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Peak Day
Single Day Admission ·For all visitors
·On the designated day or any Standard Day
·One ticket per person, valid for one entry on the day of admission Peak Day tickets are designed to control visitor flow on predicted peak days of the Expo by designating dates, limiting volume and increasing prices. They are further classified as Single Day Admission and Special Admission. Peak Days include “Labor Day” Holiday (May 1-3, 2010), “National Day” Holiday (Oct. 1-7, 2010), and the last week before the closing date (Oct. 25 – 31, 2010), with 17 days in total.

Peak Day
Special Admission ·For the disabled
·For people born in or before 1950
·For students with valid IDs.
·For children above 1.2m
·For Chinese military personnel on active duty
·Valid IDs are required upon ticket purchase and entry
·On the designated day or any Standard Day
·One ticket per person, valid for one entry on the day of admission
Standard Day Standard Day
Single Day Admission ·For all visitors
·On any Standard Day other than Peak Day
·One ticket per person, valid for one entry on the day of admission Standard Day tickets refer to the tickets for all visiting days (167 days in total) except for Peak Days during the Expo. They are classified as Single Day Admission, Special Admission, 3-day Admission, 7-day Admission and Evening Admission.

Standard Day
Special Admission ·For the disabled
·For people born in or before 1950
·For students with valid IDs.
·For children above 1.2m
·For Chinese military personnel on active duty
·Valid IDs are required upon ticket purchase and entry
·On any Standard Day other than Peak Day
·One ticket per person, valid for one entry on the day of admission
3 Day Admission ·For all visitors
·Valid for any three days except Peak Days
·One ticket per person, valid for one entry per day The tickets are designed to meet the multi-entry demand of visitors.

7 Day Admission ·For all visitors
·Valid for any seven days except Peak Days
·One ticket per person, valid for one entry per day
Evening Admission ·For all visitors
·Entry after 17:00 except Peak Days
·One ticket per person, valid for one entry on the day of admission The ticket is designed to allow people to visit the site after peak hours and to balance visitor flow, and is only sold on site on Standard Days during the Expo session.

Group Ticket Group Admission ·For groups with no less than 15 people
·Tickets should be purchased in advance and reservation is required before entry
·Valid for one entry on the day of admission Group tickets are designed to encourage organized visits and balance visitor flow. The tickets are not available for individuals.
Student Group Admission ·For groups with no less than 30 students
·For standard day only
·Tickets should be purchased in advance and reservation is required before entry
·Valid for one entry on the day of admission

China has seen a dramatic rise in cases of syphilis, as a result of rapid social change, US researchers say.

A report in the New England Journal of Medicine says syphilis is now the most commonly reported communicable disease in Shanghai, the second-largest city.

Pregnant women are also increasingly passing the disease to their children, with more than one baby with congenital syphilis born every hour in 2008.

No other country has seen such a rise since the discovery of penicillin.

Syphilis was almost eradicated from China in the 1950s with a sweeping program of antibiotics and brothel shutdowns.

But the researchers say the disease is now “a major scourge lurking in the shadows”, with around 20 people in every 100,000 in China carrying the infection.

They link the rise directly to China’s economic reforms and the growing number of migrant workers and men with expendable income, which has led to a growth in the commercial sex industry.

Female sex workers and gay or bisexual men – a third of whom are married – “disproportionately bear the burden” of the epidemic, they say.

Syphilis, a bacterial disease, is curable with antibiotics if treated early, but can cause paralysis, blindness and death if left untreated.

Mothers can pass syphilis to unborn babies, which can lead to deformities, neurological problems, stillbirths or death in early infancy.

The authors say there is a lack of adequate screening in China, and entrenched social stigma makes people reluctant to get tested.

They recognized China’s efforts to increase awareness of sexually transmitted infections among sex workers, but say more needs to be done, including free screening for all pregnant women and high-risk groups.

Offering tests in non-clinical sites – including brothels, saunas and nightclubs – would be one way to help identify and prevent the spread of local infections, they say.

In other words wear that raincoat when you find women.

A woman was in bed with her lover when she heard her husband opening the front door.

