Shanghai archive: Nanjing Road reflections, sunsets, and travel stories from China’s largest city. Personal thoughts and city life.
🚶♂️🚶♀️🌇 Our relationship is like Shanghai’s Nanjing Road and Nanjing’s Shanghai Road. It may sound similar and intimate, but in reality, it has no connection at all. // 我们之间的关系，就好似上海的南京路和南京的上海路，听起来相似又亲密，实际上，毫无关系。 Wǒmen zhī jiān de guānxì, jiù hǎosì shànghǎi de nánjīng lù hé nánjīng de shànghǎi lù, tīng qǐlái xiāngsì yòu qīnmì, shíjì shang, háo wú guānxì. […]
🌅🌸🌌 Sadness strikes me every time the sun sets, My sunflowers wither away day by day. // Buồn là mình em mỗi khi đêm còn vương nắng Hoa nắng tôi theo ngày cuốn trôi (Hoa nắng tôi – Đức Trí) P.s.: Picture taken in Shanghai, China in 2019.
🤔⚖️🙂 Don’t think of others too badly, or think of others too well. They all are normal people. // 不要把别人想得太坏，也不要把别人想得太好，都是凡人。 Bùyào bǎ biérén xiǎng dé tài huài, yě bùyào bǎ biérén xiǎng dé tài hǎo, dōu shì fánrén. // Bất yếu bả biệt nhân tưởng đắc thái phôi, dã bất yếu bả biệt nhân tưởng […]
According to Pedometer app, I walked the most steps in my Sichuan trip: | Date | Location | Steps | Terrain | Distance (km) | | —— | ———————- | —— | ——– | ————- | | Jul 5 | Chengdu | 31,497 | City | **17.64 km** | | Jul 6 | Chengdu | […]
💥💪🌧️ In the future, I will only be my own hero, and no longer desire others to shelter from the wind and rain. // 以后只做自己的英雄，不再渴望别人遮风挡雨。 Yǐhòu zhǐ zuò zìjǐ de yīngxióng, bù zài kěwàng biérén zhē fēngdǎng yǔ. // Dĩ hậu chích tố tự kỷ đích anh hùng, bất tái khát vọng biệt nhân già […]
Before leaving Haining, Jiaxing, we dropped by a place called Yanguan Old Town. It was raining a bit while I walked through some old houses, the Qiantang River Dam, Jin Young’s college, the former residence of Wang Guowei. Most doors were closed, and there were only a few tourists here. It was a pity. I […]
Only 9 days before had I decided to go on another trip to China with my twin sis, this time to 3 provinces/cities of Anhui, Zhejiang, Shanghai. My main visits would be Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Yanguan Ancient Town. This was another trip that required no individual visa (like my previous trip to […]
We woke quite early this morning, then waited for the tour bus. But then a small van took us to another place where it started raining. The Chinese guy didn’t speak English so it was hard to understand about the Dujiangyan and Mt. Qingcheng history. And he tried to get more money from us. Turned […]