I am sucker .....

.... for a good sucker. Why is it when I get something into my head I can't shake it out of there, and sadly this applied to a vacuum cleaner. While I was outing shopping with 'K' in Taiwans famous 3C electrical goods store I spotted a neat looking vacuum cleaner which had quite impressive suction. Following in the footstep of Dyson this was one of bagless cyclone types and sucked like a goodun'!

However when I asked the (not so helpful) sales guy for one he said they didn't have any and I would have to wait, this I refused to, I already had to wait for my Yamaha YSP-1000 sound system and at the moment I really wanted something to take home and play with. Alas this wasn't be I went home with no new electrical toys.

Now the seed had been planted and I wanted my vacuum cleaner .... I asked by dear online shopping friend to get me one .... Alas after placing the order it didn't appear and they appeared to be struggling to find one (boo hoo for me), so after a week or so of seeing it the thing was still out of my grasp. My floor and rugs destined to stay dirty for longer (nothing new there!). I was about to console myself that these beauties were so popular that nobody had any ... when ... as I said before I was in Sogo and spotted one out of the corner of my eye. Now for some reason I didn't actually buy one then, I was far too focused on another shopping mission I guess. But it was noted at the forefront of my mind for processing later.

Later came and off I went to Sogo (after a new hairdo) to pick up one of these lovely things. After minutes of mis-communications with the assistants, after my repeated wo yao, wo yao, wo yao (I want, I want, I want, and I wasn't stamping my feet I add) they didn't seem to want to sell one . I continued to look puzzled as I didn't understand the Chinese eventually all fell into place and bingo she said yes, yipeeeeeeee! Off she went to get me one, the other assistant then began to give me a demonstration of the cleaner in Chinese ... Despite my blank looks she helpfully explained it all in Chinese (at great speed) and I nodded and threw in the odd 'hao'. Cash exchanged hands, eventually and I left Sogo a very happy chappy and had a thrilling and exciting time vacuuming my floors, not only once but twice .. sometimes the fun you have can not be measured!