“Hurry,” she said, “stand in the corner.”

She rubbed baby oil all over him, then dusted him with talcum powder.

“Don’t move until I tell you,” she said. “Pretend you’re a statue.”

“What’s this?” the husband inquired as he entered the room.

“Oh it’s a statue.” she replied. “The Smith’s bought one and I liked it so much I got one for us, too.”

No more was said, not even when they went to bed.

Around 2 AM the husband got up, went to the kitchen and returned with a sandwich and a beer.

“Here,” he said to the statue, “have this. I stood like that for two days at the Smith’s and nobody offered me a damzed thing.”

as seen by: D.D’s Club Shanghai

Diagnostics

Following a macro philosophy of disease, traditional Chinese diagnostics are based on overall observation of human symptoms rather than “micro” level laboratory tests. There are four types of TCM diagnostic methods: observe (望 wàng), hear and smell (闻/聞 wén), ask about background (问/問 wèn) and touching (切 qiè). The pulse-reading component of the touching examination is so important that Chinese patients may refer to going to the doctor as “Going to have my pulse felt.

Traditional Chinese medicine is considered to require considerable diagnostic skill. A training period of years or decades is said to be necessary for TCM practitioners to understand the full complexity of symptoms and dynamic balances. According to one Chinese saying, A good (TCM) doctor is also qualified to be a good prime minister in a country. Modern practitioners in China often use a traditional system in combination with Western methods.

Techniques

• Palpation of the patient’s radial artery pulse (pulse diagnosis) in six positions
• Observations of patient’s tongue, voice, hair, face, posture, gait, eyes, ears, vein on index finger of small children
• Palpation of the patient’s body (especially the abdomen, chest, back, and lumbar areas) for tenderness or comparison of relative warmth or coolness of different parts of the body
• Observation of the patient’s various odors
• Asking the patient about the effects of their problem.
• Anything else that can be observed without instruments and without harming the patient
• Asking detailed questions about their family, living environment, personal habits, food diet, emotions, menstrual cycle for women, child bearing history, sleep, exercise, and anything that may give insight into the balance or imbalance of an individual.

Methods of treatment

The following methods are considered to be part of Chinese medicine:

1. Acupuncture(针 灸/針灸) (from the Latin word acus, “needle”, and pungere, meaning “prick”) is a technique in which the practitioner inserts fine needles into specific points on the patient’s body. Usually about a dozen acupoints are needled in one session, although the number of needles used may range anywhere from just one or two to 20 or more. The intended effect is to increase circulation and balance energy (Qi) within the body.
2. Auriculotherapy (耳灼疗法/耳燭療法), which comes under the heading of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.
3. Chinese food therapy (食疗/食療): Dietary recommendations are usually made according to the patient’s individual condition in relation to TCM theory. The “five flavors” (an important aspect of Chinese herbalism as well) indicate what function various types of food play in the body. A balanced diet, which leads to health, is when the five functional flavors are in balance. When one is diseased (and therefore unbalanced), certain foods and herbs are prescribed to restore balance to the body.
4. Chinese herbal medicine (中草药/中药/中藥): In China, herbal medicine is considered as the primary therapeutic modality of internal medicine. Of the approximately 500 Chinese herbs that are in use today, 250 or so are very commonly used.Rather than being prescribed individually, single herbs are combined into formulas that are designed to adapt to the specific needs of individual patients. A herbal formula can contain anywhere from 3 to 25 herbs. As with diet therapy, each herb has one or more of the five flavors/functions and one of five “temperatures” (“Qi”) (hot, warm, neutral, cool, cold). After the herbalist determines the energetic temperature and functional state of the patient’s body, he or she prescribes a mixture of herbs tailored to balance disharmony.
5. Cupping (拔罐): A type of Chinese massage, cupping consists of placing several glass “cups” (open spheres) on the body. A match is lit and placed inside the cup and then removed before placing the cup against the skin. As the air in the cup is heated, it expands, and after placing in the skin, cools down, creating a lower pressure inside the cup that allows the cup to stick to the skin via suction. When combined with massage oil, the cups can be slid around the back, offering what some practitioners think of as a reverse-pressure massage.
6. Die-da or Tieh Ta (跌打) is usually practiced by martial artists who know aspects of Chinese medicine that apply to the treatment of trauma and injuries such as bone fractures, sprains, and bruises. Some of these specialists may also use or recommend other disciplines of Chinese medical therapies (or Western medicine in modern times) if serious injury is involved. Such practice of bone-setting (整骨) is not common in the West.
7. Gua Sha (刮痧)
8. Moxibustion: “Moxa,” often used in conjunction with acupuncture, consists in burning of dried Chinese mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) on acupoints. “Direct Moxa” involves the pinching of clumps of the herb into cones that are placed on acupoints and lit until warm. Typically the burning cone is removed before burning the skin and is thought, after repeated use, to warm the body and increase circulation. Moxa can also be rolled into a cigar-shaped tube, lit, and held over an acupuncture point, or rolled into a ball and stuck onto the back end of an inserted needle for warming effect.
9. Physical Qigong exercises such as Tai chi chuan (Taijiquan 太极拳/太極拳), Standing Meditation (站樁功), Yoga, Brocade BaDuanJin exercises (八段锦/八段錦) and other Chinese martial arts.
10. Qigong (气功/氣功) and related breathing and meditation exercise.
11. Tui na (推拿) massage: a form of massage akin to acupressure (from which shiatsu evolved). Oriental massage is typically administered with the patient fully clothed, without the application of grease or oils. Choreography often involves thumb presses, rubbing, percussion, and stretches.
12. Some TCM doctors may also utilize esoteric methods that incorporate or reflect personal beliefs or specializations such as Fengshui (风水/風水) or Bazi (八字).

