Ala @ Shanghai Day 5

--Morning--
Well, initially i wanna cover "Qi Bao Ancient Town" today la..but E.W & Aunt Jo didn't seem to be interested, plus the dist wasn't near. So, we had a slacky day 5. Lolz.
Went to KFC to have my breakfast..didn't realised i ordered a pork burger with egg. Tasted quite different...may be i nv tried pork burger b4 la..have to get used to it. Their KFC breakfast menu was really quite cool, dunno why ours are so boring. Their strimp popiah was quite delicious. Also, i enjoyed non-stop canto music during my time in KFC. So Shanghainese also likes cantopop lo? Cool.
--East Nanjing Road--
The authentic car and trishaw beside Yong An Dept store.
Italian restaurant in a old tram...i shld have tried it.
--Tuan's Hostel--
Before reaching her hostel, we had a long "journey" travelling there. E.W was saying it's ex to take taxi to her place from our hotel. So take mrt lo. If i know we had to walk so long at Shanghai Train station...i wld definitely choose line 8 and take a cab. Basically, we took line 1 to Shanghai train station, and wanna change to line 3. Who knows, line 3&4's station were so far away, though they are connected to line 1's station by underground. There were tons of ppl with luggages and u can imagine the long queues just to purchase a metro card. What's more? Their metro system is really diff from ours. The card we used for line 1 cld nt be used for line 3. That means, we have to get out of the station, walked over to line 3's station and purchase the card again. So conclusion is...go and buy a transportation card (like our ezlink) if u're gg to use their metro frequently. Our journey hasn't end ah..finally we decided to give up taking line 3 and take a cab instead. Walked out of the station, and we found ourselves at a small road. Saw signs showing where to board buses and taxis..but u know how far we need to walk there? Lolz..fainted. Finally we reached a main road after walking n mins under the hot sun. Took a cab, and the taxi driver very bo liao leh. He expect me to recognise the road which i had only been once ah? Wah lao eh...then he thought that i was forgetful. I actually wanna tell him the other taxi driver took another way to reach the hostel. But i am lazy to bother with him la...diaoz.
Tuan's room...neat & clean. Hehe!
--Ajisen @ Wujiaochang--
Didn't know where we wanna go, so went to Wujiachang to have our lunch first. Oh their ajisen is bloody cheap! They got so much to offer on their menu lo...It's a must-eat if u come to Shanghai k?
Aunt Jo's kumamoto ramen.. (can't rmb the names)
This..u can't find in SG...My calms ramen....
Tuan's scallap ramen...
Our side dishes..
So, 3 bowls of ramen, plus 2 plates of side dish, and 4 drinks...only costed us 173 rmb, that is ard 35 sgd only. With this amt, i can only afford 2 set lunches in sg sia.
Their menu also have special set meals like 2 bowls of ramens with a side dish, cost abt 73 rmb. However, u dun have a choice to choose the ramen or side dish la.
Went to the "Shanghai Book City" branch...and read a shanghai guide book. I think the info is new ah...now no need entrance fee to visit museum. (not cfm ah...) So, E.W asked if we wanna go....
--People's Square--
We reached Shanghai Museum at 4 plus, but too late to enter la. So, it's a wasted trip. But I am still happy to take a pic of the museum which has a shape of an ancient bronze ding.
The Shanghai Grand Theatre.
Backview of the museum.
Shanghai City Govt office.
City view.
City view 2.
--Bakerzin @ Raffles City--
I've nv step into Bakerzin in SG before...but what attracted us was the high tea set @ 38rmb (abt 7.8 sgd). That's really cheap!
My ice coffee...i think i shld have ordered the hot one..lolz~!
Mum's veg sandwich.
Our high tea set....quite delicious.
--Aftermath--
Have to return to hotel by 7.30pm. So we sent Tuan off at the metro station. The driver then drived us to Pudong Int'l airport...which is really quite far away. Waited for quite sometime to check in our luggage...lots of Chinese nationals again. There's hardly anything to shop at the departure area, no comps to use also. Cld only sit down and wait...
11.55pm, took MU543 back to SG. There were quite a few turbulences on our way back, didn't feel comfortable. Haiz...I really dun wan to sit on MU again. We didn't have a proper meal on plane...what we had? Light snacks! Wah very sianz leh..paid so much but that's only what we got?! I only finished up a muachi & a a big bar of kit-kat. Saw lots of stars too....long time didn't see liao...it wld be better if the sky was full of stars. Ha!
4.40am...reached T3. Our airport is really efficient...our luggages were already out when we reached the belts. Pudong really have to catch up.
Call me bias...but i really feel so happy when i saw our carpeted terminal, glassy gates (waiting rooms) and nice bright lightings...it's just made me so comfortable sia. Changi is really one of my fav places in SG. Hehe!
I bet Tuan wld feel the same when she return next Jan.
--Thoughts--
Honestly, I didn't feel excited at all for this trip. Two things that affected me were...1st of all, d-day is coming...lolz. 2ndly, Tuan is leaving us again. Though she wld be back for her vacations, 4 yrs...are still a great amt of time. Of coz, i still get to see her everyday thru msn or webcam, but it's just sianz to have 3 ppl at home. Haha!
As for Shanghai...impression was nt bad, though Shanghainese are not that friendly. Also, i got to see ppl who dun like to lock the doors when they were using the toilets. I dun like their traffic and transportation system...horrible. (so we get to appreciate what our govt has done for us..we're really spoilt by govt liao la. Lolz!)
I am quite contented la..i have wanted to visit Shanghai ever since I went to Beijing. I wanna see China's biggest city. Hmm....Now the next destination I wanna go is Hainan lo, but no more China in the near future...Lolz!

