Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas...!

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Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la! 😊

I am pleasantly surprised that there are lots of signs of Christmas even here in Shanghai! Well, I am missing snow though! Its been rather cold here and that is our winter weather...just coldness, the damp kind of cold!

Anyway, but it makes me happy to see the streets and trees lined with twinkling lights and Christmas garlands.

This past Saturday, I went to a Christkindlmarkt (a German Christmas market) at Paulaner Brauhaus on Fenyang Lu. There were different stalls and booths selling festive treats and decorations, jewellery, Christmas cards, wrapping paper, etc. (though everything was way over-priced). Anyway, I went with a few of my friends from work and I also met up with a new friend of mine--Nina--who is from Germany. She strongly recommended that I try a famous German Christmas drink called Glühwein. It is a hot, spiced wine. It tasted kind of fruity. The market was not too big, but it was just nice to experience some Christmas fun here in Shanghai, hear some Christmas carols, drink some hot chocolate with marshmallows and to also see a real Christmas tree!

I am not sure how the Swarovski Christmas tree in the Eaton Centre looks like this year, but theres a Swarovski Christmas tree here...at the Grand Gateway Mall. It is a modern, futuristic kind of Christmas tree; its not what I expected, but it was still neat and very sparkly!

And at Carrefour, there is a huge aisle of everything Christmas! Lots of different Christmas trees, poinsettias (for 11.80 RMB per pot; thats less than a twoonie), Christmas decorations galore (albeit, there are all tacky), Christmas cards...

So yup! Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!!!!! I am excited! And Im so ready for Christmas holiday! Only 2 weeks to go! 😊

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Photos

Christmas Market 2
O Christmas tree!

Christmas Market 3
Me and Nina

MasterCook 1
We went to a hot-pot place for dinner! An appropriate meal to have on a cold day! Each person got their own pot....it was pretty neat! Theres a sauce bar for you to create your own sauces.

MasterCook 2
shrimp

MasterCook 3
we all ordered cumquat juice...yummy!

MasterCook 4
sauces

MasterCook 5
mutton slices

MasterCook 6
some kind of fat rice noodle...it kept on slipping through my chopsticks

Its a good thing we have Betty!
So in early November, my roommate and I decided we needed to hire an ayi. She comes twice a week to do some cleaning. I felt bad about it at first because I am totally capable of cleaning & I have time...but here is some evidence to show you why it was necessary to hire Betty. Thats how much dust and hair and dirt that collected in just 1 and half days in the hallway alone!!!! I have no idea how the dust and dirt gets into the apartment since we don open the windows & there are no vents! And because of the water quality here, my hair falls out so easily! If we were cleaning on our own, we wouldn be able to keep up!

its seems like the comb is magical!
"long-term the use has the health care to the forehead to nurse this effect"

Xujiahui Christmas lights
lights on the side of one of the buildings in the Xujiahui area

Grand Gateway...pretty Christmas decor!
Me and Jess

Comments

[queens]

tis the season!!
the swarovski tree at eaton centre is still the same!!!!!!!!! as last year... i just wish they switch it up a bit!.. this year, they have bunchs of showcase stalls showcasing some of swarovski's products... pretttyyy:P and yes!! there's snow finally!! ! but now it turned to freezing rain :P and i soooooooooooo did not need to see your ball of hair!!! ahhahahah! i'll send my pic over as well just to show you how gross hair can be :) post more pics of food! :P