Shanghai, Day 1 - Part 4 (Radisson Hotel & Evening activity)

Here goes my long & winding Shanghai travelogue...continuation of the previous posts...

Upon check-in, we were given each a traditional Chinese attire to try on. You will see it in this post as you read on...

By then, I was already half-dead-tired coz I've been awake since 5am plus when the flight touched down in the morning...

we (me and roomie) got into our room and while she took her quick shower, I snap pics of the room.

As usual, some basic necessities from the snack bar

plenty of drinks...but beware that the hotel will simply overcharge u on consuming those drinks or snacks even if u dun take any...u gotta check ur hotel bill during room check-out!

alrite, enuf of the room, lets move on to the.... 

TOILET!

:-)

i'm always fascinated with any 5-star hotel's washroom, somehow I tink it is classy with dim lights and shinny mirror...some even have flower pots...

after an hour of rest, the group adjourned to the next destination

while waiting for the group to assemble at the lobby, my itchy finger started to snap more pics

the green pillars and the golden decoratives

and the conventional red carpet

the lobby looks good

it has some resting armchairs

and the revolving glass door...so classic, I like it!

am sounding too amaze as if I haven't seen a hotel in my entire life! lolx

okie dokie...not gonna bored u with that, let me show u the 'Chinese attire' that I got...

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TADA!!!

yea, it is cheongsam which comes in various sizes as we've pre-booked earlier prior to this trip. All members in this trip are supposed to wear the Chinese attire, whether it is cheongsam, Chinese blouse or those classical 'wong fei hung' kinda attire on our Gala Nite which is to be held on the final day.

Unfortunately most of the cheongsam doesn't have its sizes right...well, it's not easy to have a fitting cheongsam unless it is tailor-made that customize to one's body (yea the curves and shapes).

I found mine abit tight at the bottom, and the opening slits are too high...so I opted for the Chinese blouse instead. Goodbye cheongsam, gonna return u back!

the weather was nice...something like Genting-kinda-temperature...so I went out to breathe cooling air while waiting for the rest of the group members to settle their 'attire' issue. 

Tourguide: Next, we adjourn to our dinner...

Dinner, u say??

I thought it was too early for our dinner at 5 plus...

but we have to catch up with our next program which is the acrobatic show

soon after, we were on the road again, passing by the buildings across the city.

evening view, but the jam has not started yet, probably it's still early for that

I kinda like this part of the city, it's clean and everything looks well-maintained

reached the 'makan' place at 6 sharp. We hardly have time to savor our food, coz we gotta make a move by 7, and the dishes came out quite slow. I was rather sleepy and tired of the day's activities, but that doesn't dampen me to 'taste' my food...Practically I m chowing down every dish without knowing the ingredient...Some dishes were jst weird (the cold dish and some bamboo-like dish especially)

bottles of beers were served on the table, kinda norm even when we dun request for it.

The acrobatic show was held at Shanghai Centre theatre, the show was awesome! Unfortunately, no pics were allowed to be taken during the show...so, sit tight and enjoy the show.

The show ended slightly an hour and half later.

By 10 plus, I was already back at the hotel...while some people went for supper, I stroll along the shopping district of Nanjing Road and accompanied my roomie to buy some snacks. The malls were already closed then, only some eatery places that opens till midnite.

Here's Nanjing Road at nite...

There goes my 1st day in Shanghai.