D.D's Club » New York http://www.chou.cn Shanghai related bits and pieces Sun, 20 May 2012 08:17:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Finally back in Shanghai http://www.chou.cn/2009/05/07/finally-back-in-shanghai http://www.chou.cn/2009/05/07/finally-back-in-shanghai#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 09:06:15 +0000 luke http://www.chou.cn/?p=1252 I’ve been in New York for the past 3 months and it was so quiet.  The city that never sleeps was a city worried if they would have a job or not next week.  Everyone was out and looking for something to do that didn’t cost money.  When your in China for a while it’s hard to get back to the real world, before you sit down and get something to eat you have to remember that almost 25% of the bill goes to tax and tip.  When you drive to Chinatown and park your car in the lot and it cost$25 and your lunch for 2 only came out to $20 it sort of makes you lost!

I just got back to Shanghai May 1st and the city seems to be as it was.  What slow down, does not seem to be one in Shanghai.  More news to come when I get back into gear and check out the city.

]]> I’ve been in New York for the past 3 months and it was so quiet.  The city that never sleeps was a city worried if they would have a job or not next week.  Everyone was out and looking for something to do that didn’t cost money.  When your in China for a while it’s hard to get back to the real world, before you sit down and get something to eat you have to remember that almost 25% of the bill goes to tax and tip.  When you drive to Chinatown and park your car in the lot and it cost$25 and your lunch for 2 only came out to $20 it sort of makes you lost!

I just got back to Shanghai May 1st and the city seems to be as it was.  What slow down, does not seem to be one in Shanghai.  More news to come when I get back into gear and check out the city.

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