lifestyles of the rich and the famous.
well i'm back living the expensive canadian life. expenses in Shanghai/HK are half/less than half of canadian goods. there are no taxes, and many places no tips are needed. so that's already 25% that i dont need to spend. For 1.50, i could buy a mcchicken meal... sooo cheap. and i loooove mcchicken. man, for that price id have it everyday! haha.. well, maybe not..
i wanted to blog while i was in shanghai, i think china restricts internet sites. there were many that i couldn't get to, and blogger was one of them. they even blocked yahoo canada!!! and all the search sites somehow diverted them all the chinese sites. soo ridiculous.
the people in shanghai tend to eat lots of weird/internal organ types of food.... one night my uncle ordered: pig ears, liver, and frogs and duck kidney. blech. hence the reason why i kept eating mcchicken for 1.50. i did enjoy the appetizers though... mostly made of fried tofu. mm. i love tofu.
snowboarding indoors was... not as enjoyable as i thought it would be. first off, i ended up boarding alone. my dad had promised that he was going to go with me, then bailed the very last minute. before i went, i already had this massive headache, but since we were there already, i figured this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. they provided me with a jacket, snowpants and gloves.. i only put on the snowpants cause everything else looked a little gross. there were only 10 people in the whole resort, and no english signs anywhere... i couldnt figure out how to use the ski lift, AND they had no lift attendants. out of the 10 people, none spoke english, and only 1 guy took the lift up. so i watched, as he straddled the pole that dangled down the ceiling.. and because i was boarding, i couldnt straddle the pole since my feet are placed apart. i pretty much gave up and just walked up the hill. after an hour, i had enough.
i dont think i would ever have the guts to drive in shanghai. its MAD i tell you. i was never in a car ride where the car horn didnt go off. cars cut in and out. i saw 3 accidents within one day. pedestrians are constantly being honked at. the side mirrors of each are pretty much touching one another.
after this trip, i really want to pick up some mandarin, cause i felt useless not being able to communicate the whole time and always having to ask my mom what people were saying.. especially when the people at the massage parlour and hair salon was asking me things......i guess i should also fix up my cantonese first. lol
that pretty much sums up shanghai. its really hot in my room and im tired of typing...
well i'm back living the expensive canadian life. expenses in Shanghai/HK are half/less than half of canadian goods. there are no taxes, and many places no tips are needed. so that's already 25% that i dont need to spend. For 1.50, i could buy a mcchicken meal... sooo cheap. and i loooove mcchicken. man, for that price id have it everyday! haha.. well, maybe not..
i wanted to blog while i was in shanghai, i think china restricts internet sites. there were many that i couldn't get to, and blogger was one of them. they even blocked yahoo canada!!! and all the search sites somehow diverted them all the chinese sites. soo ridiculous.
the people in shanghai tend to eat lots of weird/internal organ types of food.... one night my uncle ordered: pig ears, liver, and frogs and duck kidney. blech. hence the reason why i kept eating mcchicken for 1.50. i did enjoy the appetizers though... mostly made of fried tofu. mm. i love tofu.
snowboarding indoors was... not as enjoyable as i thought it would be. first off, i ended up boarding alone. my dad had promised that he was going to go with me, then bailed the very last minute. before i went, i already had this massive headache, but since we were there already, i figured this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. they provided me with a jacket, snowpants and gloves.. i only put on the snowpants cause everything else looked a little gross. there were only 10 people in the whole resort, and no english signs anywhere... i couldnt figure out how to use the ski lift, AND they had no lift attendants. out of the 10 people, none spoke english, and only 1 guy took the lift up. so i watched, as he straddled the pole that dangled down the ceiling.. and because i was boarding, i couldnt straddle the pole since my feet are placed apart. i pretty much gave up and just walked up the hill. after an hour, i had enough.
i dont think i would ever have the guts to drive in shanghai. its MAD i tell you. i was never in a car ride where the car horn didnt go off. cars cut in and out. i saw 3 accidents within one day. pedestrians are constantly being honked at. the side mirrors of each are pretty much touching one another.
after this trip, i really want to pick up some mandarin, cause i felt useless not being able to communicate the whole time and always having to ask my mom what people were saying.. especially when the people at the massage parlour and hair salon was asking me things......i guess i should also fix up my cantonese first. lol
that pretty much sums up shanghai. its really hot in my room and im tired of typing...