Most of the people I talk to in Shanghai are hopeful. They range from the Syrian guy who bought my old bed. He just moved from Korea and working as a designer in commercial or advertising venture and said Shanghai is the place to be. Expats who stayed for a few years in the church I am attending also had good things to say about Shanghai.
Last night a Guangxi girl who sat next to me at a meetup event told me that after the financial crisis, all sorts of foreigners started moving to China and Shanghai started having a renewed international energy. In contrast, she has heard from others say that because Hong Kong opened up much earlier, it has already formed groups of people, expats, local Cantonese, and others like the mainlanders. I agree that Shanghai's social scene is a lot more mixed and interesting. "It is the golden age in Shanghai," she tells me. And indeed. One could easily miss it.
I think thinking about work condition in Hong Kong makes me more unhappy and stressful. Sitting in that cube everyday is a lot like going to a jail cell where people become separated and anti-social. And the coldness from my crush doesn't help either.
Weather here is getting a bit colder now though. That part of Hong Kong, in addition to the buzz I do miss. One more week and I shall return to Hong Kong. In the meantime, I have successfully rented out my Shanghai apartment to my first guest. Hope this city-hopping continue to work out for me. I am meeting a lot more people in Shanghai and find it reinvigorating.
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