back from berkelah, back from shanghai.

a mixture of feelings. happy to be back to the warm sg, no more thick coats! dont have to put on gloves, shoes, soaks, lip balm, jeans.. freeze no more.. the temp there on average is around 4 to 8 degrees? seriously..you'll freeze when the wind blows in ur face. can feel the chill in the bones. shiver shiver shiver..bRrr.. it's so cold that i dont even feel like shopping..that's amazing u know! considering how much i love shopping. just want to like stay in the hotel room..n feel warm..

frankly speaking, i dont like shanghai. there isn't much to see there, the only thing u can do is shop eat shop eat shop eat. the food there is cheap. we ordered a LOT of food but on average the amount each of us spent in each meal is..$3? winter time..the food especially oily..very delicious..but very unhealthy. my mum said it's necessary to eat oily food..if not u cant keep warm..

lots of fake branded goods in shanghai. the tourist guide we had for one day told us, the chinese are best in manufacturing fake stuff. whatever is successful, u'll see its duplicate in no time. so there is like a shopping village n the things there are 100% fake. LV, gucci, chanel, dior, nike, ck, addidas, burberry..u name it manz. n if u ever go there..xiangyangjie, remember to BARGAIN. very impt. to at least half the price they offer. ok it goes like this, u ask them how much the obj is, then let's say they say 300, then u say too ex, they'll ask "then how much u want?" (in mandarin la duh), u say "150", they say "bu xing, tai shao le, 200 ba", then u must say cannot, then must persist until u get the price u want or somewhere close to it.

the service there sux. the waiters, salespple..all talk as if they have something against u. n lian chou chou de. but maybe it's just a few black sheep..some are nice..they are very good talkers. can coax u into buying stuff very well. the pple there are verrrrry rrrudddeee manz. the word "excuse me" dont exist in their dictionary! they just pUSH past u. damn irritating.

cds cheap, cab fare cheap, food cheap, fastfood cheap, winter clothing cheap, everything cheap..almost..

a bit sad to be back. back to the pressures n troubles of life.