Peace Hotel

My dad was meant to go to this event. But he was out of town. So I sat in his chair instead and marveled at the beauty of this iconic hotel.

Dinner at Peace Hotel

Black Pearl Milk Tea?

Delicious!

Monkey Bar, Shanghai

A one minute walk from Wara Wara lead my friend Ciao and I to a cosy bar in an alley, reminiscent of Botanic Bar in Adelaide. There were no signs out front, just a black door. No passers by will stumble upon this place. You even have to knock on the door for security to let you in. Very cool!

Wara Wara, Shanghai

Great value Japanese food if you're super hungry. The menus is huge! And I finally had my first taste of hot sake.
Address: 30 Donghu Lu, Luwan

Wara Wara, Shanghai

Snowing in Shanghai

Shanghai

Taipei 101

Pity I didn't visit Taipei. I will be back in 2011 :)

Karaoke - Oscar Star end of year dinner

Temple in 草屯 Taiwan

Taiwanese celebrities

Night market - Taichung, Taiwan

Chartres Garden

Absolutely no doubt, this was the best night during the best week of my life. My buddy Jia Jun invited dad and I to Chartres. We ate great food (finest lamb I've tried cooked exactly how I wanted it), made greater friends, and it all ended with the greatest memories. This was my final week in Shanghai.

THE most hospitable man in China

Sin Nightclub

The first club I've been to that is in a skyscraper. Atmosphere is pretty good like the view, but the bar staff are completely incoherent. I guess that's why I'm not a huge fan of clubs with the super loud music and all. And that's my Shanghainese friend Li Zhang.

My favourite girls

Shanghai Tang Cafe

I was lucky to attend the opening of this beautiful place in Xintiandi. Downstairs there's a cafe, on level 2 there is a restaurant and on the top level, a bar. And the bar was where I was. Crowd here is very chic so wear your shiniest shoes!

House of Blues & Jazz

I have great memories of this place. I met up with my friend Jenny and had some vodka mixers. Jenny introduced me to her friend Ciao who met up with us here and we listened to live blues for a while. The place gets really busy after 11, so get in early if you want to sit down and order snacks. Afterward we headed to a house party, which was my first house party in Shanghai. Was in an apartment hosted by a group of French guys. Totally random. I ended up going back to house of blues on Sunday night because it was pretty good (in the words of Larry David).

Make a wish at Lujiazui

I honestly thought Pudong would be boring after reading lots of reviews on it. But I was amazed at how much I enjoyed myself there. It is very Western and the streets are clean with lots of high buildings, but it isn't boring. Yeah okay it doesn't have traditional culture around every corner like across the Huangpu River, but it is definitely work checking out. I went to the riverside and purchased a red hot air balloon, which I have no idea what it's called. Anyway, I made a wish and let it go in the air. One thing that was kind of annoying was the several beggers who constantly follow you and ruin the moment. Oh well, can't have it all.

Fascination with tall buildings

Office workers