The only problem is that the map is only in Chinese. The map is very useful but not in English.

http://map.expo2010.cn/

The site of the event is the Nanpu Bridge–Lupu Bridge region in the center of Shanghai along both sides of the Huangpu River. The area of the Expo 2010 covers 5.28 km2.[2]

After winning the bid to host the Expo in 2002, Shanghai began a monumental task to reshape the city. More than AU$48billion[5] was spent for the preparation, more than the cost of cleaning up Beijing in the preparations for the Olympics in 2008. Shanghai began clearing 2.6 square kilometres along the Huangpu River; that involved moving 18,000 families and 270 factories, including the Jiang Nan Shipyard, which employs 10,000 workers.

Today, the expo site is crowded with national pavilions, sculpture gardens, shops, and a sports arena and performing arts centre which is shaped like a flying saucer.

Shanghai has trained more than 1.7 million volunteers and adopted Olympic-level security measures, adding metal detectors to subway entrances and screening cars entering the city.

For the first time, Shanghai Expo will also feature an online version of the expo grounds featuring 3D renderings of the expo grounds a 3D version of the pavilion interior and offerings.

Bus
Bus and trolley bus (to be mentioned as just bus below) may be not the best transport for oreigners, but having some knowledge about it will give you an option when you come across a traffic problem, especially when you cannot find a taxi on a rainy day or have no idea where the Metro station is.

Shanghai buses can be extremely crowded in rush hours and some of them are not totally clean. But buses on busy shopping streets or connecting major attractions are in excellent condition and during off-peak hours it is a pleasure to ride in them. Plus, the bigger windows of a bus will give you a better view of the city than taking taxis or subways.

Metro
Five Metro lines operate in Shanghai. Line 1 stretches from Xinzhuang to Gongfu Xincun, Line 2 from Zhongshan Park to Zhangjiang High-Tech District, Line 3 from Jiangwan Town to Shanghai South Railway Station, Line 5 from Xinzhuang to Minhang Development District. The section of Line 4 from Damuqiao Road Station to Lancun Road Station is still under construction.

Reaching almost every corner of the city, covering all the prosperous areas, the Metro is the fastest and most convenient way to move about in the downtown area. It takes no more than half an hour from Xinzhuang to People’s Square. Of course, it is much cheaper than taxis.

There are stations where several Metro lines meet. An interchange station is a station where you can change for other lines without meeting a ticket barrier. A transfer station, however, is one where you have to leave the first line through a ticket barrier and then be charged for another line.

