Mar 20 2006
Shanghai Trip – more on Xiang Yang
Looks like my main highlight of the last Shanghai trip is the XiangYang market only. :p
Well, it was supposed to be a business trip… so, Thu and Fri I had meetings in the hotel. Due to unforeseen circumstances, my meeting was cut short. By 4pm Friday, I was free to go.
I checked out and moved in to my best friend’s (ES) condo. I extended my stay by one night, and came home on Sun instead of Sat.
This is actually my second trip to Shanghai. The first one was in Jan 2005, and it was a very lousy trip, coz all the 3 days meeting ended at 8 or 9pm. We had dinner very late and all shops were closed by the time we finished.
This time, hehehe, I had a good time with ES.
We didn’t go any where on Fri night, just had a good dinner nearby her rented condo. On Sat, she took me to the Yu Garden in the morning, which is not worth going. Then we headed to Xiang Yang again. This time, I was determined to buy something…
Well, not much that I bought actually. A bit disappointed due to the crowd. Weekend crowd is so heavy. On Wed when we went, it was like we were the only customers they have and we were so precious and people are willing to make a deal with us. On Sat, it was the other way round. Too many customers and we lost our bargaining power!
The first row of shops we went in, no one entertained us coz their stores were full of tourists and travel groups. A lot of angmo too!
We were lucky coz when we moved to the second row, the crowd disappeared, just for a short while, short enough for us to buy some good stuff. After that, crowded again.
I bought DVD for 3 TV series: Lost season 1, Lost season 2, Sex and the City season 1-7. Only rmb6 per disc (less than RM3!).
Then bought two Armani shirts for DH, at only rmb75 (less than RM17 per piece!), and their quality is very good!
ES bought 3 table runners (2m long), for only rmb50 (about RM7.5 per piece). We believe it is a very good price, coz after the deal the shop owner was so angry with us and refused to talk after that! :p
And finally, I bought some Coach key-chains at only rmb15 per piece! I bought 7 pcs, all very nice ones, intend to give it out as souvenier, though I also like them very much and really feel like keeping them all to myself! :p
That’s all that I bought. Not much, and none of these are for me, as usual… 
But I really feel good, especially thinking of the Armani shirt for DH. They are REALLY good! I feel like asking ES to get more for me. I can collect from her next time I visit!
Anyway, feel sad coz won’t have the chance to go again before it closed down in May ler. When I can resume traveling, it would be in Sep already… Well, at least I’ve been there, at least once! 
