20th Day In Ningbo, China

Date : 211106
Time : Morning

Ate breakfast, did usual stuff, then left home at about 12 45PM to go shopping! Went to Ling Qiao again. Took a cab as the driver went to Ci Xi(a district in Ningbo, 1 and a half hrs away)to do some errands for the office. It was a much smoother taxi ride compared to the crazy one last Saturday haha. Once in front of Lin Qiao, spotted 2 guys, 1 wearing a 'songkok', selling fur outside the center. They were probably from some Muslim mountainous province in somewhere in China haha. They were selling LEOPARD/TIGER fur i think! I got it on videocam, but not on camera. It was one whole slab of fur, probably the back of the tiger/leopard skin peeled off. Pretty interesting but at the same time i do not condone the use of endangered/beautiful animal fur. :P haha

Time : 1:15PM

Started the shopping fiesta, mainly my mom shopping for winter underwear clothing. We also went to my mom's tailor to ask her to adjust some stuff on a jacket she was tailoring. After that, we went opposite to Tianyi Square. We walked along a stretch of shops which sold higher end clothing/accessories for women mainly. There were shops like PeaceBird (a rather popular and expensive brand in China) and Nike. Along that stretch spotted another 2 guys wearing songkoks but this pair were selling bread peddled on a bicycle/tricycle kinda thingy. Here's a peek. Below it is a pic of Hy Mall's Exterior.




Mom got a pair of snazzy boots for only 45 RMB, 9 singapore bux! It was on sale and she grabbed it haha. Following the walk around the shops, we went into a department store called InTime, something like OG. Lotsa stuff they were selling, went all around the place, not buying anything actually, just window shopping. Went up to the foodcourt to get a drink and then went back down to the 1st level. Out the lift, my mom ushered me into this booth which sold Beijing Olympics 2008 official stuff. Pretty expensive stuff man but highly commemorative as it's not sold anywhere else in the world but China.(i think, anyone can confirm this? haha). Didn't buy anything yet though, will stop by next time for a second look. We then went out of the building to the one next door, called Ningbo No.2 Department Store. In between these 2 buildings, there is a bigass Ox statue, of which i took some pics of. Here goes...


Opposite Intime, a few roads down, is a building called Movie House or something. Apparently this is where the biggest cinema in Ningbo is and probably with the highest concentration of cinemas too. Didn't go there though, just saw it from a distance. We then proceeded to Ningbo No.2 Department Store. It's somewhat the same with InTime, but less posh and high end products. However, they had a toy section which had Spider-Man figures from the SpiderMan movie. WoohoO! Looked through them and saw some pretty good looking Spideys with lots of articulation and an 18 inch one with over 67 points of articulation(in layman's terms it's the joints of a toy which can be twisted to achieve several poses, for eg, a neck joint so u can move the head around.) It cost a whopping 399 RMB though, 80 Sing dollars. yeouch! Anyways, left the toy section behind and went down to the men's section. Got me a jacket/track pants combo for only 99 RMB, 20 sing dollars. weepiee doo.

Time : 2+/3 PM

Left Ningbo No. 2 Department store and proceeded to Tianyi Square, which is directly opposite. Went into Hy-Mall to get some groceries and my mom also bought a top for the Ah-Yee(House Maid). Damn poofed by that time, legs tired after all the walking. Not to mention hungry core. Went to Dicos, a fast food joint, to eat. oh it was lovely, even better than KFC. It's a chicken joint by the way. Here's a pic of it i took some time ago... and also of the food we bought.

Yummy food, the one in the small packet is maple-chickensticks YUM!

Time : 4:30/5++ PM

Went back home after Dicos. Kids were already home from school. Ate dinner and stuff, bummed around with the kids till it was time to sleep. Went on the computer to check on stuff as well before sleeping.