China Post

Sorry this is taking me so long to post- I just want to be able to recapture my trips in words, so a lot of my china posts are quite long ^^" Feel free to ignore them though, it can get really long winded.

Still in Hong Kong, the rest of the family came down to stay. This meant adjusting who sleeps where at who's house. Unfortunately I was the one who got kicked out and had to live at my younger aunt's place with my grandma. In terms of people to living space, I guess I had it better, but it was less lively because this side of the family is a lot quieter. Well, at least when my aunt isn't being like my grandma. Just saying, all of my aunts take after my grandma, so they're really good at nagging. Especially the oldest one. She can nag like there's no tomorrow. And she ends up saying the same stuff again and again...

We decided against going to Disneyland because of how expensive it was, and apparently really childish. So we went to Ocean Park instead. Pretty good overall. The escalators were fun :D They're like the one's in Parliament except a lot longer. And you can see the sea from there. I went on two rollercoaster rides, the second one not so keen because it looked scary (managed to get a whole HP series out of that :P) but really wasn't too bad. Still I felt a bit dizzy because I can't really handle too much thrill (Sad I know). I suck at most rides actually. Anything that requires spinning clockwise or anticlockwise. Going upside down is fine though. Like, I'm good with the Alibaba in Luna park.

I'm not sure if I mentioned this, but my sis and I went to a book fair with my uncle. We had to travel into the city (by ferry) to get there. Really good because everything was soo much cheaper. I bought heaps of books, although I would have liked to buy more, but it wouldn't be very good to spend a fortune when your uncle is paying =.=" One good thing about hong kong is that it's so english orientated. Of course there were plenty of chinese books, but still, helps knowing that it's not all completely foreign to me.

We went back to Guangzhou after a week in HK, preparing for our next destination- Shanghai.
Took a plane, arrived at the airport, was picked up by my uncle. I thought it would be extremely cold, except it wasn't that bad. Probably because the airport was stuffy, but I welcomed the cold air. We headed back to my uncle's place, which took 2 bloody long hours. Seriously. Traffic was horrendous. I fell asleep for a little while because it was so tiring just sitting in the car. When we got there, everything looked really familiar, but also a bit smaller than I remember.
The next day, we had dumplings and shanghai buns for breakfast- sooooo very very good. You must try them if you ever go to Shanghai. Actually, just eat anything in Shanghai, it's all so good.
One thing I didn't like in Shanghai was sleeping. We were staying in our grandparents room (my sisters and I), so we had to share the double sized bed with all three of us. So very cramped. We had to put up with each other for a few weeks! And it got cold and the covers weren't warm enough, even with the heater on. And then we'd wake up early in the morning coz our grandpa would always go down and buy something for our breakfast. He's so adorable though! >3< He kinda shuffles when he walks because he's got bad legs, and he sometimes speak random phrases of canto or english XD I really do miss my grandparents on my dad's side. They're a lot nicer, probably because they don't deal with us all the time, but the only problem is communication. I really hated when I couldn't communicate with them. They only speak Shanghainese, can't even speak Mandarin really, so more than half the time, I don't know what they're talking about :(

I'll leave it there for today. Just one more thing- Grandma is coming back today. I'm not happy or sad, I'm just going to miss the quiet days where I'm by myself at home. Now I have to say where I'm going if I'm going out, or telling me that I should eat breakfast, although usually I don't bother when I'm at home all day. Just those little things. I'm going to try and stay on her good side; she is getting old, and she might be going back to China next year.