Xu Guangqi Memorial Park

Decide to explore the Xu Guangqi memorial Park during one of the mornings and I am very surprised at the level of activities going on in the park. There are people practising taiji, dancing, bird watching, exercising, all in a cold winter morning

徐家汇公园

Red chimmey of the park





The picturesque lake fronting the park





Mischevious Z imitating the pple doing Taiji





Walking on the elevated walkway that meanders around the park


This park is the former site of the Great China Rubber Works. It is a very peaceful oasis in the midst of the hustle and bustle of Xujiahui right outside the park. We did not manage to walk the whole park as it was very very windy that morning (you can see how wrapped up Isaac was - In fact, he was not very well prepared for the walk cos i did not expect the wind to be so strong)

Our first visit to the pediatrician @ Shanghai

Isaac was coughing and having cold on and off for the past 4 weeks. I tried giving him cough/cold medicine from our sg dr. He recovered but after 1 week, the cough/cold combi came back again. Medicine finished and now the decision whether to bring him to see a dr over at China. I have heard many horror stories about drs in China. Thus, decided to go by recommendations from the shanghai mamas. They recommended 2 and i did background checks on two. Being KS, i also booked appointment for both the doctors.

Waiting for our turn at American-Sino Hospital. THe wait was less than 5 mins. Not bad! We also had a personal nurse guiding us throughout the visit.


Waiting for his turn at the waiting area

Nurse measuring his weight

Nurse taking his temp



Overall damage - RMB 600 including medication. Dr is fine, attentive, did the checks on him but can be more personal.

Weekends

Weekends are spent lazing around in shopping malls where there are heaters. It is difficult to go sightseeing in winter.

Things i did during our 5th week in Shanghai

Eating at a Korean rest near my place after grocery shopping:




Me! Hee hee


Reading mag while waiting for food to arrive:


The steaming and Yummy cod fish hotpot. Shanghai's cod fish is superb, fresher than Beijing's.

Switching my blog back here

Finally, thanks to some brillant mamas in Shanghai, I managed to get on blogger and facebook. I am going to swtich my bloggings back here again cos the chinese characters over at sina is driving me nuts and giving me headache everytime i upload