However, the Metro has its disadvantages. It is extremely crowded in rush hours and Line 1 is crowded in whatever hours.
Be wary of thieves, both on the train and on the platform, especially when it is extremely crowded.

Shanghai is going to build 10 new Metro lines from 2005 to 2012, stretching 389 kilometers. Total kilometrage of Shanghai
Metro System is expected to reach 510 kilometers by 2012, among which 400 kilometers are going to put in use before 2010 Expo. Construction of four of the lines will start this year.

Taking a taxi is a fast and convenient way to get around Shanghai. The city, has the best-managed taxi service in China.

Most cabbies know their way around and expertly negotiate the city’s busy traffic. Taxis are usually readily available, but hailing one in rush hours is difficult and on rainy days almost impossible.

Taxi
Shanghai’s taxis are colorful, unlike New York City’s, which are all yellow. Cyan, yellow, white, green, blue, red, dark blue and dark red are the main colors of the taxis in Shanghai and the colors denote different taxi companies. Dark blue and dark red are the colors for the city’s hundreds of small and medium taxi companies.

Real taxis have a logo light on the top of the car. Around the driver’s seat is a transparent shield protect the driver from robbery. A meter and an illuminated vacancy disk on the dashboard are also necessities for a cab. Without all these things, the taxi is probably unlicensed and you should avoid it, even if the driver solicits you. You have no rights if injured in an unlicensed taxi.

The vacancy disk will help you know which cab is available. When the disk is upright and lluminated showing two Chinese characters — 空车 — it means the cab is vacant.

Railway
The city of Shanghai has several railway stations, among which Shanghai Railway Station, Shanghai South Railway Station and Shanghai West Railway Station are the main ones. It connects with many main cities of China.

Maglev Train
No doubt the maglev train is the fastest way to get to the Pudong airport.

Shanghai’s maglev line, linking Longyang Road subway station and the Pudong airport, is the world’s first operational maglev link. If you want to experience traveling at more than 400 kilometers an hour, give it a try. A round trip on the train takes less than 15 minutes.

A one-way ticket costs 50 yuan. If you produce a flight ticket for that day, you will get a 10-yuan discount. But you can buy only one discounted train ticket with one flight ticket.

The operation from Longyang Road Station starts at 7am and ends at 9pm at intervals of 15 minutes.
The operation from Pudong lasts from 7:02am to 9:02pm at the same intervals

Expo 2010, officially Expo 2010 Shanghai China (simplified Chinese: 中国2010年上海世界博览会; traditional Chinese: 中國2010年上海世界博覽會; pinyin: Zhōngguó Èrlíngyīlíng Nián Shànghǎi Shìjìe Bólǎnhuì) is being held on both banks of the Huangpu River in the city of Shanghai, China, from May 1 to October 31, 2010. It is a World Expo in the tradition of international fairs and expositions. The theme of the exposition is “Better City – Better Life” and signifies Shanghai’s new status in the 21st century as the “next great world city”. The expo Logo features the Chinese character 世 (‘world’, Chinese “shì”) modified to represent three people together with the 2010 date. It is the most expensive Expo in the history of the world’s fairs. The Shanghai World Expo is also the largest World’s Fair site ever at 5.28 square km.

More than 190 countries and more than 50 international organizations have registered to participate in the Shanghai World Expo, the largest ever. China expects to receive almost 100 foreign leaders and millions of people from across the world to come and visit the World Expo. More than 70–100 million visitors are expected to visit the expo, the largest in history.

2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S

By Shanghai D.D’s Club

Spring 2009
Expected Pricing: 2.6 million RMB

Maserati describes the Sport GT S, as “the ultimate expression of Maserati’s sportiness in the Quattroporte range.” In short, it’s a big, sensuous four-door that goes fast and handles sharply. Up close, this Quattroporte has the sheer presence of even more expensive cars. . It’s the most visually striking car available in this price range. Despite weighing about 4,400 pounds, the Maserati Quattroporte manages to feel like a car half its size with well-weighted steering, limited body roll and a captivating eagerness to change direction. Even though the QP is nearly 200 inches long, it drives like a vehicle half its size. Contributing to this is Maserati’s “Skyhook” adjustable suspension, controlled by a button on the dash. Skyhook can be set to the more comfortable “Normal” mode or the noticeably firmer “Sport” setting

The Sport GT S isn’t a lot different from Maserati’s current sedans, the Quattroporte and Quattroporte S. Changes to the GT S are subtle, but they work to create a noticeably different bent. Perhaps this car is more sinister, and certainly more self possessed.