Ala @ Shanghai Day 4

--Jade Buddha Temple 玉佛寺--
Took a taxi to the temple which was located at Putuo district. The main attraction here is to see the jade buddhas which were carved out from one piece of jade.

Da Xiong Bao Dian. (the main hall)

This is the only jade buddha which i was allowed to take pic. There's another one upstairs, in the sitting position. The other buddha's jade is fine green in colour..very different from this one.
"Religious Article Shop"? Sounds odd to me..
There are lots of "portraits" hung up on the walls here..didn't take a closer look at them though.
The buddhas at the main hall.
Guan Shi Yin Bodhisattva behind the three big buddhas in the main hall.
Went to their canteen to have little snack while E.W had her lunch. Not as big as I thought..their desserts have milk or stuffs in them...which I wondered why.
--Duolun Road Cultural Celebrities' Street 多伦路文化名人街--
Ha...what celebrities are u thinking of? Not modern day popstars hor...
Xiang Heng Hotel...and who's that guy out there? Kong Yi Ji!
Doland Museum of Modern Art.
Mao Dun (1896-1981). One the eminent leaders of the new cultural movement. He's also a writer & social activist.
Hong De Tang...a church.
Feng Xuefeng (1903-1976). One of the founders of revoluntionary literature & art. Uchiyama Kanzo (1885-1959). Owner of Neishan bookstore and a close friend of Lu Xun.
Guo Moruo (1892-1978). One of the eminent leaders of new cultural movment. A writer, historian & social activist.
Osage Gallery.
Shen Yimo (1883-1971). One of the pioneers of the new cultural movement. A poet & calligrapher.
Ding Ling (1904-1986). Well-renowned write & social activist.

If you're tired, take a rest at this Old Film Cafe.

Ye Shentao (1894-1988). Well-known writer, educator & publisher.
Shops by the roadside...
Shanghai Wen Wu Shang Dian.
Mao Zedong Xiang Zhang Cang Guan.

Rou Shi (1902-1931). One of the five "Left Union" martyers.
Qu Qiubai (1899-1935). One of the senior leaders of the communist party of China, one of the founders of revolutionary literary cause of China, theorist & publicist. Kong Gong Guan.
Duolun rd is located next to North Sichuan rd, another shopping area in northern part of Shanghai (Hongkou district). Walked to the next junction, we found ourselves just outside our next destination, Lu Xun Park.
--Tang Cha Hui 唐茶会--
Before continuing to our next destination, we had a rest at this cafe... It's main menu isn't really on coffee, but more on drinks and ice whirls.
Nice interior design..
E.W & I had our Citron ice whirl while Aunt Jo had her blackcurrent ice whirl. The citron smell really nice and reminded me of my fav Korean Citron tea. Hoho.
--Lu Xun Park 鲁迅公园--
The South entrance to the park. This entrance is the nearest to the Lu Xun memorial hall.

Lu Xun memorial hall. Dunno since when the admission fee was wavied. That's a gd news though. Just walk to the counter and get the free admin tix and u can get in liao. Couldn't take pix la...there were lots of Lu Xun's novel and handwritten stuffs in the museum. Also, there's wax figures of Lu Xun and a few others having a discussion, 11 days before Lu Xun passed away. We also got to see a video on Lu Xun's funeral and the relocation of his tomb. On the ground floor, there's another exhibition of Lu Xun's wife, Xie Guang Ping.
Lu Xun Statue at the ground floor.
Hongkou football stadium is just next to the park...there's also 2 metro lines here.

Lu Xun and his friend?
This is Lu Xun's tomb. His tomb was relocated to this present site in 1956.
The inscription on the wall was written by Mao Zedong.
--Qu Yang rd Carrefour--
F&E is the time when I have to walk n metres/km to reach the next destination. Surprisingly, I am not that tired after so much walking. But i can't imagine myself walking such a far dist back in sg. Lolz! As I don't want to risk taking buses which i am not familiar, we cld only walk to Qu Yang rd lo. Actually it's not far from Lu Xun park on map...but u know the dist is really much longer than we see on map. Hahaha! The carrefour was much smaller compared to walmart. Luckily didn't bring Tuan to shop here. But we did found something for Tuan though...didn't waste a trip.
--Raffles City--
We are back at Food Republic for our dinner.
Super cheap salmon & beef steak with vegs & egg, plus rice and soup...for 20 plus rmb. However, i had a hard time eating the beef steak, just tasted & looked diff from what we have in sg and the salmon filet...had bones inside! Tiring leh...
Aunt Jo's niu du wok...not sure about other ingredients inside..it's really cheap also.
--East Nanjing Rd--
Aunt Jo wanna buy stuffs..so we're back here again.
Shanghai Fashion store..didn't check it out tho.
Shanghai No.1 Food store...flooded with humans!! I got to see lots of mooncakes here...and u cld buy dried mushrooms and stuffs in here too. But i dun think it's that cheap. If you're hungry, there are stalls selling food inside too. Amazing...but it's simply too crowded to stay inside for too long.
A mega thermometer above the Giordano store. Not very cold leh!