Ah, finally, a nice and boring Sunday for me to fill up this blog.
Not that I have nothing to do... (I've got a report to submit!!!)
Days have passed by lightning quick! Work's still as mundane as ever.
Let's see, we had school excursion to Suzhou's 同里, which is a 水镇.
Well, if you've been to Suzhou's Humble Administrator's Garden,
this place is no different...
Housemates around me were sick for some time... Amelia came up with
a scary 39.2 degree celcius fever. Freaked me out. But! There's a
Raffles Medical here in Shanghai, and a cool 20% discount for students...
Plus the Singapore passport of course. She's getting well.
My hair's growing long! And because I don't really trust the salons here...I will just leave it till I come back. Haha, my shaggy shaggy hair.
A bit frustrating, but considering that winter's here... keeping my hair long
is good right?
A few of us went to 豫园 to eat the famous 南翔小笼包 after school that day,
and it was terrible. Bite a little hole, and hoping that I can suck up all the
tasty soup... there was barely a sip. SAD! And the skin was really thick,
I mean, yea, Shanghai 小笼包 is made with thicker skin as compared to
Taiwan... but, because there wasn't much soup, I was literally chewing
on dough. The meat was tasty though. In some way. Oh well.
Still prefer 鼎泰丰 over 南翔. Oh wait, there's this even nicer one that we
found, and much cheaper. But this tiny place is always packed with people.
There's this really nice dessert shop near my school. They sell Taiwan's
烧仙草... WAH, good good! It's 仙草 submersed in milk tea, and there's
black pearl, yam balls (芋圆, my favorite thing in the whole bowl), red beans,
and peanut (optional). Really nice. Best without red beans and peanut,
haha, because I don't like them.
Hmmm... other than the usual touristy areas in Shanghai, I've found this
brilliant place to chill out, best visited at night, but afternoon is cool too.
It's called 田子访. Small alleyways with bars, pubs, cafes, restaurants packed
in both sides of the alleys. There are a lot of small indie shops that sell
postcards, cute stuff, vintage items, self-designed clothing, imported goods.
It feels like Haji Lane of Singapore, BUT! I prefer this place better because
though crowded, the small alleys are actually quite comfortable and cozy
to stroll through. Of course, there are still a lot of foreigners, but everybody's
there to chill out and just spend their time catching up with their friends.
Alright then, I will try to keep this blog updated in coming weeks.
Not many weeks left actually. Till the next post! Cheers!
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