2003年1月4日
It's another weird time being on-line......I just woke up at 3:30am and couldn't fall asleep again.
Anyway, thought this might be a good chance to blog about my Shanghai trip and my hanging-out with Vince.
Mimi's Shanghai Trip
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I stayed at Somerset service apartment while I was in Shanghai, and it is one of the coolest "hotel". Uncle and I stayed in a 3-bedroom apartment, but were charged for a single room only. There are kitchen, living room, dining room, and 3 bed rooms. Water and coke are served everyday~~~
My first impression of Shanghai is that buildings are like no difference of those in Taipei and Hong Kong, but the average (living standard, education......) level of the general public is not as high as I thought matching the built-up environment. It seems like they build really fansy and tall buildings merely because they want them to be like that, not 100% useful and not 100% absolutely necessary.
The price of merchandise is like extremely unreasonably high with their living standard. Even though the original prices are considered cheap to us, but you can always get the stuff with only 30% or 40% of its original price. The seller was like: "Sir, just tell me how much you'd pay for it, then I'll sell you." I'm so so so so confused by the origianl value of the stuff.....Can I get even cheaper if I say sth lower than what I just said? Will I still get what I want? I shopped a lot.......
The traffic in Shanghai is bad. Cars horn at all time; pedestrians have to flight for their way to walk on the street coz cars would never yield. Traffic lights are merely Christmas light ---- decoration only.
The Bund is the landmark of Shanghai, and you'll know why if you go there in person. Uncle and I walked on the Bund for like 1 hour in order to find a nice restaurant named M. (coz Uncle forgets where it is....) Nice food, and also a nice spot to view the Bund. You gotta try their very-famous dessert ---- Pavlova, it' like the best ever!! (You'll regret for the rest of your life if you leave without having it!!!)
Vincent's stay in Taipei
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It has been 13 years since Vince's last time in Taipei. Haven't seen him for a loooooooong time.
We hungout everyday after he came back, like more than 12 hours a day?? And crazily, we went to the movies 2 times in 5 days. We saw The Lord of The Rings, and Harry Potter, both of them are great.
We also went to Taipei World Auto Expo, but it was not as good as we thought......
I had such a great time counting-down this year with Vince even though we didn't join the crowd. We just stood in front of his hotel, Hyatt, which is close to the Tapei City Hall where a concert was held. After a brief celebration of Year 2003, we headed back to the room on 17th floor. Christ, there like thousands and thousands of people walking on the street after the countdown, and it's amazing to see all those people at the same time.....it's like ants moving.....Vince took a pic of it, guess it's pretty unforgettble to him.
Even though I go home like 2:00am and get up at 9:00am everyday, I still enjoy it, a lot I should say. Hanging out with an old friend is extremely rewarding to me, and we even have our next Christmas vacation planned ---- he'll visit me in Seattle, then we fly to Hong Kong together and shop like crazy, followed by going back to Taiwan.
It's so nice to see him again, and it's the best gift to me at the end of year 2002!!!
Guess I'll see you again online soon, Vince!!!
posted by Biochemie on 5:50 上午
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