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Hi there,

I am an expat in Shanghai who just moved here and have enjoyed reading your blog.

Is there any dried seafood market in Shanghai (preferably in Pudong) or is it just me that I am unable to find any dried seafood market/shop that carries stuff like bird's nest, dried scallops or even dried shrimps /anchovies for cooking. Is there a wholesale centre or a place that you know of?
It seems like people whom i asked all replied that there aren't many seafood imports that they know of.

Thanks for your help on this.
Posted by natalie at 2007-09-30 04:01:06. More

5 MSN Virus omg.pif

can somebody help me please,on msn i just got a link off my mate sayin somethin like 'omg, somebody just posted a pic of u at www.hotmodels.com/photo13, n me bein stupid i clicked it n now it posts the link to everyone who's online n its slowing my pc down. Any idea's on how to get rid of it? please help me
Posted by natalie at 2007-04-13 00:32:35. More

4 About Jian Shuo Wang

hi jianshuo,

i was searching for info regarding studies in china and i came across your blog. i was wondering if you could give me advice on whether to learn mandarin in beijing or shanghai. i know the basics of mandarin because i'm a filipino-chinese. i studied chinese from grade school to high school. However, the chinese language program in my school did not focus much on the conversational part. we just memorized everything that was written in the book without understanding. i know, not a very effective way of learning a language. And although we speak chinese at home, we use fujianhua because that's the dialect used by most chinese that live here in the philippines.

i know beijing's mandarin is the closer to the standard putonghua but i prefer shanghai because i've already been to beijing twice. one was for a tour and the other was a 6 week study program. my mandarin improved a lot. i can understand basic conversations and i can bargain at the flee market!! hehe.. but i still do have a problem expressing myself in chinese. and when i watch chinse movies, i need to read the chinese subtitles because i can't understand anything when the actors talk too fast. so..with the basic knowledge i have, do you think it's ok for me to go to shanghai to learn mandarin? how is shanghainese different from putonghua in beijing (aside from not having the R's at the end of every word)? and is the night life as fun in beijing as it is in shanghai? i plan on enrolling in a 12 week or 1 sem program to be able to really practice using the language. thanks!!

brandy


Posted by natalie at 2005-05-27 19:13:23. More

3 About Jian Shuo Wang

hi jianshuo,

i was wondering if you could give me advice on whether to learn mandarin in beijing or shanghai. i know the basics of mandarin because i'm a filipino-chinese. i studied chinese from grade school to high school. However, the chinese language program in my school did not focus much on the conversational part. we just memorized everything that was written in the book without understanding. i know, not a very effective way of learning a language. And although we speak chinese at home, we use fujianhua because that's the dialect used by most chinese that live here in the philippines.

i know beijing's mandarin is the closer to the standard putonghua but i prefer shanghai because i've already been to beijing twice. one was for a tour and the other was a 6 week study program. my mandarin improved a lot. i can understand basic conversations and i can bargain at the flee market!! hehe.. but i still do have a problem expressing myself in chinese. and when i watch chinse movies, i need to read the chinese subtitles because i can't understand anything when the actors talk too fast. so..with the basic knowledge i have, do you think it's ok for me to go to shanghai to learn mandarin? how is shanghainese different from putonghua in beijing (aside from not having the R's at the end of every word)? and is the night life as fun in beijing as it is in shanghai? i plan on enrolling in a 12 week or 1 sem program to be able to really practice using the language. thanks!!

brandy


Posted by natalie at 2005-05-27 19:10:49. More

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Posted by natalie at 2004-06-03 23:22:24. More

1 PVG: Buses to Hangzhou, Suzhou...

I'd like to see the reverse schedule Hangzhou to PVG. Train would be nice too. Thank you.
Posted by Natalie at 2004-04-28 07:28:45. More