Life in Shanghai..

Well, many may ask, how's life in Shanghai?.. Not that i dont wanna say its good or its bad, but look at it this way, its 1somthing am in the morning and i am still at office. I mean, there must be some better place to be! On a saturday night in Shanghai, than to work at this hour!

Oh ya, the pic on your left, shows a brief look of my apartment. Though it is nothing fancy, but its condusive, cosy and nice. It comes with a small kitchen for me to cook and do all my other stuff there. This serviced apartment comes also with a little bit of extra facilitied like laundrette and a mini gym.

The cost of living in Shanghai is average, somethings are cheaper and somethings are more expensive. If you are talking bout imported goods, it is definitely more expensive. The exchange rate here is RM 0.46 cents to 1 RenMenBi (RMB). Those things that are really cheap will be fruits and vege. You can buy a big bunch of grapes for RMB 2.50 = RM 1.20.

When you move to the little provinces, a whole bagfull of oyster, size of a Carrefour platic bag, filled with it would only cost you around RMB 10 = RM 4.60. These are huge oysters that Mr. Bean use to eat in buffets.

On the other hand, those imported goods like, Emmer Zecna, Renoma shoes and stuff are more costly. A suit will cost you around RMB 2300 = RM 1150 which in Malaysia u can get probably half the price. Those cell phones, Nokia is costs more, but AMOI (the local made brand) is half the price of Malaysian Amoi phones. A good Amoi which have all the specs, cost around RM 500. You are talking bout 256K color screen, slide phone, slim, bluetooth and other gadjets that comes with it.

So, it all depends whether u wud want to buy the local stuff or u wud just wanna stick to KFC or Mc'Ds. Local food is cheaper, and you wouldnt want to eat much of their meat here cos it has a different taste that turns u off. Vege and fruits are good here but u gotta cook it yourself. If you would order the fruits and vege in restaurants, it defeats the purpose.

Thats all for now friends.. God Bless!.. watch out for my next update!