Here is an idea of how inexpensive Shanghai is.
The exchange rate is 1.00AUD = 5.50RMB
Bottled water - 1.00RMB
Chocolate milk (300ml) - 3.00RMB
Pork Bun - 0.80RMB
Dumplings (15) - 5.00RMB
Rice/Noodle Combos - 8.00RMB
Casual shirt - 20.00RMB
Good quality shirt - 30.00RMB
Sports shoes - 50.00-80.00RMB
Leather Jacket - 100.00RMB
Jeans - 60.00RMB
Taxi - 11.00RMB for first 3 km, then 2.10RMB for every km after that.
Shanghai is the priciest city in all of China. In Guangzhou, taxis are 7.00RMB for the first 3 km. You never have to think about whether to walk or to ride taxi anymore!
Working as a translator for Melbourne Victory Football Club was a great experience. My main role was basically to break down the communication barrier between the football club's members and hotel staff, bus drivers, football ground staff, and officials - most of the time, by translating!
Living in a 5-star hotel for 6 days can do nobody any good. The first day was great, the food was awesome all you can eat seafoods and meats, the king-sized room was massive indeed with all the facilities + room services. The second and beyond days were of the same awesomeness level, and it made me feel like i was on top of the world, because this was the life that every poor man would have aspired to.
But, i realized that living like this, did not make me happy. It was a pretty empty lifestyle - eat big food, live big house, get big service, do no housework and cycle that for your whole life. I'm glad that i was not born in a rich family, otherwise i might have ended up like that. Life fulfilment comes from purpose - the happiest people in the world are those who have an aim, hypothesis, method, and results (sorry too many research projects).
My Dad once said that he doesn't need to eat the good foods on the dinner table, because he knows what it tastes like, and once is enough.
Beijing Olympics 2008 was 3rd ever Summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia. It was estimated that approximately US$40 billion had been spent on the games, which would have made it the most expensive Olympic Games ever by a long way.
And you would have thought that they'd have cleaned up their act.
Pretty sure that isn't the way this lane works, nor the correct translation from the Chinese.
At the capital international airport of Beijing! The only definition i'd like of "handpicked" is "coffee bean picked by hand from the coffee plant".
"Come on, pay it. It's good for you!"
On a plane. But if it were for a taxi, taxis don't takeoff nor land.
Obviously not enough people are pressing the blue lever for water.
Superior door to door delivery method by JiaJu Carpets.Chinese A-Z II coming soon!
1 comment:
nonetheless a great experience! where were you on the pic?
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