Ugh... I've been sick.

 

But still I got down to doing heaps in Shanghai. I've learnt my lesson from my last Shanghai trip- clubbing in Shanghai makes a girl very very drunk. So no more parties, alcohol and loud music for me.

 

I'm going back to my roots.

 

Anyway, if u ever go to Shanghai or any other city in China, these are some things which you definitely should try.

 

First you need to head into any seedy looking massage place for a traditional chinese foot reflexology.

 They'll soak your feet in a wooden basin of warm water and add flowers and some chinese medicinal powder to it. Then you'll get a massage on your neck, back and shoulder while your feet is boiling in the basin. The foot reflexology targets your acupressure points on your feet and releases tension in your body. Or so they say.... I dunno. I kinda feel the same after. I must be really thick skinned.

 

And then u should try cupping.  

It's very popular even in America. We thought we'd try it for fun.

The therapist assured me that I will feel different once it's done cos supposed to promote blood circulation and rid the negative energy in your body and do a lot more of all that mambo jumbo.

Well I did feel different after.

And I guarantee everyone will feel the same way too.

I felt agonising pain!

 

Plus... as a bonus decorative effect, you'll end up looking like a ladybird for days.

Trust me, it's NOT pretty.

 

After all that traditional Chinese "holistic" treatments, you must fill your stomach.

Although I've been sick and spent half the day excreting waste through all orifices of my body, I still find the great necessity (and greediness) within me to eat.

 

So off I went to Ajisen Ramen to have fried rice with grilled eel.

This is the best of the best. It was absolutely yummy. And most importantly, this dish is not on the menu in the Ajisen Ramen outlets in Singapore!!

 

Another not-on-the-menu-in-other-parts-of-the-world item is egg tarts from KFC.

Can you believe there's portuguese egg tarts from KFC in China? How cool is that?

So cool that I bought half a dozen back to Dubai!

Yes, I am sick... but I'll be deep freezing my egg tarts and saving them for a rainy day.

Or maybe not.

 

 

Oh and look what I found in the frozen section of the supermarket....

I found my boyfriend sitting there innocently next to packets of instant fried rice!

My dear pumpkin pie?? Aren't u getting cold already?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

 

I noticed how much we love taking walks.

We bush walked the Blue Mountains.

We cliff walked Watsons Bay.

Now we coastal walked Bondi Beach.

I love taking walks along the pathways of nature.

And I could walk on forever.

 

Anyhow, my 24hours in Sydney started with a (not-so) humble dinner of Belgian food. The steaming pot of mussels cooked in white wine and roasted to perfection crispy pork belly was washed down with my favourite Belgian beers- Hoegaarden andStella Artois. I nearly burst my dress at the end of dinner!

The next day, sick and tired of room service food at the Hilton, we headed out to Bondi for brekkie. Our day was highlighted with an accidental sighting of a Southern Right Whale on Bondi Beach. Mind you, I have ALWAYS wanted to see a whale in the wild. Seeing the killer whale do monkey tricks in SeaWorld San Diego was nice, but nothing beats seeing the real thing out in the open waters! We cannot be more lucky. The mother whale was relaxing in the waters of Bondi Beach with her calf. Perhaps mommy whale was also checking out the hot bods of the surfers on the beach (like I was, but sssshhhhh, keep that a secret). Anyway, I got to see the tail, the blow and the fin. Whoooopeeee doooooo. It was our lucky day....

 

Here is my 24hrs in pictures.... Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey hey, it's my tuna salad boy's birthday!!

Here's wishing you much joy and love on your special day.