After too many bubble teas later...

Still have remnants of lunch beside me beckoning me to finish it up.

So...some updates...

What have I learnt so far? That...

I'm not really Chinese because i speak Engrish and that Singapore is actually very western, so i'm considered a 老外as well.

I get more attention and 'respect' when i speak Engrish. Things actually get done! (oh...only in capitalist establishments, don't even think about worming your way through with civil service in English, they will crush you like a earthworm)

The pressure to get married is very intense here, I shall have to get a second job as a matchmaker. Sometimes parents just want their daughters to marry well, so materialism is not exclusive to singapore yah. Singapore men are just whiners to want maids *tongue in cheek*

Mick Jagger looking guys have equally skinny waif chicks half their age hanging on their arms. Same goes for Indian man with a pony tail and business suit has the same chick too.

Dry humping looks mighty weird when you're just 20cm away from the oblivious caucasian men. Same goes to seeing a 70 year old japanese man dancing to Beyonce's Crazy in Love. Though the latter is a more palatable and interesting sight than the former.

Trees along the French Concession are very beautiful and paris-esque. Houses here do not need pastel looking colours to show off their beauty (think horrendous Hotel 81 at Chinatown).
China people are starting to speak very good english and Shanghai is very cosmopolitan. People who want to catch the dragon should come real soon. The only thing they lack here is the global exposure, but that can too will change in a blink of an eye. They're very determined and most Shanghainese are open to change, so teach and they will polish themselves up. Some...not all.

Every screw up has to be taken with great optimism. It is a fact of life in China - screwups are served in a platter for meals very often.

Starbucks coffee sucks here.

Shoes here come in very ugly pastel colours or fake jewels that make them look oh-so-fugly.

My feet are in perilous danger if I wear heels to work because pavements are not very even and my apartment is 20min walk away from work. But if I wear flats does this mean I have a chance with funny, secure, manly, not-scrawnier-than-me men around my height???

Shanghai men are very scrawny. Most of them anyway. I have witnessed some guys thigh almost as large as my arm. (AND I'M NOT FAT!)

Finally, drinking bubble tea too fast will cause one to risk choking.