Chionggirl in Shanghai

you know, whoever invent the instant world. I would like to say thank you to you. You gave us Nissin noodles, instant Coffee, instant Milo, instant tea... And today, i enjoy instant Laksa Bee Hoon.

Mentioned earlier that a friend's husband brought over some stuffs for me, and in it was a laksa mixture from Prima Taste. You know, the kind that comes in a box. I realised later that you can find that here, but anyway, thats not what I am writing about...

After church today, I came home to cook food... i reckon since I have some ingredients in the fridge, I might as well use them. But I didn't use much anyway.. Hahaha...

So anyway, with the laksa paste, I cooked Bee Hoon Laksa with Toufu and dumplings. And you know what, after testing this new method of cooking, i realised toufu actually tastes really nice in laksa! They actualy complement each other.

Yep, that is my laksa bee hoon. Those are spoon and chopsticks brought from home (I had to have something to eat with when I first arrive in Shanghai!) Yep, laksa tastes closely to one back home. MMmm... so I want to say thank you to Prima Taste. Good thinking!

Oh, by the way, I have signed up for Sunday School teaching today. I sat through a class of 1st graders and boy did I felt good. I really missed hanging out with kids. I miss Sunday School. It has been my mind since I arrived and saw the announcement during church service. However, I held back because of my work. I am concern that work may get in the way, and that I may not be able to serve.

But then, I received what I believe is an impression from God. I was reminded sometime back by a preacher who went to where God led him, with practically nothing, no preparation, no knowledge, no money. He obeyed and was rewarded beyond his imagination.

So I did it. "Here I am God, use me." I believe so long as I honour God with my actions, he will work out the rest for me. I am confident about that.

I missed Sunday School. I really do.

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Oh, I went to Tai Kang Lu again yesterday. Unfortunately, both of my phones ran out of battery. Otherwise, you would have seen really nice pictures of Tai Kang Lu. I think I really need to go again before it turns colder. And definitely go with a camera, it has so many interesting places to take pictures with. I saw many photographers came with their high end cameras to take pictures all over Tai Kang Lu.

If you know me and will be visiting me in the future, please bug me to bring you to Tai Kang Lu. You will love it there.

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I had been sick for the whole of last week. I have eaten medication brought from home, but soon ran out of them (the standard ones). I have forgotten about the other medicine I brought over before I flew in, anti-histamine for a uticaria outbreak I had 4 hours before my flight.

So while I have forgotten my meds, I ran out of the standard ones. Desperate (I was sneezing, coughing and having really a runny nose), I went to the nearest Chinese pharmacy at my place.

Nice display right? Haha. The 2 bottles are from the 双黄连口服液 box. They are for sore throat. The box on top are cold medication which you see on the right. The bottle on the right is Multi Amino, supposedly for body resistance (I later researched and read that it is a protein supplement, some sort. Not something that i am looking for..). The bottled sore throat medication was good, it restored my lost voice within a day. How do they taste? Hmm.. If I recall correctly, they are are not too difficult to swallow, tasted a bit chinese herbal.

Yeah, I had no choice but to buy these meds because I can't keep sneezing away. I took a risk, and thank God, the meds are ok. I am still having a little bit of runny nose, but now I have switched back to my Singapore meds.

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It has been a really really busy couple of weeks for me, that's why I didn't update my Facebook, nor my blog. Anyway, getting on FB can be a pain (the connection of the gateway keeps dropping), so I have done less FB-king these days.

We are in November, and Shanghai is undergoing a huge temperature change. Weather is expected to dropped to about 5 degrees tomorrow. I will probably document about it. Today, in fact, I have to wear double layer. The Shanghai wind tends to be really strong during autumn.

Alrighty... I will write again from Shanghai! :)