my first community service @ shanghai -- Visit to CereCare Wellness Center

"CereCare is a private organization that help children with Cerebral Palsy develop auto and neural skills so they can lead a normal life as early as possible.You will spend time with these kids, either to physically teaching them sitting and walking or simply talk and play with them. As many kids there can not speak or move like healthy children, your particiation and devotion is truly one way for these kids to have a link with the outside world."

went to this cerecare centre.. e kids there reali quite ke lian.. coz can see that they need a lot of effort to do things that we can do effortless.. talking, walking, picking things up.. reali wanna go there often to help them as much as i can.. but quite scared i have no time..

see ah.. i gt so many things to do :
1. daily chores, hsework, pay bills, wash clothes, cook
2. work
3. study (sch starting in sep, gona take 2 modules, mon morn & thurs night..)
4. driving (both weekends, morning 6am til 7pm in e evening like dat)
5. gt to study e theory (in CHINESE)
6. i wanna read a chinese story bk which i had bought
7. i wanna read e harry potter (half blood prince) my roomie's
8. i wanna learn shanghai-nese..i bought a book tat comes wif CD
9. i wanna go jog regularly
10. webcam wif my family regularly

花木家

introducing my hse mates..

alvin, xuemin(justin), ron, me & huiling! cute sia..

1. serious take 1
2. act cute take 1
3. serious take 2
4. act cute take 2

btw.. e board at e back is made by me!

busy day..

hmmm, was awaken by e loud renovation sound.. sianz.. i slept at abt 5am e nite b4 lor.. was chatting to huiling, my roomie,.. and i woke up at 7 plus am!

went online and chatting b4 alvin & i go to e supermarket to buy all e groceries for e hsewarming session.. e other hse-mates all had sth on and throw e task to us..
hee... shared a TutUk (i call one.. eh.. moto wif seats at e back.. aiya.. dunno how to describe.. will add a photo in when i can) to e supermarket and a cab back.. coz e stuffs were DAMN heavy. we bought food for 20 ppl lor.. was exhausted when we return.. but stil decided to go for a run!

hee.. washed e toilet, packed e hse.,. and started cooking.. and preparing for hsewarming..
ppl who attended..some left already thou...

we cooked,
1. da zha cai
2. curry chicken
3. veggie wif chicken
4. potato wif minced meat
5. 3 zhong dan, (ji dan, pi dan & xian dan) wif minced meat
6. fried noodles
7. bbq pepper chicken
8. french toast
9. ice cream
10. honey dew

wah.. 10 course sia..yummy!

hee.. e park near my hse.. century park..
one of e best known park in shanghai..
i jogged around it for e 3rd time..
so proud of myself..

1st time : 11 Aug - with alvin, stopped quite a few times coz gt stitch
2nd time: 15 Aug- myself, non stop, took 38 mins =)
3rd time: 20 Aug - with alvin, non stop again!

shall give myself a big pat...hhaa
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Wah.. Tiring day..


Finally collected my visa, changed money, went pai chu shuo, driving centre, pai chu shuo again.. Chk up and back to e drivng centre..

Yup..i am learning driving here! I noe it is left hand driving.,.. U may tink I am crazy but I had paid my 5000RMB le.. And I am serious.. And I considered b4 deciding le..

So.. Just Wish me luck..

xin jiang cuisine..


met up wif some seniors for dinner at a xin jiang restaurant..
e food is yummy.. and it is only den tat i realised tat xin jiang ppl are v dark.. look like indian lei..
hee, passed a card & a few clothings which i bought for my sis and bro to my senior to ask her to pass back to my family..
see i so SWEET! =)

trip to grape farm..


1.yup.. happening day sia...woke up v early and left for grape farm..
2. Huiling and i.. @ e farm at jiading.. Ma lu.
3. eating e v FAMOUS nanxiang xiao long
4. mini-impromptu hsewaming at my hse! yummy

ok.. finally finished uploading all my blogs and making it updated...
haha. shall slack for a few days..
in e mean time.. happy reading & do leave comments kk..

my first trip to fudaN..

