL
Yes, the place is called, My Humble House.
THREE MILLION BUCKS for a two bedroom apartment, and it doesn't even have a bidet.
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