Dong Dong is the most handsome rabbit. Really!

Many people say that mothers are biased. They all think that their children are the cutest, smartest, best children. I can't stand proud mothers sometimes!

However, I really think Dong Dong is the most handsome rabbit on earth. I am not biased! A lot of people who saw Dong Dong's photos think so! My friend even said that he is photogenic! I am definitely not biased. It is the truth...

See for yourself!

A busy weekend

This weekend has been one of the busiest I had in Shanghai.

On Friday night, I went to the Shanghai Drama Centre for a local drama. My colleague had a pair of free tickets and so I got a free deal! Not only was I seated in the first row, after the show, each audience recieved a 50RMB Haagan Daaz voucher! Of course, the drama was funny and enjoyable too. The evening extended when my colleague brought me to her favourie cafe. It was so beautiful and cozy. Unfortunately, I did not bring my camera, only managed to snap some shots using my camera phone. I will definitely go back again. Maybe in my next entry!

On Saturday, I decided to explore the city area in Shanghai. So, I picked up my sunglasses (finally, we have sunlight in Shanghai!) and the tourist map, and was ready to go! I went to Coffee Beans & Tea Leaves at Xintiandi, had my daily dose of caffeine until 1p.m. Then, I met up with some friends and we had lunch at a cantonese restaurant. At 2.30p.m. we started our 4-hour walk along Huaihai Road to Yu Yuan. Afterwhich, we had a quick dinner at MacDonald's and took a cab to The Bund at Pudong.

The Bund at Pudong is more developed and urbanized than its counterpart in Puxi (which is under reconstruction now). There are restaurants and cafes which give very beautiful bund views. If you choose outdoor seats, you get to enjoy both the view and the cool breeze.



We ended the evening at Hyatt. We wanted to visit Cloud 9, the famous pub in Shanghai, which is on the 87th floor. However, we changed our mind later as it was a foggy night and the view would be obstucted. We went to a cafe at the 54th floor instead. The view was fantastic there!



I was so tired on sunday that I slept till 10a.m. (which is rare, as I always wake up by 8a.m). Esther was up and ready, she wanted to go shopping! So, she dragged me out of the house and we went to UBC cafe for brunch, I had a Longan Milk Tea there. Very sweet and nourishing! After that, Esther went shopping and I went home to type this blog entry :>

Help! Dong Dong is in danger!

As we all know, Dong Dong is a very active , cute, handsome, cute, smart and cute rabbit. He will run around the house and chew on things that he is not supposed to. Still, he is well-loved by Esther and me.

One fine evening, he ventured to the balcony and started to sniff at every boot there. He found his favourite boot and started nibbling at it. While doing that, he marked his territory by shitting at every corner too.



As we are quite used to his ways, we are ready to clean up after him. Esther started to pick up the broom and dustpan to clean our balcony.



Then, Esther saw that Dong Dong's favourite boot happen to be her favourite boot too! She got angry and decided to throw Dong Dong away!!!



I tried to pacify Esther and tell her how great Dong Dong is. He is so dear to us that all of us who know Dong Dong will be devastated if he is gone.



So, Esther decided that she will let him off this time round. We both agreed that he needs to learn his lesson. Therefore, he shall be grounded.



So, that was the latest story on Dong Dong....

My spontaneous trip to Xiamen

Just last week, I had a long weekend due to the Tombsweeping Festival. I wanted to visit Hangzhou and enjoy the serenity of Hangzhou in spring. So, a few of us planned to go for a day trip in Hangzhou. Then the plan became history once we found out that it is going to rain in Hangzhou during that weekend.

So, I thought I will spend the next three days lazing around in Shanghai. Until Friday came, one of my colleagues spontaneously asked if I wanna go to Xiamen. So, we began to research and find out what we can do in Xiamen. Then, we log on to www.ctrip.com to book the air tickets.On friday night (7pm) we went to the travel agency to collect our air tickets for the 0805 flight to Xiamen tne next day. Just like that! :>


Taken from the Sunlight Rock, the highest point on Gulangyu


Shueh-Li and I enjoying the famous Zhang Shan Feng milk tea at Gulangyu

Surprisingly, we managed to cover quite a number of spots in Xiamen within two days. We went to Gulangyu (a beautiful island)and Zhongshan Road on the first day. Then we went to the most beautiful university in China (Xiamen University),South Putuo Temple, a foot spa (totally awesome!)and pop by SM Shopping Centre (which was a disappointment by the way) before we hop on the plane back home.

This is one of the most spontaneous trip in my whole life. But I suspect I will do more of these spontaneous trips from now on, since everything turn out fine (more than fine actually, it turned out great!). The three of us had so much fun throughout the trip!