Saturday, September 03, 2005

Carrefour shopping in Shanghai

The past few days have been hectic days and today is no exception. Today we moved in to the new apartment. I’m currently staying with my god cousin, William, and his friend, Jeffrey.

Spent the whole afternoon shopping in Carrefour for basic necessities. Carrefour seems to be doing good job here as they do everywhere. It was really crowded everywhere, perhaps because today is Saturday.

Today I encountered a very shocking experience. I was queuing cashier and two ladies behind me were quarreling over a mere queue. They were practically scolding and shouting at each other. Both ladies were in fact cutting the queue! The husband of the first lady tried to stop her, but was in turned scolded too.. -_-‘ I just watched them in disbelief..

On weekends, the streets are fully packed with vehicles. Traffic jam is everywhere and unavoidable, unless you travel to suburb perhaps. It really resembles Jakarta. I feel like living in Indonesia without vehicle. Feel damn terrible.

I haven’t gotten used to the environment and lifestyle here. Somehow I miss Singapore a lot. I’m used to living in a clean and orderly environment, eating healthy food, living a healthy lifestyle..

Andrew, I haven’t seen the bright side of Shanghai. Perhaps I should go to the tourism area, and THEN I’d be able to appreciate Shanghai.

1 comments:

Andrew said...

Haha Mona, you should see Pudong and the Bund at night, then you get to experience the beauty of Shanghai. Hang out at Xintiandi too! I mean, Shanghai just opened up less than 10 years and it is much cleaner and more convenient than Jakarta which was developed for a far longer period of time...