touchdown in shanghai

we're here in shanghai!

we're in this cavernous terminal building and it's 10:35am. and although the weather bureau says it ought to be cold and gloomy outside, the whole place actually looks like it's awash in sunlight. my seatmate, a garrulous tsinay who has been here a few times last year says it's usually like this early during the day, and that it gets really cold and dark during the afternoon. 

pudong airport complex is soooo huge (*jaw drops*) – it literally dwarfs mia (even including the Centennial airport complex). everything looks squeaky clean, metallic, and efficient. shanghai, being a major hub in asia, is filled with tourists and expats of all conceivable color. medyo madami na din ang mga caucasians dito; i'd seen a few black guys, many indians (at least that's what they looked like to me), a big number of koreans and of course there's always the ubiquitous pinoys — andami  nila dito, doing all sorts of jobs…

new asia hotel (somewhere near sichuan st), where we stayed for the weekend

we're now on our way to our respective hotels (i'm famished!). there are 6 of us who are bound for new asia hotel. it's near the Bund and Nanjing Rd, so the guide told us it'll be pretty exciting there. i don't know; for now i just want to find a nice, warm bed to crash into.

*yawn* we're going out for a quick bite, then i'm catching a few ZZZZs. will keep you posted later.

Note: i'm having a difficult time posting today because of the unfamilair (chinese) keyboard i'm using. i can't find any web/wi-fi cafe near our hotel so i'm using somebody's PC to post this thing. i'll just insert the pictures later.