XSTEPHHUNNIE

Day 7; June 5, 2012-

We had some noodles for breakfast again & Chris came over at 10AM. We walked to the metro station with everyone & took the #3 line over to “Hong Kou Gong Yuan.” It’s a park where my mom’s cousin works. She’s been working there for soo long that she knows everyone & can operate the rides herself. She was able to get us on every ride for free for as many times as we wanted. We first went on the little pirate ship ride & then the swings. We rode the bumper cars for at least 20 times total yesterday. LOL It was soo fun, especially the head on collisions. They were pretty intense! Anyways, we went on a few more rides & it was funny because we dragged my mom & aunt on the rides with us. They really couldn’t handle the ride so the lady operating the ride had to pull the emergency stop for them. Hahah so funny. We went on the boat rides after & just went on more rides. Headed over to a japanese restaurant next to the park & i had some beef curry udon noodles. Super good. Went back to the park to play bumper cars & fish for some gold fish. Took the metro back home. After we came home & chilled for a little while, we went out to… i forgot what it’s called. But it’s a place that used to have a lot of street food vendors. They remodeled the place & put all the street food vendors into little restaurants in a big building. We went to shop at H&M & UNIQLO. The prices at H&M were surprisingly cheap, maybe even cheaper than in the U.S. We headed over to a restaurant where they specialize in spicy soup. You choose the different ingredients to add into it. After that restaurant, we headed over to one that specializes in Shanghai dumplings. A majority of us were too full to eat anymore so we just had a little mango dessert. Headed home & that was it for the night!

Add on: Omg, it was SO funny. So we dragged our mom and two aunts onto this ride thats like survivor at great america. When it just started, they were screaming and laughing. Then when it got higher, they all went silent. LOL The operator had to pull the emergency brakes :P Oh man… too funny. Frank & I fished and caught tons of gold fishes :) We threw them back in afterwards. At H&M, babe bought a pair of shorts and a top! All accessories were buy 1 get 1 free (and they were cheap) but I really couldn’t find anything I liked. Babe also bought a pair of Japan denim… Reallyyyy expensive but he loves them! Food hopping at night was SO fun. Three different restaurants in an hour. First: Spicy noodles (We got customize it :P). Second: Best “sheng jian baos” in Shanghai. Third: Best wontons in Shanghai. Forth: Best Shanghai dumplings. Fifth: Famous “tang baos”. Sixth: Mango ice mountains. Oh man.. I was so full by the end of the night.

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On the way to the metro!

Pirate ride!

Baby roller coaster

Boat ride

Water shooting ride!

Lunch!

Fishing goldfish :P

Dinner hopping! Soup :)

Day 6; June 4, 2012-

We went across the street for lunch. I have no idea what we ate in the morning. But anyways, the restaurant across the street specializes in spicy food. So about 80% of the dishes on the menu were spicy. It wasn’t as spicy as we expected but regardless, it was really good. We went home & then headed to “Cheng Ming Guang Chang”. The mall underneath it is called “D-Mall”. So we went shopping! I ended up buying a pair of earrings & a new iphone case. The earrings were pretty expensive, 35RMB which is around $6. The iphone case was about 16RMB which is a little over $2 so that was pretty cheap. There wasn’t really much to buy so we just headed home. After chilling at home for a bit, we headed over to the most popular hot pot place in Shanghai currently. It’s called “Hai Di Lao”. LET ME JUST SAY, IT WAS AMAZING. Their “motto” there is “the customers are boss.” They specialize in giving amazing service. If there is a wait to be seated at a table, you can go downstairs to play games, get free manicures & other stuff to pass the time. So we got seated, and the entire time we ate, there was at least 1 person who was standing next to our table. Each person is charged a 6RMB drink fee. You can choose from 3 drinks, plum juice, soy milk, & lemonade. You get unlimited refills on all of them. They give you an apron to use, along with a hair tie to tie your hair, and a phone cover, and a cloth to clean your glasses. All for free! After we ordered, they pealed each of our shrimps for us, and help us put our food into the pot. While we ate, they came to take the foaming stuff in our pot out. When we needed something & called a waiter over, at least 2 people would literally RUN to our table. They were soo respectful. We ordered this noodle thing & the guy would come & do a “noodle dance” where he pulls the noodle. They were nice enough to give us that for free. After we finished eating, they gave us free tea to drink to “wash down the oil” as they said. They also provided us with snacks, which were sunflower seeds & popcorn! We even got 4 boxes of popcorn to go, ALL FOR FREEE. Before we left, we headed off to the bathroom & there was a lady who turned on the water for you, dispense your soap, and handed you a towel to dry your hands. Whew, that place was literally amazing & their customer service is unbeatable. I would love to go back. The dinner wasn’t that expensive either, a little over 700RMB or $115 for the 8 of us. That’s about it for the night.

