I heard of people doing Bikram yoga which is done in a very hot room but I think the same can be achieved in Shanghai in the summer! The humidity made it intense and I found it hard to keep up. I enjoyed the meditation part but many poses were too difficult for me and I haven't done any exercise in months so I'm definately feeling the pain!
Afterwards I tried to get a taxi but it proved difficult in this area so I walked for a bit to the main road and managed to flag one down. In the dark I didn't realise it was a dark blue one and a friend of mine a few days ago warned me about them. I figured nothing can go wrong but he suddenly turned off the main road and went around the block that I got a bit concerned. Then he was asking where to drop me but I told him this wasn't my road. He got quite angry and aggressive and pulled over and tried to get me to leave his taxi! I stood my ground though and told him which road and he started moaning in Mandarin at me and realised I was a foreigner.
Wednesday
After my class I met a new friend for coffee near Xujiahui church. It definately looks a bit unusual and doesn't feel like being in China.
Afterwards I headed to Yili Lu to my friend's apartment. It isn't very far from Xujiahui but taking the Metro is a major pain and I had to change 3 times! It took me over 1 hour to get to his place and even when I arrived it turns out there are two buildings with the same number (how confusing!).
So we waited for everyone to turn up and we ate pizza and pasta and another friend made a cake. Later we went to KTV where my friends sang some L'arc en Ciel for me. We paid 70RMB each (7 of us) for a 2 hour session. It was really good to see my old school friends here even though we aren't all going back in September its nice to know they are still in Shanghai.
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