Comments on: What do you eat for your tea James?

By: dingle

dingle — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:03:54 +0000

I’ve figured it out now, it’s an Athletes Foot shop, probably all Mycil, cotton socks and stuff, an interesting shopping choice Manda!

By: Woaizhongguo

Woaizhongguo — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:25:45 +0000

Arty Farty!

By: Swiss James

Swiss James — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:07:58 +0000

Abercrombie & Fitch?

By: dingle

dingle — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:15:03 +0000

AF stuff, what’s that then?

Girls smiling at every Westerner and not getting a response – try being a Western male walking down Nanjing Lu on a saturday evening or Tongren Lu on a saturday night and you’ll understand why!

By: Woaizhongguo

Woaizhongguo — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:42:41 +0000

Yes, true, James is your man if you want to spend obscene amounts of money on Beaujolais Adidas shoes – I certainly would not have a clue about that!

And who needs Tiffany necklace polish – just bring it in to Tiffany (at Jing An’s Jiu Guang department store) and they’ll polish it for you as often as you like for free.

By: Swiss James

Swiss James — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:08:07 +0000

Don’t listen to silly old WoAi Manda, oh sure he might be fine for telling you where to buy 18th century Harlequin costumes, or Tiffany necklace polish- but for the real nitty-gritty on the mean streets of Shanghers, there’s only one man whose name you need.

By: Woaizhongguo

Woaizhongguo — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:02:19 +0000

Manda don’t waste your time with James, I’ve been here way longer and know many more great places.

I’m also surprised that smiling at westerners on the streets didn’t produce better results. If any girl smiles at me on the streets I immediately offer them the chance to come over to see my spacious and comfy apartment and if the chemistry is right, I ask them to move in.

By: Swiss James

Swiss James — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:30:12 +0000

Cheers Manda- email away! I’m at j_creegan@hotmail.com

By: Manda

Manda — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:43:12 +0000

Hi James, it’s Manda.

You very kindly emailed me shopping advice for my recent Shanghai trip/ holiday/ first foray with my friend Alexia. We had a crazy time but sadly I think just started to discover the real Shanghai when it was time to leave and not knowing a soul we smiled helplessly at any westerner we passed but no one smiled back or helped us when we were lost! Shame we hoped to meet some people there. Anyway very glad have been learning Mandarin for work, came in handy! I wanted to just give a quick plug for a great store for AF stuff in the market below the science & tech centre as the owner Anna was really great, good gear, quality & good prices. B1-44 & 43. She and her sister are ace.

I also have a photo of the scariest soup I have ever experienced in all my many travels & I wanted to email it to you – I took the photo with your blog site in mind (and to show my friends as otherwise they wouldn’t believe me!!!) let me know if this is possible.

I’m back in China in March with work so will continue to be amused and informed by your good online work.

Kind Regards
Manda in SoCo

By: Woaizhongguo

Woaizhongguo — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:02:20 +0000

Yeah them kebabs are well tasty. They do something similar in Beijing sandwiched with something that’s sort of like a muffin type bread. I’d have them more often if I wasn’t so afraid of sitting on a toilet for the next 3 days.

Sophie – pigs trotters ain’t got nothing on chicken feet in black bean sauce, trust me!

Angie / Missbels – as much as i adore kimchi, not sure it’s my first choice breakfast food.