The post after my 1st trip to Shanghai :
I can’t wait to be back to Shanghai after my 1st trip in Apr. Perhaps it was the excitement of visiting the city for the 1st time; spending time with the gals; Shanghai Expo: the perfect cooling weather! I was loving every moment of it and raves was all I had about the country. With excitement and anticipation, I visited Shanghai again in July with the above “must do list” for this trip!
Yuyuan – checked. Tailored shirts – checked . Suzhou – checked
But this trip, “I so wanna go back to SG”… was what went through my mind. I blamed it on the hot weather. Really. With the summer heat, you see/ hear/ smell the real Chinese …
A side trip to Suzhou
People say 上有天堂, 下有苏杭 (“There is a paradise in the sky, but on the world there is Suzhou and Hangzhou”). I believed it was because we didn’t do enough research prior embarking on the trip. All that can go wrong went wrong. Though we travelled in “business” class train seats, it wasn’t a memorable trip, not enough for me to write any further about the paradise I saw…
People say 上有天堂, 下有苏杭 (“There is a paradise in the sky, but on the world there is Suzhou and Hangzhou”). I believed it was because we didn’t do enough research prior embarking on the trip. All that can go wrong went wrong. Though we travelled in “business” class train seats, it wasn’t a memorable trip, not enough for me to write any further about the paradise I saw…
Hr got into a quarrel/fight at the HK café
This has got to be DRAMA of the year. We went back to the nice HK café again hoping to get some nice comforting dinner. But we ended with Hr being splashed by her warm lemon honey drink because some LOSER wasn’t too happy that his 5% left drink was cleared, thinking that it was us who told the servers that he has left. He wasn’t too happy with the tone that Hr used on him and even asked her to “watch her attitude”… Hr, not being in a good mood + tough lady = don’t come messing with me, “ I don’t give a F*** about you” threw her hot bowl of nissin noodles back to that loser who was wearing a white shirt! You go gurl! That loser still has the guts to even wanting to hit her on her head but not before the waiters held him back. So much for getting some “comfort” food….
This has got to be DRAMA of the year. We went back to the nice HK café again hoping to get some nice comforting dinner. But we ended with Hr being splashed by her warm lemon honey drink because some LOSER wasn’t too happy that his 5% left drink was cleared, thinking that it was us who told the servers that he has left. He wasn’t too happy with the tone that Hr used on him and even asked her to “watch her attitude”… Hr, not being in a good mood + tough lady = don’t come messing with me, “ I don’t give a F*** about you” threw her hot bowl of nissin noodles back to that loser who was wearing a white shirt! You go gurl! That loser still has the guts to even wanting to hit her on her head but not before the waiters held him back. So much for getting some “comfort” food….
Tailored shirts in Shanghai
I went prepared with pictures of modern cheongsam which I wanna make but upon reaching the place, I couldn’t find any suitable material for my dream cheongsam. So, tailored shirts were not next best thing. My 1st piece came out quite a disaster but with a price of RMB 90, I decided to give them a 2nd or rather 3rd try. But like what my colleague said “It’s ok to wear it to work, ok to wear it in Shanghai” 2 out of the 3 pieces which I tailored are still untouched in the cupboard.
What didn’t disappoint me
Lost Heaven (Gaoyou Lu) & Yang's Fried Dumplings. I’ll visit Shanghai again for these 2 loves!
