Yesterday, we went to the digital mall. It is a 6 story(most malls are either 5 or 6 stories in Shanghai) mall that sells nothing but electronics. they have cameras, laptops, computers, t.v.s, monitors, i-pods, mp3 players, mp4 players, speakers, headsets, video games, and much, much, more. It was awesome! Then we went to Pizza Hut. Chinese people don't like pizza sauce that much, so they only put a little bit on each pizza. It's disgusting that way, so we ORDERED extra sauce. In Chinese, pizza sauce and ketchup mean the same thing. So, Extra sauce, got translated to extra ketchup. It didn't taste that bad, even though we got another pizza. What was wrong, was that the chef actually put the ketchup on the pizza. EWW! Then, later on that day, we went to the Rose Bar, which is a restaurant. There is this huge buffet with lot's of food. The second best part of the dinner was the dessert. They had ice cream, cake, ice cream cake, tarts, chocolates, so much stuff. The best part of the dinner, was that it was Chinese new year's eve, the time for giving, and there were a lot of people there that were giving. I made RMB1300 on Chinese new year and Chinese new year's eve. There were a lot of fire works at night, especially around midnight and after midnight. More fireworks than I had ever seen in my life.
Today we went to see some of my aunt's relatives and family. Then we went out to lunch with some more of her family. We went to some really fancy Austrian place. I had a five course meal! First, we had two types of bread, with three types of spreads. Then we had salad. Then we had soup. Then we had the main course, for me, dumplings. Then we had dessert, frozen cappuccino. I really liked their music choice. They played all rap and hip hop, which was weird for a fancy Austrian restaurant, but I liked it. Then we bought lot's of fire works. The we came home. Then we lit them off. It was awesome. No one lost a finger... or a hand... some one almost did though... uh, but not not Rick of course, heh.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
The Science Museum
Today, we went to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. It was so cool. We saw how the Earth worked and how it moved. We also saw how they design, make and build electronics and stuff. They had a robots section that was cool. There was a robot that would play ping pong with you. They also had a robot That was playing a Chinese strategy game which I had no clue how to play. They also had this room that was all blue with a treadmill. You would walk on the treadmill while a camera filmed you, but added in a different background, so on the screen, it looked like you were walking a tight rope over the grand canyon or what ever. Alex was wearing a blue coat, so you couldn't see his whole torso section. They also had a robot that would shoot a bow and arrow. They would let you shoot first, then the robot would try to get closer to the bullseye. They also had "holographic sound" there. You walked into a room that looked like the dining room of a haunted house with a big table with head phones on it. You put the head phones on and the lights would turn off. The holographic sounds would make it seem like things were moving, like a person was walking behind you, pouring tea on one side of the room, and smashing glass bottles on the other. keep in mind that the room is still pitch black. Then, it sounded like little freaky demented kids with high pitched voices were running around the table and then the would stop behind you, whisper something in your ear, then giggle and run away. There were many cool things at the museum. Then we came home.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
On Tuesday, we went to the Oriental Pearl. The Oriental Pearl is a giant tower. We took the elevator to the middle section, which is the sight seeing section. You could pretty much see all of Shanghai from the tower, only, when we went, it was a little foggy so we couldn't see that much. On the bottom floor of the Oriental Pearl, was a museum of Shanghai's history. They had lot's of wax people and model's. It was really cool and I took lot's of pictures, only that doesn't really matter and I'll explain that later. Then we went to the Century Park, which is acres and acres of park land, with a tiny amusement park. While we were at the amusement park, we rode the bumper cars. I didn't bring my camera on this ride because I thought it might get damaged. Although, we went on a really slow ride where you have to pedal to go. I took my camera on this ride, and I had it when I got on, but when I got off, I didn't have it. We looked in the bushes underneath the ride,(which couldn't have been placed any worse) and we even had the people who worked there looking, but we never found it. Then we went home.
On Wednesday, we went to the zoo and safari. On the way there, I was playing my Nintendo, and the road was really bumpy and we kept stopping and going. I had also had an onion bagel for breakfast. This was a really bad combination. So, I threw up. It got all over the car and my pants and it was disgusting. It was kind of funny because the driver loved to keep his car clean. He cleaned it every day. When we finally got there, we went on the safari. We saw all kinds of animals. Before we entered the lion section, the bus driver walked up and down the bus, collecting 5 yuan a person to hang two live chickens out the windows of the bus. The lions were waiting at the gates for the chickens. It was awesome. We also saw Pandas and lemurs. When we saw the lemurs, we bought cups of chopped bananas to feed the lemurs. It was cool because they were jumping on us and climbing on us. I thought it was cool when they would stand up and grab it out of our hands. We also went to a place where they had preserved artifacts of Shanghai's history They had all kinds of furniture, tea sets and everything. The we went home.
Today, we went shopping. It was a giant building with little shops and stands with all kinds of things. I bought a pair of shoes for 100 yuan, which is only 13 USD. I bout a silk scarf for 30 yuan, which is about 4 USD. A lot of things they had like hand bags, belts, and especially watches, were fake name brands. Like Rolex, Prada Gucci, Armani, and lot's of others, but they looked real, and that's all that mattered. I bought a "Rolex" watch for 120 yuan, which is anly 15 USD. We also went out to dinner today at a fancy western restaurant with my Aunt's godparents. Her god brother is so rich! He owned a big company, but then he sold it for gobbles of money. He was wearing a watch with a huge face plate with real diamonds all around it. He had a Porche 911 tubo, a Ferrari 360 spyder, a Lamborghini Galardo, and many other cool sports cars, until he had a kid. Then he got rid of them and bought all family cars. He drove to the restaurant in the new Mercedes Benz SUV. He also has the Porche SUV too. He's so cool.
