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20Sept2010 - Shanghai
breakfast at the hotel is... owell, i din really eat~ becox of the water taste... LOL, anyway, i remember that day ana and i are quite early, then we decided to leave our bag upstairs and come down and eat.. after that, we went back to our room and take bag and then dilly dally till everyone is waiting for us~ we are the last pair to board the bus~ LMAO...
Tian and Wen brought some bread and this...
Milo icecream -.- early morning eat icecream... LOL.. and they brought some other things that i cant remember.. hahaha... but it taste nice...
after that we went straight to 1 of the securities firm, and tour round the company... anyway, 1 major different thing from us is that they are allow their staffs to smoke inside their office... so, some ppl are jus smoking at the corridor openly... LOL... aircon + cigarette smell + smoke (there is like haze inside the office)... it makes me wonder do they have some air purifier or something? wont the haze cause disturbance? but then again, maybe they are use to it ler...
So... how do u noe u are in china? it's when u saw...
this! hahaha... very "china" feel of architectural style... we went to the famous ChengHuang Miao (City God Temple) at shanghai... and immediately after "disperse" we went straight to...
It's very happening when we went to this restaurant... hahaha... so, what happen is that in this area, 1 of the building (i had forgotten the name) sell xiaolongbao, so yea. we went there straight, and then... this building itself got different level with different restaurant, if i am not wrong, the higher the level, the higher the price, the higher the quality of food (esp xiaolongbao~ LOL)... so we went to the 3rd? (or is there 2.5?) floor... the middle level? lol...
our clique happen to meet the 2 lecturers, MK and NZ... and then... we get to queue together... so... there is this arh ma with this child were behind us and there are those waiting seats available for the few customers who are queueing in front... so, when it's our turn to have this seats, we actually didnt bother sitting down, since it's going to be our turn soon... NZ went to check whether we are in the correct queue, Tian and Ana went to toilet, so left MK, me, wen and kelvin there...
I was happily toking to wen.. and then, this arh ma was jus dragging her grandson and dash in between me and MK (we were standing side by side) and went sitting at the chair... so, MK and i were giving each other the " -.-" look... LOL... and then, there is this guy, who were supposedly in front of us, saw everything... and then, went telling off the arhma for cutting queue... LOL... at 1st the guy is jus trying to be nice to tell her not to disgrace herself, but then... the arh ma denied that she is cutting queue, saying that she jus want to sit and then, the quarrel started... LOL...
NZ and then after that tian and ana came back, and then... our whole clique jus went into slient mode... (seriously, dunno what to do... besides obediently sit down at the chairs provided..) LOL... after that, there is this arh gong who apparently supported the arh ma for sitting at the seats who are suppose to be for us.. so, this arh gong join in the quarrel until both the guy and this arh gong wan to fight and call backup and all sorts of things.. lol... this is then when, the shopkeeper came out and stop them for making a fuss.. LOL... but apparently, the shopkeeper also think that the arhma wan to jump queue.. then was like telling her off...
after that, the arh gong was being drag away to somewhere... and then... the guy went into the restaurant, and left us and the arh ma with her grandson.. so, this arh ma was like damn piss off and was like trying to tell us in shanghainese that she is not cutting queue all that.. she was looking at me and telling us something (in shanghainese) that i cannot understand.. LOL... without knowing what to do.. so i kind of like half listening half trying looking at the others.. LOLLLL.. but then she is like getting more and more agitated, till she grab wen's arm.. this is when NZ got pissed off, and was like telling her "they are not locals, they dun understand shanghainese!" this sentence is like a magic phrase, she stop immediately and went off~ hahaha...
after that we went in... and get to try the different bao there, and the "soup dumpling" there... haaaa... o, btw... the lecturers treat us... haaa...
so, while waiting for all the food to arrive, we took this photo... haaa.. 1 good thing to be with the lecturers is that they are storyteller~ LOL... get to know a lot of things from them bah... esp with MK... he is like telling us the history of why u thank others tat help u fill up the cup thru tapping 2 fingers... very entertaining... LOL
the soup dumpling~ haaa... very nice, drink the crabmeat soup thru the straw and it is very hot~ of cox i mean in terms of temperature... lol...
we also ordered 3 other different bao... lol... after eating this, i am like so full even though i din really eat breakfast... lol... jus nice, each of us get to try each of the different bao.. haaa... differernt taste... but the skin is really quite thin... but then the best is still the soup dumpling with straw bah.. haaa...
see how satisfied MK is... LOL.... o. btw, while waiting for the food to arrived, we saw police came in and tok to the guy that sort of tried to help us.. haaa... so, NZ went to tok to the police (sort of helping the guy to say it's not his fualt) and thank the guy and even give him a token of appreciation~ LMAO... thats random though... hahaha...
