Daniel's Life in Wuhan

We decided to visit a place near 黄鹤楼 (Yellow Crane Tower) named as 首义路 for some shopping! Gathered early to board our chartered van which cost us 80 yuan to reach the place which borders 武昌. Upon reaching, we went to 首义园小吃街 for our brunch. The food here tasted great when we came here last time so we decided to come here to have our meal again. I bought pig blood and century egg porridge at a stall which is near to the end of the street. When collecting my porridge, there was a waitress who carried the porridge all the way from the stall to my seat which is almost nearing the other end of the street. I was quite shocked to see this as this rarely happen in Singapore.

On the way...

Pig blood and century egg porridge!

Fried clams!

We started our shopping spree. Having not much money to spend, I was very careful with every dollar I am going to spend. Reached this shop called YY Sports where they sell lots of different sports brand, something like World of Sports in Singapore. Bought a Nike shirt which looked great on me and proceeded on for more shopping.

The whole street is full of shops with a road in the middle so we did a zig-zag pattern by looking at this shop and crossing over to the opposite side to look at another shop. Basically, we crossed the road countless times today and we almost mastered the art of crossing the road in China! We took a van we hailed on the road back to school for our farewell dinner in the evening.

You can take this for 1 yuan if you are tired!

My new Nike t-shirt!

Reflection

It has become a fact that the Chinese are into their job, at least in the service industry. We have had several instances whereby we said thank-you to them and they said "welcome" back with a genuine smile. Also, the porridge waitress did not mind bringing the porridge all the way to our tables although it was a very long distance. From this, we can once again see their love for their work.

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