Cold.

Today marks the start of a couple of cold days in Shanghai. The temperature for today was -1 degrees to 4 degrees, and apparently tomorrow will be from -4 degrees to 0 degree, and it would probably snow on Wednesday and Thursday.

Work today was OK, but then again if I were to say that I enjoyed it I’d probably be lying. Oh well, working in China is a totally different ball game. I guess you need to be constantly on your toe to prevent something happening to you.

Ditched the rest of the guys to go on dinner on my own, and after a cheap meal, I spent a grand total of 16.80 RMB on my three meals today. That makes it about 3.50 SGD. I would probably spend that amount for one meal alone in Singapore. But I realised I can’t constantly do comparisons like that because I have to take into consideration that I don’t really earn that much here in China.

Work tomorrow as usual. I still got a portal to churn out. But somehow I enjoy myself doing this one than the other one that I was working on a couple of weeks ago. Well, at least I don’t have to lose a friend doing this portal, which is more comforting.

Still in a moody mood. I think I’ll go sleep early.

And yah, after being here for so long, I think I should let you guys see my home here in Shanghai:

My room – see the mattress on the floor? That’s where I sleep. Lee Tong and Edwin have the luxury of the bed.

The living room.

The dining room is adjacent to the living room, but has been converted to become a temporary workplace for us.

The kitchen – nicely furnished, though the most heavy of cooking we’ve ever done is boiling a pot of water.

The view from one of the balconies of the house. This kind of buildings honestly would not have been possible in China 20 years ago. A symbol of capitalism, apparently.