苏州
it's been ages...
been here since last thursday... it's actually quite a nice place here...
it's quite amazing here actually.. at first i thought there was nothing much here as compared to shanghai.. till 1 day we wanted to visit wal-mart.. there.. we found zara, bershka, uniqlo, h&m, pull & bear.. zara is quite cheap over here.. relatively cheaper than in sg..
shopping for stuffs here is quite fun.. you get to see all the cheapo stuffs... yea.. makes you think 1230983times before you buy... bought fans for SGD30.. as in stand fan... then pot and pan for RMB90, which is 16 bucks... 6 cups and a pot for RMB20..
1 thing that shocked me is actually the transit service.. bus is standard, RMB1, 2 or 3... if it's air conditioned, +1... every stop they will tell you what is nearby.. and if you sort of missed the stop just shout at the driver.. he will stop for sure.. getting around in suzhou from where i stay is generally RMB10 by cab.. it takes about 5 mins for the meter to jump to the next dollar...
Work here has been quite ok. the company is super welfare. we have buses to and fro from our place. lunch is provided... gym is also available in the office premises itself.. now that my supervisor is not around, i sorta just sit around and look for things to read and try to understand.. you will find angmohs that speak better mandarin than I do... amazing..
food is quite oily here... but the serving is horrendous.. we almost cannot finish every meal.. and it's about the same price as sg though.. maybe it's because the area I stay.. just yesterday we tried a local fastfood... craziness... 2 persons, each with a bowl of noodles, and then 6 dumplings.. only RMB23.. sometimes i wonder what they earn... but stil it's good for us..
dairy products are amazingly expensive.. which i don't know why.. yogurt seems to be the milk replacement.. it's very much cheaper.. here, a 250g of butter is SGD5... maybe it's normal price.. but i find it expensive.. lay's potato chips are SGD6 which i definitely won't buy..
1 irritating thing i hate about this place.. the sun rises at about 430am... which makes me waking up at about 445 everyday... and then back to sleep.. argh...
time to sleep humans.. night...
been here since last thursday... it's actually quite a nice place here...
it's quite amazing here actually.. at first i thought there was nothing much here as compared to shanghai.. till 1 day we wanted to visit wal-mart.. there.. we found zara, bershka, uniqlo, h&m, pull & bear.. zara is quite cheap over here.. relatively cheaper than in sg..
shopping for stuffs here is quite fun.. you get to see all the cheapo stuffs... yea.. makes you think 1230983times before you buy... bought fans for SGD30.. as in stand fan... then pot and pan for RMB90, which is 16 bucks... 6 cups and a pot for RMB20..
1 thing that shocked me is actually the transit service.. bus is standard, RMB1, 2 or 3... if it's air conditioned, +1... every stop they will tell you what is nearby.. and if you sort of missed the stop just shout at the driver.. he will stop for sure.. getting around in suzhou from where i stay is generally RMB10 by cab.. it takes about 5 mins for the meter to jump to the next dollar...
Work here has been quite ok. the company is super welfare. we have buses to and fro from our place. lunch is provided... gym is also available in the office premises itself.. now that my supervisor is not around, i sorta just sit around and look for things to read and try to understand.. you will find angmohs that speak better mandarin than I do... amazing..
food is quite oily here... but the serving is horrendous.. we almost cannot finish every meal.. and it's about the same price as sg though.. maybe it's because the area I stay.. just yesterday we tried a local fastfood... craziness... 2 persons, each with a bowl of noodles, and then 6 dumplings.. only RMB23.. sometimes i wonder what they earn... but stil it's good for us..
dairy products are amazingly expensive.. which i don't know why.. yogurt seems to be the milk replacement.. it's very much cheaper.. here, a 250g of butter is SGD5... maybe it's normal price.. but i find it expensive.. lay's potato chips are SGD6 which i definitely won't buy..
1 irritating thing i hate about this place.. the sun rises at about 430am... which makes me waking up at about 445 everyday... and then back to sleep.. argh...
time to sleep humans.. night...