China 6/6 - 15/6

Came back to reality after an escapade to China for 9 days. Feeling tired and aching all over from the overnight flight. It was a nice trip seeing how China has indeed changed into a modern city. Before I left, I heard horrendous stories of how terrible the living and toilet conditions are. But I think many are mistaken. Of course, there will be some places that are still not in good condition but overall, I think China is really clean, considering the amount of people that is contained inside. You hardly see any garbage at any public area. Spitting is common but still not as bad as I thought. Toilets are quite alright except that they do not have a habit of disposing their sanitary pads properly. *gross* In fact, I think that their toilets are in better conditions than some of our neighboring countries! Service at major shopping areas and tourist attractions are good... of course they still have a habit of talking really really loud depending on which provinces they come from. But when it comes to bargaining, you must really be fierce and louder than them! *haha* My mum is probably the #1 banned customer of their country. We really bargained till the salesgirls went mad... haha, but that's the way to go for all the cheap deals we got. Just by looking at my shopping list, you will realize that I bought tons of stuff (ask me if you want to know)... the skits are so nice and chic there ( I got 6 skirts @ $10 each!). In fact, i think Beijing is a much better place for shopping than shanghai. But if you have the vitamin M, Shanghai clothes esp dresses are really very pretty!
Spent 3 nights in Shanghai, 1 day in Hangzhou and transit to Beijing for 3 another nights. My favourite place is Hangzhou... its reallie a very nice place to retreat. The air so fresh (comparable to Hokkaido!) and its has lots of Longing tea plantations. The people there are so relaxed and just sit around to have tea in their many tea houses. Really like Hangzhou for the cool weather and slow pace of life. A pity my camera died when I was there so I dun have any photos. :(
The only minus point that draws me from returning to China is the food. Think Singapore food is SO much tastier. *hee* Thank God for the safe and fruitful trip. Will upload the photos soon.