The Chaser and the Chased

[Iceiphoenix]

Re: iPho

It was very cold on some days, I had to wear around 5 layers Luckily, most of my time was spent inside warm restaurants, department stores, book shops, arcades, clothing shops etc. Nanjing Road is absolutely full of them

5 layers!! I'm glad that I usually go around September then. I was going to go this holiday, but I didn't have time to...
Bahahaha yeah!! Nanjing Road is so pretty at night. Have you been to Qi Pu Road? There's basically 4 shopping centers on the corners of the intersection there!

Can you speak Shanghainese?

My mum is Shanghainese and she talks to me in Shanghainese a lot, so I understand most of it. But I can't speak it, I usually reply to her in Cantonese. (My dad is Cantonese, and my mum is fluent in Cantonese as well.)

Definitely worth a try I was informed the food on the street tastes better, even if the presentation could use some work. I visited too many restaurants to remember names, but I do recall one, "Tang Dynasty", which I went to on my very last day. It was probably one of the more lower end restaurants I dined in, their V.I.P. rooms didn't have a private bathroom

I love the kebabs that they have on the street stalls! When I was shopping at Qi Pu Road, we just had some kebabs for lunch.
Ohhh wow! I think I've been there before. Every time I go to Shanghai, my uncle takes us out to eat at classy restaurants every night.
If you're complaining about the V.I.P. rooms not having a private bathroom, I bet you've been dining at super high-class restaurants a bit too much.

Oh right, silly me Which places have you visited in Shanghai? Have you been to the Shanghai World Financial Center? Or Jin Mao Tower?

I've been to quite a lot of places, since I usually go to Shanghai every year. But I usually stay around Pu Xi rather than Pu Dong... But I have been to the Jin Mao Tower, and the Oriental Pearl Tower... but not the Shanghai World Financial Center.
Last year, I went to the World Expo! Although the only pavilion I went to the Australian one... my dad didn't want to line up for other pavilions.
I've also been to The Bund, the Shanghai Grand Theater, Cheng Huang Miao, and a whole lot of other places I don't remember because I was probably a kid then.
How long were you in Shanghai for?

 

[Gecko Moria]

Re: iPho

5 layers!! I'm glad that I usually go around September then. I was going to go this holiday, but I didn't have time to...
Bahahaha yeah!! Nanjing Road is so pretty at night. Have you been to Qi Pu Road? There's basically 4 shopping centers on the corners of the intersection there!

Nanjing Road is indeed beautiful at night, one of the reasons being you can't see the pollution in the dark But, what vibrant nightlife! I don't think I've been to Qi Pu Road, might go next time I'm in Shanghai.

My mum is Shanghainese and she talks to me in Shanghainese a lot, so I understand most of it. But I can't speak it, I usually reply to her in Cantonese. (My dad is Cantonese, and my mum is fluent in Cantonese as well.)

Nice combination of ethnicities you have there

I love the kebabs that they have on the street stalls! When I was shopping at Qi Pu Road, we just had some kebabs for lunch.
Ohhh wow! I think I've been there before. Every time I go to Shanghai, my uncle takes us out to eat at classy restaurants every night.
If you're complaining about the V.I.P. rooms not having a private bathroom, I bet you've been dining at super high-class restaurants a bit too much.

So many nice restaurants in Shanghai And you can never dine too much at super high-class restaurants. Sometimes, it's not about the food, but the atmosphere.

I've been to quite a lot of places, since I usually go to Shanghai every year. But I usually stay around Pu Xi rather than Pu Dong... But I have been to the Jin Mao Tower, and the Oriental Pearl Tower... but not the Shanghai World Financial Center.
Last year, I went to the World Expo! Although the only pavilion I went to the Australian one... my dad didn't want to line up for other pavilions.
I've also been to The Bund, the Shanghai Grand Theater, Cheng Huang Miao, and a whole lot of other places I don't remember because I was probably a kid then.
How long were you in Shanghai for?

Pudong is the place to be nowadays It's literally becoming the financial and commercial center of the world. I would recommend visiting the Shanghai World Financial Center next time you're in Shanghai, it's really quite an experience. But I don't know how much you're into skyscrapers and I make it a rule to always visit the most recent tallest skyscraper in Shanghai whenever I'm there. Wow, I didn't get to go to the World Expo but I did hear the queues were massive (10 hours standing in the blistering summer sun to get into one pavilion ). I was in Shanghai for three weeks.

 

[Iceiphoenix]

Re: iPho

Nanjing Road is indeed beautiful at night, one of the reasons being you can't see the pollution in the dark But, what vibrant nightlife! I don't think I've been to Qi Pu Road, might go next time I'm in Shanghai.