On Wednesday, we went to the zoo and safari. On the way there, I was playing my Nintendo, and the road was really bumpy and we kept stopping and going. I had also had an onion bagel for breakfast. This was a really bad combination. So, I threw up. It got all over the car and my pants and it was disgusting. It was kind of funny because the driver loved to keep his car clean. He cleaned it every day. When we finally got there, we went on the safari. We saw all kinds of animals. Before we entered the lion section, the bus driver walked up and down the bus, collecting 5 yuan a person to hang two live chickens out the windows of the bus. The lions were waiting at the gates for the chickens. It was awesome. We also saw Pandas and lemurs. When we saw the lemurs, we bought cups of chopped bananas to feed the lemurs. It was cool because they were jumping on us and climbing on us. I thought it was cool when they would stand up and grab it out of our hands. We also went to a place where they had preserved artifacts of Shanghai's history They had all kinds of furniture, tea sets and everything. The we went home.
Today, we went shopping. It was a giant building with little shops and stands with all kinds of things. I bought a pair of shoes for 100 yuan, which is only 13 USD. I bout a silk scarf for 30 yuan, which is about 4 USD. A lot of things they had like hand bags, belts, and especially watches, were fake name brands. Like Rolex, Prada Gucci, Armani, and lot's of others, but they looked real, and that's all that mattered. I bought a "Rolex" watch for 120 yuan, which is anly 15 USD. We also went out to dinner today at a fancy western restaurant with my Aunt's godparents. Her god brother is so rich! He owned a big company, but then he sold it for gobbles of money. He was wearing a watch with a huge face plate with real diamonds all around it. He had a Porche 911 tubo, a Ferrari 360 spyder, a Lamborghini Galardo, and many other cool sports cars, until he had a kid. Then he got rid of them and bought all family cars. He drove to the restaurant in the new Mercedes Benz SUV. He also has the Porche SUV too. He's so cool.
Catchin Up
On Saturday, we went to the electronics mall. It was like a regular mall, only bigger, and there was only electronics. While we were there, I got an awesome digital camera! It's so small and cool! We also went to lunch with some of my aunt's family. It was a fancy restaurant with really interesting food. I had jellyfish, sweet and sour fish, and barbque fish. I ate with chopsticks, which I'm really good at. We also went to the Bund. We went on a boat and saw the Oriental Pearl, the Jin Mao building, and all the other skyscrapers. We went back to the Bund later, at night to see all the lights and the buildings that were lit up, but we were to early, and one of the lights were on yet.
On Sunday, we got up early to go to Hang Zhou, a city about 2 and 1/2 hours south-west of Shanghai, to see the West Lake and some of the Buddhist temples and gardens. Something funny that we saw was a monk on a cell phone. I took tons of pictures there. There was a big and steep hill that had stone steps leading all the way up. There had to be at least a thousand steps. When we finally did get to the top, guess what was there, people trying to sell us drinks! Then we had to climb all the way back down, which wasn't so bad. The West Lake was cool too. I took a lot of pictures there. The scenery was great. We saw lot's of carved stone and metal statues. We did so much walking that day, and I was so tired.
Today, we were going to go to the zoo, but traffic was really bad so we just went to another temple area which wasn't really temple like. There were lot's of stands and shops trying to sell stuff. There was also a lot of decorations up for Chinese New Year. We went to so many shops today. At one of the shops I bout my Mom a real pearl necklace for her birthday for only 150 yuan, which is only about 20 USD. It was so cheap. We also went to a DVD store that sold pirated DVDs. They had some really new movies that hadn't even come out yet.
On Sunday, we got up early to go to Hang Zhou, a city about 2 and 1/2 hours south-west of Shanghai, to see the West Lake and some of the Buddhist temples and gardens. Something funny that we saw was a monk on a cell phone. I took tons of pictures there. There was a big and steep hill that had stone steps leading all the way up. There had to be at least a thousand steps. When we finally did get to the top, guess what was there, people trying to sell us drinks! Then we had to climb all the way back down, which wasn't so bad. The West Lake was cool too. I took a lot of pictures there. The scenery was great. We saw lot's of carved stone and metal statues. We did so much walking that day, and I was so tired.
Today, we were going to go to the zoo, but traffic was really bad so we just went to another temple area which wasn't really temple like. There were lot's of stands and shops trying to sell stuff. There was also a lot of decorations up for Chinese New Year. We went to so many shops today. At one of the shops I bout my Mom a real pearl necklace for her birthday for only 150 yuan, which is only about 20 USD. It was so cheap. We also went to a DVD store that sold pirated DVDs. They had some really new movies that hadn't even come out yet.
Friday, February 9, 2007
Long Trip, Short Hair
The plane ride to shanghai was brutal. I got almost no sleep because there were two babies crying the whole time. I dosed off a few times, but that was it. The food they served was terrible, but it wasl the only food I had. When we landed, it took us a while to find Aunt Emily because she was late and there were so many people there. Then we took the Maglev train out of the airport. I noticed that the buildings were very tall and very odd. They all had very weird shapes and forms on top. When we finally got to the house, Alex and Jared wanted to play with me. When they got to sleep, we went to the hair salon to get my hair cut. They did a very nice job. They washed and masaged my hair. They cut it, then rinsed it and blow dried it. It was all for only 30 yuan, or 4 usd. It was very cheap.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)