I’m exhausted, so I’m going to make this quick. Face timed with Hunty in the morning :’) I miss him so much! He’s doing great though, so that’s good. Got ready and went to a nearby restaurant to eat. Spicy food is their specialty, so almost everything on their menu is spicy. I don’t handle it well, but I still managed to enjoy the meal. I wore my fedora! It was fun to wear :P Hm.. what else did we do.. OH! I went to a dermatologist in the morning. They literally looked at me for maybe… 30 seconds and prescribed me some medication. They gave me pimple medication (which is working WONDERS) and cream for my eyelid infection. It seems to be working :) I was iffy about the medication since they literally didn’t ask me a single question. He glanced at me, wrote something down, and sent me out of the room… LOL Weird. We then went shopping a D-mall. Bought quite a lot of items! Then… we went to dinner. BEST DINNER EVER!!! Hot pot ^^!! Best service.. it was just amazing. I’m sure Viv will blog about it so I’ll just reblog hers and you guys can read the details. It was just so cool!! Ah, I’m so tired I’m gonna KO… Nights!

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Yummy tapioca!

Lunch!

Dinner!

The noodle dance!

Day 5; June 3, 2012-

"For breakfast, we headed over to 85 Degrees Cafe down the street for some bread. They had some amazing stuff & the bread is soo delicious. We also got some coffee & milk tea. My dad was telling us not to buy too much while we were at the cafe but when we got home, we killed everything. LOL He was soo shocked we ate it all. Anyways, we didn’t bother to get ready since we were going to go swimming. So at around 12:30 PM Chris’ dad came to pick us up from our house & take us to the pool. We met up with Chris & her mom as well. Her mom went home but us 4, Chris, and her dad all went to swim! The pool was incredibly large. It was weird because everyone was in a one-piece swimsuit & only me & steph were in a 2-piece. The other weird thing is that in china, people don’t care about being naked. Let me just say, there were boobs & butts EVERYWHERE you loooked! Holy mother. The sign even said “Please shower naked”. Me & steph were all trying to cover up & stuff & people stared at us funny, making us even MORE uncomfortable. After swimming, we headed over to 85 Degrees again to buy more bread for a snack. There was nothing else to eat close by & we were starving. After buying bread, we went back to Chris’ house to get ready. The girls, of course, had to do their makeup & hair while frank & richard waited. Their house had no drinks so Chris’ mom offered us some alcohol, “Breezers by Bacardi”. The alcohol level in it was only 4.8% so it was super light. They had a bunch of flavors. Me & Richard just shared a lime flavored one. Frank picked a peach one & steph opted out. It was okay but Frank got pretty red. After we got ready, we headed over to “Xin Tian Di” where they have a lot of more high-end stuff. Everything was ridiculously expensive. We didn’t get anything. We all had dinner at a restaurant in the mall which was also super expensive. Chris’ parents treated my family & the dinner was easily over 1000RMB which is about 150$. The restaurant is famous for their Shanghai dumplings so it was REAL good. Richard really enjoyed this dinner. After dinner, we headed over to another mall, “E-Mall” which is a mall underground. It’s a lot cheaper there. I ended up buying a pair of green heels. They were really cute! The price sticker was over 200RMB but my mom manged to haggle it down to only 120RMB which is a little under $20. Then we headed to the shoe store across the street from our house called “Big Toe”. Chris really wanted a pair of flip flops so we went with her to take a look. They all came over to our house & we talked for a good hour & a half. After everyone left, me, Richard, mom & dad & my uncle went down to buy some DVDs. Mom bought a lot of chinese dramas. We headed BACK to 85 Degrees for some dessert. I got a mango smoothie & a piece of black forest cake. Richard got some more bread & so did my dad. Ate it & went to bed!"

^ Yeah.. that LOL I’m too lazy to summarize myself :P Lets see.. what did I buy… I got a pinkish pleated maxi skirt! It was 180 yuan (~$30) which was too expensive, in my opinion, but my mom insisted and said the quality of the skirt was amazing. She said it was worth it and since I really liked it, I ended up buying it. I also bought these super cute white and gold flip flops! They were originally 150 yuan I believe but we got it for 80yuan. (~$13.00) Hm.. what else did I buy! OH an adhesive bra. Its the same as the one I already have, just a diff brand. It was only 40 yuan! (~$6.50) There were a lot of other stuff I liked but I ended up dropping!

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The boys being silly at the mall :P