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17 October, 2010 at 2.05 pm
Just in case people are wondering: there are definitely moments where I feel culture shock. It’s not very often but it’s still there. I think I was expecting Shanghai to be so much like Hong Kong, but it really is. List of top three occassions after the jump. 10 October, 2010 at 2.14 pm
  The Lingering Garden, Suzhou Another day trip we made during the National Day Golden Week. 6 October, 2010 at 2.07 am
Going to Songjiang Town was meant to be a spontaneous trip out into the suburbs of Shanghai (wasn’t spontaneous on my part, I got a text about it and agreed). As far as spur of the moment adventures go, this one wasn’t too successful but we did get to see some of the sights. 4 October, 2010 at 3.22 pm
Didn’t see much this time since we went and got an evening ticket to see the Expo. Evening tickets for the Expo only come on sale at 4pm, and they don’t let you go through the whole security process until 4.30pm. So that was fairly annoying. 3 October, 2010 at 2.21 am
 One of the other things we did when my mother and her boyfriend was visiting was hop on a bus and go to Zhouzhuang, a watertown in Suzhou.
27 September, 2010 at 12.29 pm
 
UK Pavilion at Dusk, World Expo in Shanghai, originally uploaded by kahumphrey. My mother and her boyfriend decided to come and visit Shanghai over the Mid Autumn Festival. So of course, since they were here, we had to go to the Shanghai Expo (I hadn’t been, so it was a pretty good opportunity to go without paying for anything…). I think I was really dreading the whole experience because I heard it was horrible, and hot, and people where loud and pushy. Also we were planning on going on the Friday, and the day before attendance reached it’s all time high of over 630,000. Since the average day only amounted to around 300,000 people, and Friday being another holiday in Shanghai, I was expecting the worst. 19 September, 2010 at 4.32 am
 
Managed to witness a bizarre aspect of Shanghai culture when wandering around People’s Square with Sarah yesterday. 13 September, 2010 at 5.22 pm
Sorry about the lack of posts, I literally only just got internet. I had some access through my phone, but not enough to warrant posting anything of any note. I’ve started classes now, and they’ve been quite fun. Slowly making friends and what not. Classes are interesting but some are easier than others. It’s a bit annoying how they don’t separate you according to your level for each of the aspects of Chinese. For example, I’ve just been placed in the general F level. But to be honest, when I did the test I barely passed D class and [...] 31 August, 2010 at 12.37 pm
Things are definitely picking up this week, and I’m a lot busier. Today I registered at the university and took my first placement test to put me into a class. I’ve got a meeting tomorrow about a possible internship. On Thursday morning I have to check out of the hotel, I have my final placement test, and in the afternoon I’m going to finalise the contract for the flat. Friday and Saturday so far have been designated moving in days, which includes going to Wal-Mart and Ikea. And then on Sunday is the university’s Opening Ceremony which is when [...] 26 August, 2010 at 3.20 pm
 You know that song by Albert Hammond, “It Never Rains in Southern California”? Peak at number 5 of the Billboard Top 100 in 1972? No? Well, I think the same can be said about Shanghai. “It never rains in [Shanghai], but girl don’t they warn ya. It pours, man it pours.” Cheesy, I know, but I guess the same can be said about any top 10 singles released in 1972. I’m just generalising here. I can’t name any other single released in 1972. The only reason I know this is because I just wiki-ed the song before typing all [...] |
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