The Sport GT S is equipped with Maserati’s larger 4.7-liter V8, like the Quattroporte S, rather the 4.2-liter engine in the standard Quattroporte. The V8 is tuned to deliver 433 horsepower, or eight more than the Quattroporte S, thanks to a freer-flowing (and deeper-sounding) exhaust system. Its electronic throttle is tuned to respond more aggressively to movement on the gas pedal. Both come only with a six-speed automatic transmission that features manual-override shift paddles. While the QP’s acceleration is bracing, the aural stimulation emanating from the engine bay is positively hallucinogenic. Even when driving the QP like a stoner, the F-1 soundtrack says Warp 3. The headers are heady stuff indeed; the exhaust note alone is worth the price of admission.

The Quattroporte’s six-speed automatic is one of the most effective conventional automatics anywhere, and in the Sport GT S it will be tuned for sportier, more aggressive gear-change strategies. The Sport GT S suspension has firmer springs and a lower ride height than the other Quattroportes, with no-compromise single-rate shock absorbers. Such shocks are better than variable rate shocks for responsive handling, but they invariably mean a stiffer ride.

Styling tweaks are subtle, too, but there’s nothing on the Sport GT S body that can be called bright work. Its grille is black, featuring concave vertical fins and a black-trimmed Maserati Trident, and it’s eye-catching. The headlights have a metallic titanium finish, and the wheels and other adornment have a deep metallic finish that Maserati calls Shadow line. It’s all very shiny, but not really bright. They are very fragile; we scrape 3 out 4 of the rims. We were backing in the parking elevators and scrape the rims on the side.

Inside, the Sport GT-S has the same bespoke, hand-stitched quality as the other Quattroporte sedans, but the trim is a deep gray carbon-fiber weave. The quality of the QP’s cabin materials is beyond reproach. The lustrous wood, fragrant leather, plush carpet and elegant liners are superior to those found in any German car you can name– unless you cite Bentley, and even then the sumptuousness quotient is virtually identical. As long as you tailor your QP using a dark palette– the light colored interiors approximate a modern bordello– you couldn’t ask for a more luxurious carcoon. The seat inserts and door panels are rich, suede-like material in dark hues. It’s all very luxurious, with a subtle hint of danger. Sliding into the back seat means ducking under the low roofline. It requires a bit more work than climbing into the typical large sedan, but once inside rear passengers are treated to acres of legroom and a form-fit seat as comfortable as the best sport buckets anywhere. Once inside, the interior is more expansive than expected; the rear seats are tight in some dimensions, but legroom is not one of them. The middle armrest reveals yet another unexpected delight: a button that glides the passenger seat forward.

The most immediately obvious advantage the 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S has over the regular S isn’t the single-rate Bilstein dampers, the blacked-out grill and headlights or even the 20″ wheels, but the volume of the exhaust through the new dual-oval exits. In Sport mode this is a seriously loud car, belying the luxury of its Alcantara-clad interior and the class of its updated exterior. If the color red could be embodied by a sound, this would be it. Angry looks match the angry noise.

That sound isn’t the only reason I’m in Sport mode – pushing the button opens two valves in the exhaust, essentially creating straight through pipes – it also delivers improved throttle response, much quicker shifts from the auto box, increased propensity for kick down, rev-matched downshifts and permanent control of the gear position through the bigger wheel-mounted paddles. The Quattroporte drives and sounds so good in Sport that it’s nearly unconscionable to try it otherwise. It is very low to the ground. When driving out of the garage we bottomed out at the half way point. Also when were driving thru Fuxing Park the front air dam scraped and floor on a small down speed bump.