yea, on the way out, we took this photo.. dun look like as though it's empty... actually a lot of ppl are coming it... LOL... so we are really blocking the way~ LMAO...
after that, i dunno who, but someone bought this xiaolongbao at the 1st floor, and then was passing around... haaa... look at MK's face and u will noe how it taste... lol... this 1 is mainly for takeaway, so the skin is thick, the taste is more salty, quite dry, but then, i think it's specially design for takeaway... not that bad actually... but of cox, compared to the dine-in 1, it of cox taste worst and, i was force to eat 1 of this even though i am very full... LOL... owell..
after that went to had lunchhhhhh... haaa.. not bad... finally a proper meal since day 1's lunch... haaaa... but then, due to the fact that we are full, we dint eat much again -.-
the abv is suppose to be snake skin or something? but then it was replace by fish's skin... haaa... i got no courage to try this, as from far, i aredy can smell the fish smell, that i hate... lol....
and then, ana was having her bento set~ LMAO... thruout the trip at shanghai for 2 days, all muslim are having this for their 2 meals (both lunch and dinner)...
i find this thing, very interesting, so i insisted wenz to take a photo of this... hahaha... the menu with photo is all at this corner... and then they order here? haaa... very nice to see all the nice nice dish... lol
and then.. tian and all wan to go toilet... so, we went to the restuarant's toilet... and then... we saw this...
hahaha... each cubical's door is... actually a cloth... hahaha.. somemore like oni 3quarter length of what it suppose to be to cover the cubical... hahahhaa... somemore it's squarting de.. hahaha... then the girls drop the idea of using it... hahaha...
while waiting for the lift? but it's at the restaurant... i cant remember ler, but then we saw this place, i went sitting down, and wenz went taking photo.. hahaaa...
this pic was taken on the way to the bank.. haaa... too bored.. nothing better to do..
after that we reach OCBCshanghai... so... yea... the place was actually quite nice.. haaa.. and from what they say the building used to be a bungalow? then they revamp it...
after that, when we are about to leave, another event happen... LOL... all on board, except wenz and tian who went toilet... lol... however, lecturers tot everyone was onboard, without headcount, the bus driver actually started engine and was about to drive off.. LOL... and in the process, i was kind of daydreaming, until ana told me wenz and tian were not up yet~ LOL... i look at their seat in front and then i realise that the bus is going off soon... so i jumped up and shouted NZ's name directly... (okay, i dun mean to be rude.. but no time for those MR and MISSES thing~:p) so, NZ was shocked, she frowned and look at me with a "wat's going on" face..
after that, NZ stopped the bus and then waited for wenz and tian... lol.... while i am still in a "omg" mode~ LOL... wenz and tian came, and off we went to ppl's square to shop awhile while NZ and MK went to some other place to complete their "mission" again~ LOL...
if i dint remember wrongly, actually we did pass by the bund, but then we were to lazy to get out of bus, so, the tour guide actually bought us to go shopping instead... lol...
while shopping, i saw this thing that is made up by fake roses, so i asked ana take photo~ haaaa... after that we assemble at a place and went up the bus, but then, another event takes place again~ LOL... there was this guy who went buying bubble tea, and went missing.. (he did assemble, but then he went to buy bubble tea after that.. so he din follow us to go to the bus), the bus driver is not able to park the bus at the side as it is not allowed to, so the tour guide and 1 of the guy (his fren) went to find him, while we are being left on the bus that drove around.. lol....
that guy did not on his phone, so it was kind of difficult to contact him, somemore without lecturers around, without tour guide, we are actually kind of lost... hahaha... luckily he was found, but then, we had wasted a lot of time to find him, by right we are supposed to go to eat and then go to the cirus, but at that time, we are actually late for the circus show ler, so in the end, we packet our food and go hotel eat after the circus show instead... hahaha...
so, we went to this circus show, not bad lei, 1st time watch a circus show... kind of attractive to see them do all the stunt... lol... and then during this time, there was this guy that went sitting at wen's place while the girls when toilet, so it left me at that row... so i was like telling him "there's someone sitting here" he look at me, smile and replied me "orhs" then he act like he hear nothing... -.- so, he sit till the girls came back, and ran off... -.-
after that went back to hotel, and i went tian's room and eat while they tried some of the stuffs that was packet back... o, my leg seriously cmi, it's really aching, so tian was helping me to massage it... hahaha... luckily it works and feel better on the 3rd day... lol... after eating and waiting for the hair to dry, and we went back to our room and off to lalaland~ haaa...
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this is all the major things that had happened bah... (as per my memory) lol... this post seems wordy though... k, end here..
mataaaaaaaa~ XD
