Wednesday - 13 February 2008

I took a stroll to raffles Mall then back along Hankou Lu. I called in at a few shops and bought some Jasmin tea to take home. I had lunch at a self service restaurant for 20Y. That was 10Y for Beef Stew, 6Y for Pak Choi, 2Y for rics and 2Y for a hard boiled egg covered in brown stuff. I met Zoe at South Shanxi Road and wen went to the Garden bookshop. We then went to a 4 storey H&M store. How can anyone spent 2 and a half hours in H&M? We took the Metro to Hangshen Road and went to Zapata's - it was closed. We went to Sasha's but Zoe went home so I had a couple of beers in O'Malley's 25Y happy hour. I met an English Couple who had been teaching English in Shanghai for 18 months and were enjoying their stay. I took a taxi to Malones at Tongyen Road and had Steak and Fries (with Mushrooms in Garlic Butter and veg) for 150Y. I took a tube to People's Square and bought a few souvenir type things in Raffles Mall, plus a couple of large mugs from Starbucks. I walked back to the hotel with some chocolate that I bought in a small 24 hour shop. It's 23:00 as I write this and I'm watching Harry Potter on HBO which is enough to send me to zzzzzz's and I wke up at 04:30 on Saint Valentines Day - Thursday 14 February 2008.