Rain. (Again.)

Got one of the most important admin stuff done today – I opened my bank account in China!

After opening the bank account, we went for lunch and today I managed to try one of the Shanghaiese speciality called 盖浇饭. I had some braised beef and at 5 RMB it was yet another basement bargain. And with it tasting so great it just made that 5 RMB even more worth it.

Wanted to explore Shanghai with the other 3 guys in the afternoon, but rain started to fall (again) so we went back home as we didn’t have umbrellas with us. Didn’t stay at home for too long as Fionna and Shallene called us out to meet them at the Shanghai Railway Station as they wanted to buy train tickets to go somewhere in China during the Chinese New Year holidays. We had a chat at the McDonald’s near the station before bringing them to our place.

The Shanghai Railway Station 上海火车站 – If you were at the station just now you would have been shocked by the sheer number of people there. But then again, we are in China.

Somehow managed to drop my SIM card outside the house when we were about to go for dinner. Obviously I wasn’t too happy about that, so I think I kinda sulk a bit, but I guess it’s just not me to sulk for too long. Went to 乐购 for more grocery shopping after dinner and I think the staffs there are going to recognise us very soon – we’ve been here for 4 days and we’ve been there 4 times!

In any case somehow Yvonne managed to find my SIM card after she opened the umbrella and left it on the balcony to dry – apparently my SIM card was inside the umbrella all along and I guess it was lucky that I didn’t open the umbrella up just now on the road. I think I’m lucky.

Would be going to office tomorrow to say hi to everyone before officially starting work on Wednesday. I think I would enjoy myself there.

Discovery of the day: Shanghaiese sounds a bit like Hokkien, but more elegant.

And those who are on Blogspot – I can’t see your blogs…

Anyone care to introduce me to Shanghaiese Pop, if any?

The old Shanghai picture I took yesterday.

The old Shanghai picture that I modified to try to re-create the old Shanghai feel.