My 3RMB breakfast!


was pleasantly surprised by edwin when he took this out of his pocket & passed it to me..
we all tot he was just joking lei..
hee


POst NDP dinner at a vegetarian restaurant..

. yup.. some of e 3th & 4th batch NCS students met up for a nice dinner..

dinner at 避风塘


yup. met up wif xiangliang, alvin & edwin for dinner.. (alvin as photographer)
so that we can pass e letter for confirmation of ABF to her to hand to a senior to help us post to MTI.. yup.. i gt it finally!

haha.. had a chance to talk to edwin.. and he was quite humerous really..
coz as usual i was super stingy and v relcutant to order all e ex ex food..
and joked tat he must be having 大鱼大肉 evreyday..
he denied and says his breakfast is only 3 RMB..
promised to treat me to a 3 dollar breakfast..
sth he bought at his office..and asked me if i wanna purple or red.
purple is my ans

Rain NO MORE == can go out == yEAH!

wah.. so excited to see tat e weather became much much better e nxt day.
alvin & i set off for qi pu lu in e noon and headed for a meal at 大娘水饺..
v nice i would say. coz i like it.. hehe..

after being trapped in e hse..for 1 whole day.. i started on my shoppig SPREE..
and i reali bought quite a few no of tops.. some for autumn one..
but seriously i did not spend alot i tink.. haha

edwin arrived today.. so we met up at raffles city for a meal @ Ajisen.. hee..
my first time eating and i find e food reali quite nice..
no set meal here.. i ate e POrk chop ramen for 20RMB.. yummy,,

rain & wind howling for e whole day!

yup.. raining cats & dogs e whole day.. so much so tat we r trapped at home..
and e worse thing is we r nt tat prepared and there is nt much food at home..sianz.
din have breakfast, had instant noodles for lunch, and finally Gt to go out on sunday for a meal! and shopping at e supermarket..

the weather was alright when we left but was raining cats and dogs again when we r abt to leave..
so anotehr exp wif flying & inverting umbrellas & getting drenched in e rain/..
Ah-CHoo..

first encounter wif typhoon..

as most of you know, e MASTA typhoon.. did came into shanghai..
first encounter wif typhoon.. so quite interesting..
anyway.. tat day.. i only worked for half a day.. and went to Beijing lu wif Song jing, my purchasing manager to source for some equipments lah..
we finished e job in abt 1 hr plus. and headed for shopping.. or rather i accompanied her to shop..
i merely a few hours, she spent like over 800RMB, 560 for 2 bras, 200 over for a pants, 50 for grapes, 30 for rou gan.. and other food which i forgot and nvr keep track of e price.. wah..so tis is e spending power of executives in shanghai.. impressive..

after tat, i strolled ard tat ard while i wait for alvin & xuemin to knock off..
went window shopping & saw this H20 shop which offers real cheap winter wear..
haha.. anyway.. i oso bought a green top and waited for them to come give comments on e winter wear b4 buying mah..
alvin came.. and he started trying on many MANY h20 tee-shirts.. many meaning close to 20.. and coz e changing room no hook, plus draw curtains one.. i became his "clothes hanger" while i stood outside e changing room.. holding e clothes for him lor.. hee..
in e end, he bought 3 tops, i bottoms, while i bought a orange winter jacket.. haha

xuemin arrived and we had dinner at some restaurant.. had crab, potato wif capsicum, chicken & roti prata.. haha. was happily eating & chattin..
den hor, went we r abt to leave, we realised tat we r trapped in super heavy rain.. e typhoon had arrived..
aiyo, everywhere like v gan giong.. ppl running, umbrella flying.. etc tec..
we quickly made our way to e mrt station.. along e way, there were exits there were closed, there was a falling ladder which landed nxt to alvin & me, our umbrellas inverted etc etc.
a bit dangerous yet exciting..

reached home drenched.. and realised some of out clothes were blown away! alvin's sling bag went missing as well.. had to clean up some wet spots here and there.. so mafan!

welcome HUILING to 花木路。。。

yupz.. my roommate had arrived!
oh ya, shall write my contacts here so tat anyone coming here can come look for ME!

hp: +86 136 1190 1310
Address: 上海浦东新区，花木路500弄， 13号 1102 室