Just came back from my Guangzhou trip for business... I must say I missed Singapore... haha... feel so lucky to be a Singaporean... It's so pretty and orderly and although crowded too but at least in a neat and systematic manner... and most of all, it's so safe! I think everyone here takes safety for granted...
It's not my first time in Guangzhou... but it's my first time alone there... being alone, you are kind of more sensitive to all the sights and sounds there... It's dusty, messy and the people there are uncouth, spitting every other minute! Though I'm Chinese too, I looked totally alien to them and they could tell that I'm not local immediately... some were even amazed that I could understand and speak Chinese... haha... it was quite hilarious to see their reactions...
On my first day there, I got a scare when I was walking on the street towards the mall... this guy walked beside me and asked me where I was going! Feeling freaked out, I ran and sped towards the mall... but after thinking through, I thought maybe he may be a taxi driver trying to tout... haha... whatever... better to run first ya? Because of this incident, I didn't dare to venture out of the hotel unless totally necessary... I only went to the wholesale centre and for my 3 days there, I was stuck in the hotel all the time... heh... anyway, I think the malls are quite chaotic... wouldn't be fun to walk around...
Fortunately, I was only there for 3 days cause I was getting pretty sick of the Chinese food from the restaurant in the hotel... They had delicious dim sums and noodles... but I was starting to miss my wholemeal bread... lol... I actually walked for 30 minutes to get to a 7-Eleven in the hope of finding bread there... but to my disappointment, they only have sweet buns there! How can a 7-Eleven not sell proper loaves of bread!!! And I don't see any bakeries around at all... I guess China people don't eat bread... What happened to globalization??? The next time I go to Guangzhou, I better remember to bring my own bread there...
Ok, enough of grunts... some pics from the trip... Didn't take much cause the streets aren't exactly pretty... wahaha... The dim sum was spectacular... but too bad I could only order 1 type... quite funny actually... I bet the waitress there must find me a weirdo... like who goes to a chinese dim sum restaurant and order 1 kind of dim sum...
Day 1 Lunch: Prawn zhu cheong fun... it comes with vegetable... I like...
Day 2 Lunch: Mixed platter of har gows, mushroom dumplings and chives dumplings... Genius idea to have a combination platter for people who eats alone... only saw the combi menu on the 2nd day... ;p
Oh I had to take this scooter back to the hotel when I was leaving the wholesale centre cause it was so crowded there it's impossible to get a taxi... this auntie was quite nice and introduce some landmarks to me on the way... weather was not too cold too...
Home sweet home onboard SQ... something familiar in foreign land... very comforting...
In conclusion, this was really quite a fruitful trip... figured out quite alot of things on my own... I'm going to try another route next time though... via Hong Kong... would be so much more fun then!
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