Tuesday, January 05, 2010
DAy 5 ( suzhou - shanghai)
SRGCE shanghai group is officially out of Suzhou and back in Shanghai . In the morning, we went to Zhou Zhuang and visited two wealthy men s' house built years ago.
Zhou Zhuang was known as the 'western venice'. Houses were situated on opposite sites of a river. The scenary and the weather was great :) I learned a lot from what the guide of the day told us. Every single items in the house had a meaning to it. For example, the young mistress of the house cannot lean back against the chair and there is a hole through the chair. This means that the young mistress is not married and do not have a '靠山'. Whereas for the mistress of the house, she can lean against her chair and there is no hole through the chair. This indicates she is married and have found her '靠山' already.
Then there was this stone which could be used to forecast the weather. If you touch the stone, and feel it's a bit wet, it means today will rain. We touch the stone, and indeed it was a bit wet. At the same time, it was drizzling.
After viewing the house, we started our shopping. I must say we are good at bargining ;) Teachers included ;)
Thanks to the purchase of a scroll by some of us, we were delayed by 1 hr + and the tour guide and the bus driver was a bit piss off. Sorry about that, but on the scoll there was a poem writen based on one's name. Therefore the writer must think before crafting out the poem based on the name.
We got back on the bus and return to shanghai for lunch, before proceeding to the shanghai world financial centre (which was finished building in dec 2008) and the pearl tower ( most significant building in Shanghai). Next up was dinner on a boat. SOme people got giddy as the boat was slanted to the side. We were almost late in catching the cruise along huangpu river. The ride was great as we get to see the night view of shanghai ( pudong and puxi). There were a lot of photo taking as well ! Except for the fact that towards the end of the ride, it was raining and the weather was super cold with the wind blowing onto you.
Shanghai world financial centre
Waiting for the life and inside the lift...
Pearl tower
quening up to take the lift up the pearl tower...
Cruise along huangpu river
Dreams ended @ --*9:19 AM*--
