Shanghai: Day 8

That final morning, our morning call was at 7am... Breakfast between 8am till 9am... And then depart hotel at 9am sharp. Guess what time I got up that morning? 9am!!! I scrambled like a mad cow and even had to miss breakfast!!! But the worst thing was, the entire tour was waiting for me!!! Luckily, I packed the night before... otherwise... I'm sure the rest of the tour members will take turns to 'tumbuk' me la... SIGH... I'm so not a morning person.

Anyway, after breakfast (as in after everyone else had breakfast), we were driven to "Tong Ren Tang". In our itinerary, it was supposed to be "Bao Shu Tang" where they sell "Bao Fu-ling" cream that somewhat cured my exzema before... Not sure why, but it was changed to "Tong Ren Tang" and we were told that we're all gonna get "free" foot massages.

In China... nothing comes free (actually, it's the same everywhere)... While massaging your feet, they'll tell you that you are sick here, sick there and will most likely have serious diseases at old age. But fret not, cos they have their super-duper-powderful-powder that you could use to soak your feet in everyday. Use it everyday for 2 months and everything will be FINE!!! All you need to do is pay: RMB600!!! RMB150 per box (they'll recommend you use 2 types at one go for faster effect) x 2 boxes x 2 months. Morons!

From there... we were driven straight to the Pudong International Airport for our flight back to Malaysia! That marks the end of the 9-day, 7-night trip to Shanghai-Suzhou-Nanjing-Wuxi-Hangzhou-Shanghai from 16 Dec 2007 - 24 Dec 2007 !!! :)

And here's a quick summary on the cool rhymes that I picked up from this trip:

Shanghai

• Wai tan mei you tan (Errr, something along the lines of Shanghai Bund with no bun)
• Lu jia jui mei you jui (Lu jia jui is a place... so of course got no mouth la)
• Cheng huang miao bu kan miao (Cheng huang temple but you go there not to visit the temple - it's a shopping square remember...)

Old Shanghai

• Huang jing guar jai cheng yi wai (Wear gold on the outside to show off)
• Chuan ze sui yi chu mai chai (Too fast paced, no time to change thus go marketing in pyjamas)
• Suzhou he sang piao je ma tong kai (Houses too expensive, many families are often crammed into one house... but not enough toilet for everyone, so used "ma tong"...)
• Sang che chang wei bi hou je kuai (Speed of getting on a public transport and getting a seat - faster than a monkey)

Nanjing

• Lao tou pa lao tai (Women in Nanjing are more powerful than men. Men often have to do household chores... not because they are weak but because they love their wives)
• Ya je mai de kuai (Nanjing specializes in "Salt Water Duck" (Xian Xui Ya)... and so they sell a lot of ducks)
• Se tou tang bou tai (Nanjing is also famous for its semi-precious stones)

On "Heads" in General

• Shanghai kan ren tou (man mountain man sea, everywhere)
• Suzhou kan chiao tou (plenty of bridges in Suzhou)
• Nanjing kan se tou (semi-precious stones in abundance)
• Wuxi kern gu tou (Wuxi is famous for its Wuxi 'pai ku')
• Hangzhou kan yar tou (double meaning: tea and pretty ladies)
• Beijing kan chern tou (great walls)
• Xi'an kan fern tou (graves)
• Guilin kan san tou (mountains)

Compared to the Beijing trip I took last year... I didn't learnt as much... Back then I only knew:

On Us Tour Members

• Sang che sui jiao
• Sia che niao niao
• Hui chu sem meh tou wang tiao

On Their Pork

• Fei er bu ni
• Sou er bu chai

Not too bad for a banana like me huh... :)