One of the Chinese property website released those figures. Let’s have a look to see how true it is. Read More…
Archive for the ‘Living in Shanghai’ Category
How much to rent an apartment in Shanghai?
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Does anyone know Wujiang Road English Corner?
Monday, December 28th, 2009Wujiang Road is always branded as the most famous food street in Shanghai. But it seems that it is more than that.
When I was passing Wujiang Road today, I saw this notice: Read More…
SHFFT (EBPP), pay your bills online
Monday, December 14th, 2009How do you pay your bills in Shanghai? I’ve tried:
- post office
- convenience stores
- banks (some machinese in the banks where you can scan the bar code and pay through your bank account) Read More…
How to post stuffs in Shanghai
Friday, December 11th, 2009Have you posted this year Christmas presents to your family or friends? I just did!
Some readers might find it difficult to post stuffs in Shanghai to their families or friends in other countries because no English services at all in any post office in Shanghai.
Okay, first talk about my personal experiences. Read More…
KDS Guy and Liba Girl
Monday, November 30th, 2009If you live Shanghai long enough (and you are able to read Chinese), you must know what KDS and Liba mean!
Both KDS and Liba are two well known BBS online forums in Shanghai.
KDS stands for Kuan Dai Shan which in Chinese means Broadband Mountain. And Liba in Chinese means fence or hedge. Because most users of these two forums are Shanghainese, both KDS and Liba are labeled as Shanghai local forums. Read More…
Kenny G, never out of date in China
Saturday, November 28th, 2009Today when I was passing a middle school in Pudong, I heard the famous saxophone Going Home by Kenny G. Aha, it was not a music class. The music does what the name said, telling all the children it was the time to go home!
And then when I was shopping in the Lianhua Supermarket, after the ‘That’s the end of our service today’ announced by the sweet lady, Kenny G’s famous Going Home was with us again! Read More…
Meng (萌), a new Chinese word I learned today
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Today when I was having dinner with two of my friends, suddenly one of them said: ‘check it out, that girl, 6 o’clock, is very Meng’. And the other said: ‘ Wow, she is Meng!’
Okay, both of them were talking in Chinese and I know every word they said. But I couldn’t understand it!
Then I asked:’What? What is Meng?’ Read More…
Shanghai is colder than Helongjiang, really?
Thursday, November 19th, 2009The weather of 2009 in Shanghai is extremely unusual!
We had the coolest yet wettest summer after the solar eclipse. And then we had the shortest and warmest autumn, always above 20 degrees. Now we are having the earliest cold winter right in town.
It was still 20 degrees last Monday and now we got only 5-6 degrees. We skipped the whole 10s! This is dramatic! Read More…
The Coolest Clothes Drying Rank in Shanghai
Saturday, October 31st, 2009Drying clothes out of the windows in public might be one of the unique things made in Shanghai. Because of the limited living space, Shanghainese has invented lots of clothes drying ranks to allow them to make the best use of the space out of the window on the wall.
Whenever there is a nice shining day, bed sheets, quilt covers, clothes are everywhere in the air above your head especially in the old local residential blocks. The government has put a lot of efforts to educate people to give up this tradition because hanging clothes in public is considered as an uncivilised thing which should be abandoned. Read More…
An interesting photo took at Shanghai Railway Station
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Today, on my way to catch the train to Nanjing, I took this interesting photo. Read More…
My stroll in Hongkou District Shanghai (Duolun Road)
Saturday, October 10th, 2009Duolun Road is labeled as the cultural road in Hongkou. This was my first time in Duolun Road. I was expecting to see some fully refurbished old buildings and shops etc. What surprised me was some parts of Duolun Road looked well preserved while some were still in an old and bad condition. Read More…
My stroll in Hongkou District Shanghai (Tianai Road)
Friday, October 9th, 2009I blogged about Tianai Road, the sweet love road before (click here for previous blog).
I guess after visiting a park, people usually need to do some grocery shopping. That is why there was a small wet market in front of the west gate of Lu Xun Park. Read More…
My stroll in Hongkou District Shanghai (Lu Xun Park)
Friday, October 9th, 2009Lu Xun Park is located right beside the Hongkou Football Stadium at North Sichuan Road. Although the park is named after the famous Chinese writer Lu Xun,Lu Xun Park might be the most vividly living park in Shanghai. Not for tourists, totally serves the local communities needs. It also reminded me of the parks back in 1980s where my parents usually took me to for holidays. Read More…
My stroll in Hongkou District Shanghai (Hongkou Football Stadium)
Friday, October 9th, 2009The weather during 2009 National Day Golden week in Shanghai is what we call Best Season in Shanghai except 1st Oct. It was dry, clear, breezy and sunny. What a waste if I didn’t go out! So I decided to go around Hongkou District.
In local Shanghainese mind, Hongkou district is regarded as an unpleasant or lower end district like Zhabei District (Jingan District, Luwan District and Xuhui District are usually regarded good districts in Shanghai). But these two districts are actually very close to the city centre and the river. Why they are less developed? Okay, I haven’t found the answer yet. Read More…
Photos of My National Day (Part II)
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Look at the crowd! Shanghai is always a busy city! Most of them were tourists. Kids were so excited. Happy holiday! Read More…
Have you been ‘bombed’ by wedding invitation this National Day week?
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Today when my colleagues were talking about their plans for the golden week over the lunch time, Jason looked very upset and not interested at well. Why? Because he got unbelievable 8 wedding invitations from his friends, relatives etc for this golden week. Jason told me, if he goes to every wedding, at least he has to give 500RMB for each wedding couple. So 8 weddings, 4000RMB! Read More…
Shanghai Media Group
Monday, September 28th, 2009Today I had a small tour in Shanghai Media Group in Weihai Road. Below are some photos I took.
There are total 13 TV channels under Shanghai Media Group (SMG). The three logos in the picture represent three TV brands (from left to the right)
- Dragon TV - satellite TV covers the whole China Read More…
Love Shanghai Wet Market
Saturday, September 26th, 2009I know there is always this or that problem you may have with the wet market. But I just love it more and more.
Unlike supermarket, everything is standard, the wet market makes me feel so personal. Every owner of the stand has their own personalities although they sell very similar stuffs. Some are more quiet while some are more talkative. If you shop in wet market frequently, you can easily establish relations with some of your favourite owners which makes the shopping experiences more pleasant. Guess what, I even got to know the fruit stand owner’s two sons today! It is also very easy to tell what kind of things are in season. Just look around, they are usually piled on every stand! Read More…
Delivery/Parcel rejected or delayed due to Security Check before National Day
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Today I went to a post office to EMS a parcel to my friend in Beijing. The post office staff asked me to open the box for security check. After they found bottles of capsules, they rejected it because capsules are not allowed.
So I tried to contact another private courier company (because as the state owned post office, EMS might not be that flexible) but again failed. Then I asked them why because I did send the capsules a couple of months ago. The staff told me that they received a special notice from national authority required stricter security check before accept the parcel. Read More…
Shanghai Xin Tian Di
Friday, September 18th, 2009Today when I was meeting Joan, who was first time in Shanghai at Xin Tian Di, she was so excited to tell me: Wow, this place is great. I absolutely love here. Here is so Shanghai! Read More…
