Streetlife in Wuhan.....

Went out to get a prepaid simcard finally! Yeah! I am connected once again!
It was so hard for people to contact me!

Now.....I am connected....

However I am not sure how possible it is for me to sms or call out of this country. Have yet to explore this option using the mobile phone....

Oh, i believe that my thread is on Streetlife in Wuhan...so I have digressed...
hehe...

The street where I bought the simcard is off Macau Lane.
This lane is full of life and noise.....like the rest of China....hehe

Buses, trucks, cars, bikes, people are move around.....
God knows how accidents are kept so minimal in the chaos....

No one ever keeps to their side of the lanes....
The rule here is.....BIG rules....if you are a cyclist, you lose out to the car and you have to give way...if you are the car, you better give way to that bigbig truck behind you...

If you are a pedestrian...pray...

Whilst on that lane, I chance upon another sidelane....
this one is shown in the caption below...

Kinda like the "Pasar Malam" or Night Market in Malaysia.....
There are makeshift street stores that sell vegetables, fruits, underwears, dried foodstuff, tupperwear, Chinese fashion...Etc...

Didn't really have time to explore it, and after my last nasty experience where I nearly became a victim of a pickpocket, I decided to just observe from a distance...

It's quite interesting how Chinese all over the world have similar behaviour and similar traits...
We all like a good old bargain...
Nothing is unbargainable....

RMB5?.....太贵。。。便宜一点？ RM3?.....No...price too low.....RM4.5？
And so the whole process goes...

It can be fun......
It's all about tactical battle, and survival of the fittest...
It's no longer about the price anymore.....
It's about your ability to win.....and save...even 10 cents...

You will feel all good about how much you saved and what a bargain you got....
once you get the hang of it...

And i think shop-keepers know about this psychological feeling...and they deliberately raise their prices high....

I have met shopkeepers that get insulted when you don't bargain...

I think they also like bargaining as much as the consumer...

What do you think?

There are also a wide variety of shops on the lane selling cooked foodstuff...
People who get off work can just do a quick takeaway....

Was quite tempted to try the spring-onion cake....but didn't...the place didn't look that clean...

The streetfood all looks really good and smell nice...but they are also glistening with oil....

I was practically salivating...
I was saved from my hunger by a phonecall from my colleagues telling me where to go for dinner....

Guess what I had?!?
Chongqing Steamboat!

Shiok...I say...
It was hot and spicy...and the ingredients were good and fresh....
Had heaps and heaps...and heaps and heaps.....
Washing it down with tea and icy beer...

Burbing as I write....hehe

Chinese beers are nice....

And people do love their beers here! No wonder China is the largest market in the world for beer....

I did feel guilty for overeating....

so attempted to go for a quick run at the treadmill down at the gym....
boy, did I feel like a whale....

So now I am aching...and still feeling like I am whale....
this is what overeating does to you...
esp overpigging on steamboat with a hot spicy and oily chili base...

okie signing off now...


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