Having been in Shanghai about 2 months now, many things happened during this return period to Shanghai… (Omit thousands of words here) And I also find out myself has changed a lot, which I began to thinking whether Shanghai is the city right for me. Shanghai is definitely very different from Tokyo. When referring the feeling of home, Shanghai is also like a stranger as Tokyo. The obvious difference between the two cities is that one speaks Japanese and the other speaks Chinese. Besides, the more important point I think is that most of stuffs in Shanghai that can rarely found in other cities in China is only for the rich people or foreigners here. Like many shopping malls, bars and apartments whose price is far from the average of income of Shanghai residence.
Plaza 66 is the most luxury mall in Shanghai and the irony of it; there are so many people cramming in dirty and old houses just right behind this grandiose building. Unfortunately I'm just one of them, though my house is clean and not very old. But I still feel very uncomfortable for this drastic contrast. The following map shows where I am living now in Shanghai.
© Zhu Xinquan. The second home in Shanghai
However, I was planed to go to Tokyo again at the end of this month. When I am ready to tell my friends that where am I now in Shanghai and to start a new life here, it's time for leaving.
Comments
come on man~!
Posted by: jjgirl on November 30, 2006 11:33 PM | Permalink
hoho,u also access the dingding map...
Posted by: sk on December 2, 2006 11:54 AM | Permalink