Driving again and again through the narrow alleys and back streets of Shanghai, the bright grey Maserati and I are starting to draw the wrong sort of attention. The unmuted growl of the 4.7-liter Ferrari-sourced V8 reverberates down the street. Children are grabbed by stern-faced mother’s blocks away as I accelerate harder and harder. From light to light you can get from 0-90km with no problem. Cyclists pull over and dismount at the sound of my approach. Traffic stops. Everyone’s pissed off, including me. The reason I’m driving like a pro is because the GPS system is not working in China. The only people that appear to benefit from all this are the gathering crowds of guys and girls, as indicated by their excited repetition of the brand in question and the puzzled looks on their faces as they realize the unholy racket is coming from a four-door luxury car. It’s those kids of looks that make that 2.6 million RMB worth every bit of money.

The first thing you have to do with this Maserati is throw away any number comparisons. With 433 HP, 391 lb-ft, a 0-to-60 time of 5.1 seconds and a 178 MPH top speed, which I tested on Huai Hai road and the car did do it in 5.1 seconds as stated in the manual. It’s a very powerful 4 door sedan. Listen to the engine not the girl that was in the car!!

But this Maserati isn’t about numbers, it’s about experience… It’s peaky in ways that don’t look promising on a 4,387 lb car purporting to offer luxury accommodation for five. But, equipped with the new faster throttle response, louder exhaust and improved gearbox you end up reveling in each one of those revs, not wanting for low-end torque or more power, but more roads on which to use what’s available.

With my right foot buried in the carpet at over 200 km, over some of Shanghai’s new highways and tunnel with no speed cameras yet. The Sport GT S is utterly composed, delivering Porsche-like confidence and Ferrari-like sound. Braking hard into the 90 degree left at the end of the straight, the newly feel-full steering tells me exactly how fast I can push the front through the corner, the rear snapping wide as soon as I get back on the power. Turns and cornering at 90 -100 km an hour is no problem. As we were passing 220kms the car was a monster. It is the fastest 4 door sedan I have driven. It handles better than the AMG Benz. The Maserati was tight and fast! As seen in the vid we moved in and out and around car quick and easy! It was very responsive, to the slightest move of the steering wheel.

As you’re probably guessing, it was driving like this that drew the attention of the police. It’s wasn’t much for speed but deep sounding exhaust. They pulled me over and checked out the car and gave me a breathalyzer test. Which lucky to say were 17, under 20 you get a warning? 20 to 26 take away your license for a month. 26 and over gets you 15 days in jail! I got off with a warning.

The trunk is huge and is said to be able store 4 golf bags. I would say 3 for sure 4 if you have small golf bags

video can be seen at

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O.k., its Saturday night and I get a call to go clubbing at M1nt. I just got back from New York and have not seen the club in almost 3 months in Shanghai. I take a cab towards the bund and then find the club is actually off of the bund by 4 blocks. I walk to front door and see lots of people outside. That usually is a good sign for a club in New York. In Shanghai, it usually means the there is a door charge or some reason they want money to get in.

First a little back ground on the Club M1nt. It’s a member’s only club. Yes, members only. That usually works in H.K. and Singapore but does not work in Shanghai. Hey maybe I’m wrong. It did work for me ah ha-ha! For those interested in the web site it’s http://www.m1nt.com.cn/ for those who are to lazy to go to the site!

M1NT Shanghai – Opening Hours

Lounge:
Monday to Friday – 11.30 am till late
Saturday – 6:00pm till late

Club:
Thursday to Saturday – 10 pm till late

Restaurant:
Monday to Thursday – Lunch: 11.30 am to 2:30pm – Dinner :6:00 pm to 12:00am
Friday – Lunch: 11.30 am to 2:30pm- Dinner: 6:00 pm to 2:00am
Saturday – Lunch: Closed – Dinner: 6:00 pm to 2:00am
Sunday – Private Bookings Only

For table reservation, contact 6391 2811or call bookings@m1nt.com.cn

I heard a little about the club before I went. Everyone gave the shark tank big thumbs up! It suppose to larger than life and a place you can throw your girlfriend to be eaten by the sharks.

