Ramada Pudong Plaza

25 March 2008 - Tuesday

aiyo how to wake up .... it was super cold la for my standard! i was shivering under the blanket lor .... 真可怜不？ it was the 1st day ... so we confirm to met at 7.30 am for breakfast at 2nd floor ... huf huff ... besai besai .... i went down arnd 7.45 if nt 8am wakaka .... but anyway, we still finished the b'fast arnd 8.30 as agreed and both of them went up again to take their things while I was ready!! so .... 我先自拍咯。。

Me After Bfast

教堂

then I went out with the intention of looking at the surrounding ... 不过我冷死了！只有拍这个教堂 before i went inside again to met the other party... intro, short discussion, then we walked to the client office which also a stone throw away from the hotel. To our surprise, the meeting is nt scheduled to be there but in their factory which is a few blocks away... so we shared cab at the end :)

That day was filled with meeting, meeting, and meeting! sibeh boring lor .... till 5.30 or 6pm if i remember correctly. After that, we went back to our hotel and I burstout to take a bath and then took a cab to 科技馆站. The taxi driver just drop me somewhere and told me that the station is just opposite! and I was like ... where is it? cant see any building nearby wat .... that was good that there's this angmoh family alight there too .... so I follow them and ask the guy like where the station is and he told me its upfront....

My first intention after I was there is buying 交通卡 to make life easier in Shanghai... this card is designed to be use the same way as our EZlink card but this card can be used in railway, taxi, etc .... more powerfull isnt it? haha wait .... I went to the counter to buy this card and the office rudely said "新的没有了，旧的要吗？" I told myself that it shouldn't be a problem but before I reply the other officer shout at me "要还是不要？要的话，钱拿出来先！" I was like ..... walao ... sibeh rude. so I decided not to buy it from them!!!

Finally, I go and buy from the ticketing machine for a one way ticket from 科技馆 to 陆家嘴 :) it was 3CNY only.

the ride was okie ... the train was okie .... but Singapore MRT still a lot better and cleaner and brighter. If only shanghai metro makes their train brighter ... it would certainly be better.

Upon my arrival at 陆家嘴, I went to the counter and ask for 交通卡 and was served by this rude lady, but still nt as rude as the previous one. She said "没有新的，旧的要吗？" I keep quiet pretend not to understand .... haha .... then she was so bo pian and finally said "好啦好啦，给你新的就是啦". Then I start to ask 多少？she replied too fast till I only can catch "20块" so I paid 20CNY lor .... she furiously said "这张卡是20块，你要xx多少？" I cant fully catch what she said lor ... but assume that she asked for value to be stored there ... so I gave her 100CNY, she stare at me .... then asking "100块？" I thought 100CNY shouldn't be that much rite? anyway its only $20 lor....

I planned to go to Super Brand Mall (正大广场) opposite the pearl tower (东方明珠塔) to just take a look and then have my dinner there. The branded items is about the same price as singapore one lor ... so I end up 光光的 ... then when it was about time to had dinner ... I start looking for food court ... so I went to this Information Centre and ask the guy "food court 在哪里？" he seemed to think ... but only to return my question with another question!!! "food court 是什么地方？我忘记阿。。 " Alamax!! 我快就要晕倒了，如我知道food court 华文怎么讲，我就不会讲英文！！ okie lar .... then I asked "Supermarket 呢？好像家乐福这种地方" .... he replied ... "我不明白" OMG .... its so difficult to talk over thereeee ..... arghhhh ... I want to scream out loudddd!!!!!

finally I found a place to had my dinner .... to my surprise, it's cheap! and now its time to look for taxi stand ..... go to another Information counter at 1st floor near the main door and ask the lady "taxi stand 在哪里？" She seemed to be lost in translation ... so I came up with this word "等德士的地方" after that then she understand what I was asking :) and she said "你出门左右边都有德士。随便打啦。" And I ok ok one ....

Finally I waited for a taxi ... for almost 20mins u know ... I barely able to bear with the weather outside .. ckckck ... and okie after I up in a taxi I had this conversation with the taxi driver

F: "uncle, 麻烦你等一下给我发票" *thinking whether he understand wat uncle means ...*

TD: "好好。。那发票上面你要写多少？"

F: " 那边多少就多少咯" *pointing at the meter coz dunno how to say it haha*

TD: "好好，你要几张？"

F: " 一张就够了" *thinking wat is these question means ...."

TD: "我这边有很多发票，你要吗？送给你啦" *showing a bunch of receipt*

F: " 不用啦。。" *thinking .... walaowe ... simik lai e .."

Then this taxi driver drove so fasttt .... and drive in the pedestrian lane lorr.... was like fast and furious except that this taxi so ugly.

After saw my hotel from far away, I guided him how to get there ;) I'm very good with direction okie .... hehe

And I sleeppppp after thatttt .... very tired! That nite, I had both blanket used at once! and it sure help a lot :)

26 March 2008 - Wednesday

After feeling so tired the day before, I was very very late to wake up... we were supposed to meet at 8.30am in the lobby. And I finished my preparation, etc and arrive at the lobby 8.25am with none of them there.... so I go and get a glass of milk and a piece of croisant before rushed down. In the lobby, I met one of them and we were still waiting for the other one.... so I told him to wait for me and lemme had another round of bfast hahaha!!! And that was jussstttt nice, as I came down, the other guy also came down. :)

So we took a cab together to the factory.... and had meeting, meeting, and meeting .....

After the meeting, we head back to our hotel .... and we confirm to met arnd 7.30pm for dinner together on the surrounding..... We had our dinner in Red Rooster @ Maple Street. I took a pic of the Maple Street Directory as below ....