Back in oily land (aka shanghai)

I survived Jiuzhaigou, it was really beautiful. Only problem was that there were too many people. So much so that we had to queue to take pictures. And somehow people love cutting queue. At the Chengdu airport, I literally asked the guy cutting my queue "你在插队吗？". He had the cheek to ask "什么叫插队？". I basically told him off (in chinese of cos) n made sure he was behind me.

One thing I learnt in Jiuzhaigou was the hatred China chinese has for japanese. They really hate them to the bone. They told me it's in the blood and genes. It's not the simplistic kind of dislike between singaporeans n malaysians (we have a love-hate relationship after all? Heh.). Yet, I made friends with the 2 japanese who invited me to stay with them in Kyoto when I go tokyo in October. We'll see.

Oh, I took their magnetic train (maglev) which was going at 431 km/h. Faster than the speed I drive! Woo-hoo!! Within a matter of 7 minutes, I reached Shanghai inner circle from the airport. Going back to Singapore finally. Another couple more days. Then i'll have 24 hours to turn around before I fly to NZ for almost another month. I definitely need to plan my time properly such that I get to clear my letters, pay my credit card bills (my credit card limits are all blown n i had to call them to increase my limits), return to office, visit my kids, repack for luggage due to weather change (shanghai's hotter than singapore, NZ's 12 degrees), etc. Does it feel that I don't have much time?