Ye(s!) Shanghai

Apr 19, 2006 18:31

Things I learnt in Shanghai:

1) Traffic lights are only a suggestion.
Shanghainese simply ignore traffic lights! Pedestrians cross roads at their own pace; drivers speed through red lights as if the lights are merely decorative objects. We had to look left and right twenty times before we gingerly placed one foot to the road!

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buzz_cut April 19 2006, 11:36:01 UTC
Hey babe, looks like you had great fun in shanghai! :) So did you manage to check out many places while you were there ... erm, minus the sex museum that is? LOL!

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serphina April 20 2006, 13:48:13 UTC
didn't manage to sniff around too many places because the weather was unbearably cold! it dropped to 4 degrees one night and we were all freezing away! ;)

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lumoszoga April 19 2006, 13:33:56 UTC
sounds like fun, did u do a free and easy? how many days did u spend there and where are the pics of your loot?!

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serphina April 20 2006, 13:49:58 UTC
Yuppp, we went on free and easy. Very adventurous, considering that it was our 1st time in China! It was a 5D4N tour but due to the flight time, it was really more like a 4 day vacation.

Ah, my photo-taking skills is terrible. Ha hah. Will try to see if I can put up a picture or two. ;)

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anonymous April 21 2006, 05:48:31 UTC
so it's look right/left 20 times before putting one foot.
then another 20 times for 2nd foot...
wow, it must had took u the whole day to cross one road, lol.

gosh... 43 pairs of shoes... wat r u? some sort of relatives of that mad hatter in "alice in wonderland"?

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serphina April 21 2006, 10:07:59 UTC
Yah, crossing the road's a bit like doing the cha-cha. ;)

actually I'm aiming for 50 pairs! Ha ha. 7 more pairs to go!!

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