feeling much better today! getting the hang of dealing with the weathr i guess -stay out of the cold, stop walking around esp by the main roads, use the metro and buses instead of walking everywhere, wear more, use the scarf and the hood of my coat.. still don't have much of an appetite, not sure if it's cos i just don't like or haven't found local food to suit my taste or i'm a bit sick or it's just so cold i just want to bunker down and hibernate...

Today went walking around the French Concession area, saw the Sun Yat Sen Museum/former residence, the Taikang art centre enclave, Xin TianDi... It was a slow relaxing day.. and I like the places i visited a lot, esp Taikang road area - art galleries and little cafes. Can imagine chinnie opening a cafe or retial shop there =) love that its blended in with the old and still lived in neighbourhood. Wrote most of it out sitting at coffeebean and warming up just now though..

XinTianDi is a lot more developed and also smaller than I had imagined though. it was ok. gentrified upscale area. 'Nice'.

Stomach starting to complain. Guess I can't live on coffee after all. (and dang, I'm finding out just how much of a coffee addict I am on this trip... ) Too lazy to go out and search for dinner so I'll just make instant cup noodles tonight.

Hate this keyboard. and also hate that the person using the terminal beside mine is smoking away. Sigh. I'll nbever get used to the smoke.