shanghai - singapore

as i'm typing this, i'm dozing off at my computer. haven't had much decent rest these past 8/9 days while i was in china! we visited places like suzhou, hangzhou, jiangnan, nanjing and shanghai.

shanghai's very nice! it's like singapore, but much more modern, especially their scenery and architecture. the cruise down the huangpu river really showed off its beautiful skyline. heh. prices there weren't cheap though. while we were in xintiandi (a cross between takashimaya and somewhere european), the clothes there were expensive! liquor wasn't cheap either. the clubs (which were playing chinese hip-hop songs that i didn't really like) sold them at slightly higher prices than singapore. we went pubbing instead. but whoa! they're really generous with the alcohol in mixes!

met baby's dad in shanghai. while we stayed at a creepy 3-star hotel, his dad took a suite at InterContinental Hotel with his own family. Payed them a visit, or two visits. And chilled out good there. Lol. Ordered a sirloin steak (finally western food in china) from their room service. felt quite pampered there. heh. his dad took us to Shanghai Uncle for lunch. we would never have been able to afford such luxury on our own! went for a full-body massage with baby and his dad at some blind-man massage parlour (they're quite good over there). massages were very affordable, so we did them on our free-and-easy days. lol.

this lady in my tour group made me damn pissed on our 3rd last day during a conversation we had. shan't go into details but she made me feel insulted. i hope i never see her again! or her ntu daughter. made my blood boil. argggh. spoilt the whole day for us too.

can't remember much of the other places cos they were too culture-based. only remembered the yucky breakfasts we had in the hotel cafeteria. coffee isn't coffee. it was more like water with a tinge of coffee taste. same goes for everything else. and to the chinese, oil seemed like it's FREE. everything was CAKED in oil! i do miss the youtiao and dou jiang we had at the roadside stalls for breakfast though. we ordered many dishes but only paid about 60 cents per person for the whole meal!

need to sleep now.
so i can think better later.
got offered a full-time position at huntington while i was in china. what do i do now..

okays laters.