So I enter to the lobby to see 2 groups of people in line. As usual the first person you see is the clubs door bitch. So I walk up and ask which line I’m suppose to be in if I have a table. The door bitch points to the inner line. The priority line she said. I look at the line and being a person that follows the club rules get in line. Then I see Uncle Benny and he’s in line. I ask him how long he’s waited and he said 10 minutes already. I usually won’t even bother to go to a club where I have to get in a line. Especially if you have a table.

I wait ten minutes and I ask the guy/bouncer/manger/ dude in a suit. I tell him not ask but tell him I have a table and how much longer it will be. He turns to me and says everyone in this line has a table. Now as I look around at the people in the priority line, my mind wander. Let’s see 2 guys’ jeans t-shirt and one guy with a wife beaters tank top on. 3 guys and a girl, 1 guy ¾ cut of jeans and the other in Bahamas mama shorts. The large girl was wearing a tank top with really really tight jeans. I won’t even go into the guys behind me. Are they going to spend 6,000-10,000 RMB tonight? Are they members???? Hmmm!!. I’m not a member but had a friend that was an invited member. I wanted to leave but hell I got all the way to the bund area and its 1, not like I’m going to make another jump to another club. I finally get in and U.B and I take the elevator up.

In my mind I figure the place is packed to the hill like Bar Rouge is on the weekends. I waited 15 minutes, U.B waited 25 minutes total. I walk out the elevator and it’s not packed to the hill, maybe the club is and the hall ways are not. I walked to the left and it’s like a bar/lounge area. The bar had about 15 people and they had 5 tables by the window of which only 2 were taken. We saw grandfather Shanghai D.J. Chris Lee at the decks. Then they had another area that was nice had 4-6 big booths but only 1 table was taken. The music was good, lounge tunes not to loud. It’s a good place to chat and see the view.

The other section was the restaurant that was huge and closed. The open kitchen looked good, but the kitchen was closed, only finger foods. So, I headed towards the club. The music was loud and the bar was long and sort packed. The booths on the other hand were taken but not packed. So I see a few friends and they invite me to the table. I tell them I have a table and they say that we should stay. U.B ordered a round of drinks and when I saw the bill I could only laugh. The club makes money off the drinks and not the bottles. The drinks are between 100-120 rmb a drink. That works out to $15 a drink to $18 a drink. That’s more expensive than New York. So we ordered a bottle of Grey Goose and started drinking. The booths are pretty big and comfortable. The club is a little to dark and they have no real lighting in the booths. Well, that can help if the girl is not that great looking.

The music is very unique for a club, actually its 80’s and 90’s music that you would hear in dive bars and commercial clubs. The sing along kind of songs seem very popular in the club. They even threw some rock and roll in. The table next to had 10 people and they drank 1 bottle of champagne in 3 hours. The other table across from us had 15-20 people and they had standard drinks. The so called beer warmer! around 2:30 the drink takers start on the table. Those are people not willing to buy any more drinks and they come to the table and take drinks.

The great shark tank, it’s really beautiful. It’s about 60 feet long and looks great. They have about 20 sharks in the tank swimming around. They also had the Dom Champagne V.I.P area behind the shark tanks. That’s about 5 big booths that were empty.

Next stop was the roof a.k.a the share holder roof. We walked to the door and yet again a bouncer; I must say this is one of the best and nicest big bouncers in town. We waited in line again, this time 5 minutes. We walk up the stairs to see a beautiful view of Shanghai. The roof is huge and had about 50 people having drinks and sitting. They had tables but they were empty.

Oh all in our table bought 7 bottles champagne 3 bottles of vodka. I think just that is about 10,00 RMB night. Oh and I had to wait in line for that.

I definelty will not be getting in line anytime soon for this members only place. Oh yea pictures to follow hahahah. Wait till you see them.!

The 5th Affair:

Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside.

He looked up and said weakly, “I have something I must confess.”

“There’s no need to,” his wife replied.

“No,” he insisted, “I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!”

“I know, I know,” she replied. “Now just rest and let the poison work.”

as seen by:  Shanghai D.D’s Club