Jin Mao Tower

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007



This past weekend a bunch of us went to the Jin Mao Tower in Pudong, the third tallest building in the world, tallest in China. The building was quite impressive and compared to Twin Towers and the Empire State Building, there was hardly a waiting line. We took 3 different elevators to get to the 87th floor where we went to Cloud 9, the bar. The view was magnificent as it always is from the top of a skyscraper. They’re actually building another building next to the Jin Mao that’s taller. It seems to be almost done. Up in Cloud 9, which I thought to quite the creative name for the bar, you have to order at least 120 rmb. It’s a really nice place, just a little stuffy but that could also because there was 9 of us sitting at a booth table made for 6. The evening was quite relaxing. Before we went to the Jin Mao tower we went to a Thai restaurant in the Superbrand Mall called Thai Thai. First time I ever had thai food I think.

Actually! I also just had a tuna sandwich for the first time, thanks to my friend Mike. It actually wasn’t as bad as imagined. My sister use to get tuna all the time as lunch meat and I thought it smelled horrible so I never tried it. And here in China, what do ya know, I actually try tuna and it ain’t all that bad. I’ve tried so many new things in China and learned so many new things. Quite the experience!

A huge group of us did Secret Santa and we had our little exchanging last night. I was really happy to see everyone participate or come down and celebrate. It was so joyous! With about a week left until I head back to the states, I’m getting pretty sad. I’ve had such a wonderful experience with the people here I don’t want to leave.

But studying in China did make me realize that I may not be suited for the international business position, or at least not in China. Just communicating with the locals and traveling around, I don’t know if I could ever live in China for an extended time. I just feel that Chinese people are so rude and inconsiderate among other things, and yes yes, I know I’m Chinese. But it’s different, I was born in the US. There’s a major difference between someone who’s born in the states and someone straight from China. We’ll see though. I just don’t think I’d enjoy it. But who knows what the future brings!