Aliens!

Second day was sorta wasted making a trip down to the police post, a.k.a 管局, and we didn’t have the necessary documentations to declare our temporary stay here (we’re Aliens :S) and finally got my SIM and called le parents before they go apeshit on me for not contacting them (it’s very strange, how the ways of Shanghai’s telecommunication is working, I had to top up to RMB200 before I was ‘eligible’ to subscribe to international call service). The weather has been really hot, like Singapore really, except that the presence of the wind can (sometimes) be felt. We then went back to Super Brand Mall (正大广场）cause I stupidly didn’t bring ANY short sleeved tops cause le mommah kept nagging at me at how cold it will be so I won’t be needing it -.- Popped by H&M and conveniently bought their 2-pack tees, the prices here are all slightly pricier than Singapore, by $2 for everything actually. Uniqlo wasn’t cheap either, in fact all the international brands that are available in the mall aren’t any cheaper than Singapore. I still didn’t dare to take photos (I know, stupid me) cause I think the chances of me being robbed is pretty high (shove > grab > go) Delish Canto style dinner with the best sour and sweet crispy pork and stewed tofu everrrrr! Okay good night I shall start taking more photos.

我在上海了！

大家好！

Tis’ be my blog where I will try to update my life in Shanghai, which I can foresee it to be mundane. Nevertheless, this is much easier than scribbling down into my Moleskine with my scribbly, doctor’s style handwriting.

The flight was smooth and the 5 hours went by pretty quickly spent watching the Bridesmaids (Kristen Wiig holla!) and playing Monopoly Deal Airline edition with Joni and Yiwen 🙂 Also, there was a rather anal air stewardess serving our area -.- ask for toys (eyeroll), ask for more juice (eyeroll). Maybe the tight uniform was annoying her.

The waiting time at the customs was agonising as there were quite a number of flights landing at the same time, the phrase 排长龙 certainly describes the queue lanes aptly.
Met up with Jolene’s uncle and we went straight for dinner at this little Japanese place for ramen for cheap and assorted Japanese food of which I was pleasantly surprised that it was not spammed with MSG. Uncle Raymond then brought us to see the Shanghai skyline at Lujiazhui as well as The Bund, pity I didn’t bring out my DSLR, not like I want to be robbed anyway. It was really amazing though, to feel so small amidst the vastness of the country as well as being in a city with flashy skylines that would not stop blinking bright colours. Coming out of the metro (a.k.a China’s version of MRT) though, there were some seriously aggressive flyer distributors who shoved a stack of flyers right into my hands -.- They don’t ever care even when you said no, they just SHOVEEEEE it right there. After that Jolene and I had the shiokest massage ever and my He Nan-nese masseuse is only 19 O_O I think the stiffness of my back was alleviated quite a bit from her kneading. Okay this post concluded my first day in Shanghai and it’s gonna take some time to sink in that I really am here…