Memoirs of a Geisha Chapter 9

Chiyo has to be a maid for the rest of her life, that would terrible knowing that what you are doing now is exactly what she will be doing in years to come. Especially since she has to watch Pumpkin train and prepare to become what she could have became. A geisha seems to have it nice; they drink all night long almost every night and party with guys. That would be a very interesting job, wonder if they ever get tired of it. I found it weird how they made such a big deal about Hatsumomo brought home the wrong clip thing for your hair. The chairman on the street that Chiyo ran into seemed rather nice, but yet weird. That was extremely polite of him to stop and notice her. I found it a little weird though that she had visions of him and seemed to really enjoy his presence there. Then later she had secret thoughts about him. She must a very poor lonely girl. Again he noticed her eyes as well, I have this feeling that her eyes are going to get her popular and maybe even famous. In the beginning of the chapter it said she was one of the most successful geisha so somehow she does end up not being a maid all her life. I really cannot wait to see how it all goes down.