A Week in Shenzhen

It’s been just over a week since we arrived in Shenzhen, and time has really flown past. I just uploaded 255 photos :)

You can view them over at my picasa gallery.

Today we spent the day at a friend’s place. We took a half-hour bus ride out of the city to get to Jenny’s apartment. Jenny and Yuko cooked us an awesome lunch, and then we lazed around munching on snacks the rest of the afternoon. In the evening we went to a restaurant called ‘Little Sheep’ — famous apparently for lamb dishes. We had ourselves a steamboat dinner which was awesome, and then came home completely drained — after all, we haven’t exactly been conserving energy the past few days; badminton, late nights, being ill… It does add up.

I’m going to strive to take better photos this week — I’ve familiarised myself with the various modes and settings the camera I’m using has to offer (thanks for the loan Perry). I’m also less nervous about spending time to frame things right now.

On Brown Skin in China

It’s interesting walking around and being stared at all the time. Now I know how my foreign friends feel when they walk around KL. I find the people very accommodating, even learning bits of English to converse with me. I’ve picked up quite a few mandarin phrases. The first few I learnt were:

1. Pretty girl
2. Official receipt please
3. The food is tasty
4. How are you?

:-P