Shanghai's Achievement

Things I learnt and gained in Shanghai:

1. Chinese?? <-- improvement rate: 10%-30%
2. Calligraphy - BASIC!
3. Shanghai's architectures, food, culture and lifestyle =.=
   
4. How to deal with the locals - more flexibility for Chinese speaking foreigners!
5. Great cheap shopping places
6. Good hangout places - bars, restaurants, lounges, spa
7. SuZhou-HangZhou beautiful sceneries
8. Better rates with Singapore debit cards!
9. It's a waste of time to study language in Shanghai

Places to visit in Shanghai:

1. The Bund a.k.a Shanghai Tan - most popular place
2. JinMao Tower, Cloud 99 Lounge - skyview nightlife
3. Cheng Huang Miao - Chinatown in Shanghai, selling jades and golds
4. NanJing Lu - always busy pedestrian road
5. Xin Tian Di - full of foreigners
6. XiangYang Market - infamous market for non-authentic goods
7. Shanghai Development Centre

Shoppings:

1. QiPu Lu - good bargain fashion wears
2. Cheng Huang Miao - wholesales of accessories, textiles etc
3. DongJia Du Lu - fabric & tailoring market
   
4. ShanXi Bei Lu no. 59 - AAA grade non-authentic goods, good price!
5. NanJing Xi Lu
6. NanJing Dong Lu
7. HuaiHai Lu
   

Restaurants:

1. Shanghai Ashu - Best Shanghai's restaurant
2. Din Tai Fung - Best Xiao Long Bao
3. Charmant - Affordable Taiwanese food
4. People 7 - Contemporary Cuisine
5. South Beauty - SzeChuan restaurant
   
6. Malone's - Great burger
   
7. Lapis Lazuli - Italian/French restaurant
8. Zen - Dimsum restaurant
9. HongQiao Lu - Korean restaurants
10. GuBei Lu - Japanese restaurants
11. HongMei Lu
    

Lounges:

1. People 7 - cool unique mysterious - impressive!
2. Barbarossa - sheesha lounge
3. New Heights - dessert lounge, PuDong view (best chocolate cake)
4. CJW - great jazz lounge
5. Senses - wine lounge
6. HengShan Lu
7. The Bund
   

Clubbings:

1. Guan Di - Wed night (supermodel night)
2. Pegasus - Thurs night (foreigners' night)
3. La Fabrique
   
4. Babyface
5. Club DKD (Dance Kill Depression)
6. Block 60
7. MaoMing Lu
8. TongRen Lu
   

Great experience:

1. SuZhou/HangZhou trip with dear
2. New Year's Eve with Jingz & Alvin at The Bund
3. Poormen boat trip PuXi-PuDong (best experience indeed!) - thanks Jingz!
   

Happy New Year 2006

New Year's Eve was spent over a simple dinner at People 6. The place itself was unique and intimidating. One has to figure out how to open the first entrance which will lead you to a small pathway to the second entrance. It serves interesting contemporary chinese food. It was overall an interesting fine dining experience.




















After the first entrance of People 6

We assumed that there'd be fireworks celebration, as per normal in Singapore, thus next stop being The Bund. Waiting for the countdown, we played with sparkles and took several interesting shots with 'em :)














2005 - by Alvin and James














2006 - by Jingz and moi














Happy New Year - by James














Shanghai - by James

Unfortunately, there were NO fireworks!!! But well we had our share of fun though :)

Happy New Year Everyone! May you have 12months of Happiness, 52weeks of Fun, 365days of Success, 8760hours of Good Health, 525,600minutes of Good Luck and 31,536,000seconds of Joy.