Shanghai! Shanghai!!

3 reasons why i love Shanghai!!
(not in any order of preferences..keke)

1. massage!!

2. shopping!!

3. food!!

Yesh!! massage is damn cheap in Shanghai!! usually cost about RMB100-150 (about S$20- 25) for 2hours!! YUPZ!! 2 HOURS of pure bliss!!!
太爽了！！

NEWS REPORT
Xiangyang LOST & FOUND!!
(fyi, Xiangyang Road market was probably the most famous market in Shanghai. They sell stuff like clothes, shoes, bags and some other stuff which i can't mentioned. The market was officially closed in jun 2006 and the vendors were relocated to "i don't know where" till now!!

Apparently, Xiang yang has been relocated to Rong Fu Department store..
(near to Times Square building)The place is definitely smaller..they have less shops here, the atmosphere is aint the same anymore and it's not as crowded. Competition is stiff here between all shops, with shops owners grabbing us by the arms to patronize their shops. I wanted to get a pair of boots for winter, but failed to find anything or should i say, fail to find any single shops that sells boots.

Bought a couple of items that i cant mentioned here (you know what i mean) and head off for lunch.

Lunch was at Bi Feng Tang restaurant
(i think there's a BiFengTang in Singapore as well...hmm..let's do a google search...yupz... 2 outlets..in Century Square and United Square respectively.. never eaten there though)

i love the ambience...and the tea pot!! its so....so so traditional...
小二！来一胡茶！This is the amount of food two of us ordered!! yesh...it's so amazing..The couple sitted at the next table were openly looking at us and then the amount of food on the table..They finally couldnt take it anymore and exclaimed
"that's alot of food for two person!!"
肚子饿吗！we replied...haha..so hilarious ~
Food is cheap over there...the bill came up to about S$20..

we were so totally stuffed afterwards..bleah~

This is my shopping buddy!! Everyone say Hello to Joyee!!!...Moi enjoying the food! yummie~ *chomp*I seriously need to get boots!! arghh..
Joyee then suggested going to Qibulu (another shopping district in Shanghai)

This the the cabbie driving us to Qibulu..
Ineed to mentioned that im kinda disgusted with his behaviour. On our way there, he rolled down his window and "ka pui" onto the road! *Ewwww*

he then started cursing, swearing and making impatient sounds when the road ahead was jammed packed with cars

Totally disgusted.. 坏人！

Of cos, the encounter with the cab driver didnt dampen my shopping spirit at all!!!
Moi's Born to shop!!!
After walking around the first floor, I already bought two pairs of boots!!
yaay~
And its so affordable..of cause u need to bargain with them (at least slash the price by a third)
they initially quoted them at RMB380... but managed to bargain down to RMB100 each (S$20)
of cos the quality is not as good, but for S$20...can't complain much lah..

But don't quote ridiculous prices lah...u know how some Singaporeans are sometime.. they go to countries like Thailand and China and expect everything to be so bloody cheap!!

moi's golden rule in bargaining :
pay what you think is a reasonable amount
(of cos some people like XXX for example, will wanna pay as low as possible..he'll probably try to bargain it down to just S$5 for the boots...which is surely gonna get him throw out of the shop..or mabbe get chased out with a broom!)

anyway, back to Qibulu..a point to note, try to avoid going during peak hours.. going there is easy but getting a cab from there back to the hotel is a nightmare!!! *no kidding*
After 10mins of waiting, we spotted an empty cab only to have a chinese family coming up from behind and stealing our cab right infront of our eyes!

we decided to walk away from Qibulu area thinking it might be easier to get a cab. One empty cab we came across asked how much we are wiling to pay. When we asked him to go by the price meter, he waved us away and drove off. The next empty cab we flagged down actually rolled down the window and inform us to call and book a cab (probably to earn from the booking fee!)

That's insanity!

Feeling so damn pissed with all the cab drivers, we decided to not get a cab and just take the underground train back which cost like just RMB3/per person (and no spitting driver and no traffic jam!!)

But the whole incident didnt dampen my feeling for Shanghai..Yesh, the flight might be tough! people might sometimes be ungracious..but i still love Shanghai..