http://ispyshanghai.com A Shanghai blog; a Chinese blog about China. By Swiss James Creegan Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:12:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’m sat in the airport wearing my heaviest possible clothes with the baggage receipts for 9 (nine) suitcases weighing down the boarding pass. Leaving on a jet plane to old London town (and then Manchester). That’s right- this is the final blog entry for ISpyShanghai, your favourite Shanghai based ... http://ispyshanghai.com/2009/12/07/the-end/ Shanghai brought in a law a while back that shops have to charge a few pennies for plastic bags. Some of them are worth it.   http://ispyshanghai.com/2009/12/04/its-not-infected-its-just-a-carrier-bag/ Starting as a silly throwaway blog title one Tuesday back in 2007, Shoe Tuesday has grown to become a global phenomenon to rival the Bungee Disco, Skittle-Knack Karaoke or even Strawberry Buddhism. I’d like to say thanks to everyone who enjoyed the wild ride we’ve had, ... http://ispyshanghai.com/2009/12/01/leaving-shoe-tuesday-behind/ Just went for a massage with Emma, I won't name the place*. Anyway there we are, me and Emma side by side on tables when the two massage girls start talking to each other in Chinese. These two are sweaty Yes, foreigners are sweaty. This one is really ticklish too, watch She gave a ... http://ispyshanghai.com/2009/11/27/massage-happy-ending/ Can I just make it clear that this last week or two isn’t going to be some golden age where I pull out all of the stops? Now that there’s cleared up, here’s some Chinglish from the fortress of Carrefour- most hateful of all the supermarkets. http://ispyshanghai.com/2009/11/26/chinglish-time/ Back in the summer I wrote about some very expensive apples in the Freshmart supermarket, Jing-An. Well since then we had that whole financial apocalypse and everyone tightened their belts a little. Oh wait no, the price actually went up. ... http://ispyshanghai.com/2009/11/25/bargains/ One of the main things I’m looking forward to when I go back to the UK is reasonably priced Guinness, proper cheese, nightclubs with no french people my newest niece Eve. My brother Andrew is just a few years older than me and we’re very close- hang out together ... http://ispyshanghai.com/2009/11/24/squeaky-shoe-tuesday/ OK now this is going to be old news for most people, but I was at a hotpot restaurant last night and we cooked the broth on little individual hotplates. EXCEPT THEY WERE NOT HOT. You could put your hand on the thing and it wouldn’t burn, but ... http://ispyshanghai.com/2009/11/20/witchcraft/ Spicy Joint is a chain of Sichuan (i.e. spicy- that’s how they got the name, a team of monkeys worked for a week on that) restaurants. They’re huge, busy, tasty and cheap. Dinner for 5 last night cost about 630RMB including plenty of beer and lashings of ... http://ispyshanghai.com/2009/11/19/spicy-joint/ #407 Walk out into the middle of the road during rush hour, set up a bamboo ladder, and start tinkering with the power cables. http://ispyshanghai.com/2009/11/18/things-you-cant-do-in-england/