Shanghai, dog, photos
I’m still waiting for my friends to mail me the pics taken during the school trip. Meanwhile, let me introduce my little darling to everyone.
She is Sushi (or Susie,according to Aki but I don’t like the name Susie much), my puppy since almost a month now. Well,she’s not really only mine. She’s also Desmond’s and Aki’s puppy. We aren’t sure how old she is but according to the vet, she is around 2 months old now. As for her name ,Sushi, it took us a long time to decide on it. She almost became ‘Oreo’. We might change her name again because she seems to respond more when called Oie or Baka (my Jap friends call her like that sometimes because she does stupid things). 
Erm… we’ll see.
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Shanghai, food, photos
Yesterday Rosemary, Joanne and I went out after class. We walked for quite a long time and just when we were about to go back, we saw those two people selling food on the pavement.
We saw a girl who had just bought something from them and she was eating from a bowl. When we got closer, we saw that the board in front of the ‘tricycle’ had 八宝粥, 水果羹 written on it.
Rosemary and I wanted to try the 八宝粥 (ba bao zhou, Eight Treasures porridge). The woman told us that it’s RMB 1 for a bowl and we didn’t hesitate any longer and took out RMB 1 each. So cheap for such a big portion! 
We had 八宝粥 before but only the type sold in supermarkets at about RMB 3. This one looked a bit different.
I started eating and remembered that I have my camera in my bag. Joanne took this pic for me.
After that, I took a few pics of my portion of 八宝粥. I don’t know what that orange thing is. It tasted okay.
I pushed the orange thing to the bottom and took another pic.
A closer look. The white thing seems to be made of glutinous rice.
The 八宝粥 was good. 
Unfortunately, the portion was too big for me and I couldn’t finish it all. I only managed to finish 2/3. The 八宝粥 might not look as nice and colorful as the ones I usually buy at the supermarket but I love the taste. (homemade taste and not as sweet as the ones sold in supermarkets)
It was my first time around that place. I have no idea if the seller is usually there. Still, I took a few pics of the surroundings so as to remember the place. I find it difficult to find certain places sometimes. 
Taking pics always help. hehe
I took pics of the middle school found on the opposite side of the road. (Name and address of the middle school: 上海同济初级中学 ,上海市杨浦区政通路260号)
My first pic was too dark and the color of the building looked weird.
I took two more pics.
Now I’m sure (okay maybe 99%) that I can find that place again.
Shanghai
My winter vacation is over already and my new classes have started on the 5th of this month. Everything is going smoothly for the time being and the only thing that I’m unhappy about is the weather. 
After a few months of cold weather, the temperature finally went up to 20 degrees at some point during the vacation and slightly more than a week later, the temperature dropped to almost 0 °C and it was very windy. The temperature is on the rise again now and hopefully it won’t drop anymore. I hate cold weather. 
I hate having to wear so many clothes, falling sick,etc… The worst is that I tend to eat a lot during winter. Lack of self-discipline. *sigh*
*edited on 10th March at 00:36*
Argh! I’m sick now. 
) and when I went out during the afternoon, I wore a short-sleeve top. I felt the cold as soon as I stepped out of the building. Brrrrrr. 
It’s even colder at night. It’s high time to get the long-sleeve tops and jackets out of my suitcase. Most people on the streets were wearing long sleeves…
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