hello people! sorry my hotels internet happened to be not free, so i had to wait till i got over to my grandparents place to use the internet xD plus my own blog is not loading, so i cant reply tags at the moment.
anws, a lot had happened these two days. starting from the flight itself. it was a very coincidental flight! me my mom and my sis all managed to meet some person or another at the airport on fri night/sat morn. at the luggage check in counter, my mom found out that her friend and his son happened to be on our flight. and then at the departure hall, i spotted yuda in his bright green ora shirt having some difficulty with his biometric passport. ahahah. it was a o.o moment cos even though i knew we were having similar flight timings, i thought terminal 3 would be too big for us to bump into each other. and then after that at the waiting hall, my sis met a batchmate of hers.
the flight itself was less interesting, i conked out almost immediately xD this is a miraculous ability i picked up after the 23 hour flight to iowa for om world finals in 2006. haha. (maybe it was because i spent all 23 hours next to claire?:D:D no just kidding dear)
reached shanghai at like 5.30, although the sun was so high up in the sky it felt more like 3 in the afternoon. my dad and uncle came to pick us up! thank goodness, ill never have managed that HUGE suitcase filled with clothes AND BOOKS my mom decided to bring. my mom and sis are no help in this area, sadly.
headed over to my paternal grandparents house (where i am now) for breakfast. then we slept to about 11 before going over to my maternal uncles house to have lunch with his family and my maternal grandparents. lunch with my maternal family is always amazing, cos the shao family are AWESOME COOKS. all of them. plus they all have their specialty dishes, so when we do go over they all get down and dirty in the kitchen and whip up some of their specials. yes i am a lucky girl :D:D
after that we went to this place to get our hair cut. why do i have to go to shanghai to get my hair done? well haha. its a lot nicer here! i think its the competition or something but the service is really good. and the hairdresser really pays a lot of attention to detail. he makes me feel like every strand of hair on my head matters ahahaha. when you step out of the plance you really feel like you got your moneys worth. plus its cheaper. xD like uh SGD2 per haircut.
but of course there are disadvantages to shopping in shanghai as well. firstly, everyone is trying to SELL YOU STUFF. like seriously, the moment you step into the shop, its like everyone stands up and start moving towards you like vultures. and then throughout the haircut they keep telling you how terrible your hair is and need to get this and this treatment to make it all pretty. hahaha. annoys my mom like hell. the other disadvantage is that you have to actually be able to converse for half an hour in chinese with your hairdresser. xD
so after we got that thing down, we headed to our hotel at the heart of the city. we usually stay with either grandparents, but this time my dad decided to book us a hotel instead of mafaning them. they are after all, very old now.
after we checked in and got all that jazz down, we walked over to this peking duck place for dinner. a smaller version of reunion dinner with my uncle's family and both sets of grandparents. on the way, i stopped by a bookstore and bought three jimmy books. jimmy books are totally cheap here, like SGD5 per book? so i happily buy to my hearts content xD
so thats basically day one. sorry if this post is short/abrupt! my moms calling me to go shopping haha. so yes rush rush rush!
day two! which was today.
we woke up at like nearly 12 haha so lunch was first. we ate at some uh fancy modern restaurant where they serve all these new creative foods. quite cool lah i guess? my dad had 50% off voucher so we ate A LOT.
then after that we walked. to this strange beauty hospital thingy, where once again, my dad had a bunch of vouchers. haha he gets all these strange vouchers that he doesnt use xD my mom insisted my sis and i get our moles removed. she has this big one that she totally regrets not removing, so everytime any moles appear she gets us to remove it T.T PAINFUL PROCEDURE.
after that, we went SHOPPING. SHOPPING! hahahhaa. i love shopping. esp in shanghai, were everywhere is cheap :D. my mom, my sis and i walked down this street from the start to the end and popped into almost every shop. ahhh bliss. unfortunately my dad was around and he couldnt really understand WHY WE HAD TO VISIT EVERY SHOP. and WHY WE DIDNT JUST WALK IN BUY WTV WE WANT AND GET IT DOWN AND OVER WITH. hahaha men. so he tagged along and complained all the way while the rest of us, being females, blissfully ignored him. xD too bad we couldnt ditch him, he was the only on with money. :D:D:D
but yes, shopping is very very soul cleansing. and i have more of it to do. for the rest of today and tmr! before i head to usa. so see you guys! i will update when i next get my hands on an internet connection. enjoy the hols! im enjoying mine :D
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