JALAN2 AMA LIFENG (LIFENG BROUGHT ME TO STROLL AROUND THE TOURIST AREAS FOR 6 HOURS STRAIGHT) - This is Lifeng on the left, Felix (Lifeng's friend) on the right. Kmrn pengen cari2 org dari Shanghai Maritime University (soalnya lg interested perkapalan) Guess what! Felix is the first one who studies there. Dy kerja bidang forwarding skrg. Ini resto d Huangpi Road (makanannya 干锅 alias pot kering) ala Guizhou (deket Sichuan - terkenal dengan makanan pedes.)

Jinmao Tower (just a stone's throw away from Pearl Oriental)

Gak tau building apa ini (yg penting ada bendera China ya aja) - governmental office opposite Shanghai Museum. Dulunya itu di The Bund, tp karena government udah designate The Bund as the area to be preserved, maka tempat governmental office dipindahin ke 人民广场(people's square) which is where I was standing.

Ini daerah 步行街 (pedestrian area) di daerah Nanjing Xi Lu. Kata Audrey seh jelek, tp memank 档次(kelas) Audrey kan beda.. Di picture ini ada satu org lg maen saxophone (di sebelah kanan atas).. Keren. Musiknya di-amplify jd satu jalan kedengeran. He really gave the whole street a certain flavour（特色).

Byk toko d pedestrian area itu udah tua (some goes back to whatever dynasty geto). Toko ini Heng Dali (toko jem) mayan lama jg, cm I can't be certain how far back..

Nice view of the Pedestrian Area

This is interesting. Many shops are called No.1 this , No. 1 that. (e.g. No 1 department store). It goes back to the period of Chinese independence - where the state started establishing stores for private goods. But I heard from Lifeng that manajemen dulunya parah - and the service is really lousy. As of today, I can't be certain coz I din go inside to check it out.

John Naisbitt reported in his book Megatrends Asia (pg 112-113):

"China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) .. response to budget cut was entreprenuerial. Since 84, the PLA has set up more than 20,000 companies with profits of about $5billion (yes, $5 billion). That makes PLA the largest and most profitable commercial empire in China. .. As many as half of China's military personnel are engaged in non-military, commercial activities.

Citicorp has invested in a pharmaceutical company that is part of PLA's San Jiu Enterprise Group.. Baskin-Robbins works with a military-run firm to sell its ice cream. Other successful PLA businesses include Guangzhou's 3-star hotels, best karaoke bars, bus routes beteween GUangzhou & Shenzhen.. PLA even owns JJ's, Shanghai's largest nightclub. "PLA, Inc" .. has stake in Nine Queen's Road Central and offices in old Bank of China building

PLA .. use special advantage (of military airport) to fly places civilian planes can't. It's as if a bunch of US Air Force officers decided to use some of their military planes to fly civilians around to various parts of the country in order to make a few extra bucks."

Sampe2 tempat yg gw & Sando mao sewa itu pny army sini. Jd disewakan kpd org army & mrk mao sub-lease ke kita, tp kita decide "no" .. Kl ada mslh apa2, gak bisa di-claim karena melanggar.

Gw & some police car gimmicks in Nanjing Pedestrian Area

Coba lihat kawat2 depan gedungnya State Grid (yes, the State Grid alias PLN)!!! Bisa kebayang Shanghai dulu itu kabel listrik-nya kacao segimana.. Skrg udah mending seh.. Cm byk transformer gede d samping2 jalan. Mayan serem se.. (lain kl gw tunjukin fotonya)

Me and Pearl Oriental Tower & Lujiazui - Shanghai's new financial district (where I'm standing at the Bund). Huangpu river in between separated PuDong (East of Pu) and Puxi (West of Pu). Pudong is a new area gazzetted by the government to be Shanghai's new developmt town! Shanghai is far too crowded already. Bayangin man! Dulu itu flat ground & farming areas tp skrg it's where Shanghai's international airport is! Wow! Gila betul (Shanghai separates its airport into 2: Int'l in Pudong - east end, domestic in Hongqiao - west end)

I purposely took the pic with the boat with the HUGE LCD advertisement in the middleground. Yes, people, it is an LCD screen. Spore kyknya gak ada ya.. (Spore advertising media-nya kyknya ktinggalan dech).

Nice view of a garden with Pearl Oriental at the background (left) - Lifeng helped me to take the photo

Cheng Huang Miao - It's a must visit. It's 10 minutes walk from the garden earlier. This is where the people gather during CNY and 15th day （正月十五)

Starbucks in Cheng huang Miao - a seamless blend between East and West! Nice..

Nice. Novelty! One-finger trick! Hah!