Yeah~! I love Shanghai (and Hong Kong) for the nightlife there! I love how you can just go out at night and all the shops are still open. And here... most shopping centers are closed at 5...

So many nice restaurants in Shanghai And you can never dine too much at super high-class restaurants. Sometimes, it's not about the food, but the atmosphere.

Haha yep~ Shanghai is expanding so much now, and everything is being renovated and modernized... I went to Shanghai in 2008, 2009 and 2010, I was surprised about how much it progressively changed every year.
Yes, the atmosphere is always important. You can never enjoy a meal if you're cramped in your seat, or if the restaurant smells weird... We usually eat in the V.I.P. rooms when we're at a high-class restaurant... but the enclosed room makes it worse when people start to smoke.

Pudong is the place to be nowadays It's literally becoming the financial and commercial center of the world. I would recommend visiting the Shanghai World Financial Center next time you're in Shanghai, it's really quite an experience. But I don't know how much you're into skyscrapers and I make it a rule to always visit the most recent tallest skyscraper in Shanghai whenever I'm there. Wow, I didn't get to go to the World Expo but I did hear the queues were massive (10 hours standing in the blistering summer sun to get into one pavilion ). I was in Shanghai for three weeks.

Oh, wow! I've only been to Pu Dong twice I think... and they were both just short visits. What is there to do there? I don't really know much about Pu Dong except for all the buildings you can see from the other side of the river... I'll ask to visit there next time I'm there! (Probably 2012 I think.) Melbourne has the Eureka tower, and I've been up there before... But I guess it can't really compare to the Shanghai World Financial Center, since it's just a bit more than half the height.
Well then, I guess you'll be happy to go to Shanghai in 2014! By then, the Shanghai Tower would be finished. I would really like to visit that! It looks so pretty...
The 10 hour queue was only for the Saudi Arabia pavilion, I think... It was the most popular pavilion there, besides the Chinese one. I've heard that the China pavilion had an 8 hour queue, the Japanese one had a 4 hour queue and the South Korean one had a 3 hour queue... Well I guess I know which ones are the most popular!
I was in Shanghai for 3 weeks last year as well! Do you go to Shanghai very often?

 

[Bugzee]

Re: iPho

...and here I was thinking that me and Ed abused the "" simley a lot.

What? Sorry! I guess some other mangas just popped up and I decided to read them first. >_>

Now, you're going to delay reading it until your next school break?

sadface~ At least read the first 20 chapters before you go back to school next week. That shouldn't be too hard. I've started reading Akaboshi. You should start reading One Piece. It's only right. Right?

Hiruma all the way!! and Kakei. How about you?

Hiruma is a legend! He's one of my favourite characters too. Apart from Hiruma; Monta & Komusubi are my other two favourite ES21 characters.

- Freaking scared about the homework load, but I'm looking forward to learn new stuff and seeing my friends again on a daily basis.

hahaha the weekly h/w wasn't so bad for me. It was the coursework load that hit me hard during year 11. You'll definitely enjoy every class during your final year in secondary; even the boring classes that you hated in the past will suprise you in the end. Trust me. The last year goes so fast. *.* So make sure you make the most of it and don't miss any classes!

- Erm... blue.
- Green.
- Light green, you say?

YES! [sizept=2]Ok, I'll stop now. [/sizept]

No, I haven't been... I was going to go crabbing once, but I got sick about 3 days before the day... I didn't go in the end, since my mum thought that I would get even more ill from the cold.

I haven't been crabbing.

- Have you gone scuba diving before?
- Would you ever go sky diving?
- What about bungee jumping?

 

[Iceiphoenix]

Re: iPho

...and here I was thinking that me and Ed abused the "" simley a lot.

Blame MSN! I use it way too much on MSN and my fingers just automatically type "XD" at the end of basically every sentence... -_-

Now, you're going to delay reading it until your next school break?

sadface~ At least read the first 20 chapters before you go back to school next week. That shouldn't be too hard. I've started reading Akaboshi. You should start reading One Piece. It's only right. Right?

The next school break is around April. It's not that far away!
But... I've read until the middle of the Alabasta arc! I'll just read 20 more chapters from there, yes?

Hiruma is a legend! He's one of my favourite characters too. Apart from Hiruma; Monta & Komusubi are my other two favourite ES21 characters.

DEVIL BACKFIRE! *Random pose* Bahahaa yeah, Monta is awesome too. And so is Komusubi!
Man, I must've read E21 at least 5 times, but I still don't remember all their names.

hahaha the weekly h/w wasn't so bad for me. It was the coursework load that hit me hard during year 11. You'll definitely enjoy every class during your final year in secondary; even the boring classes that you hated in the past will suprise you in the end. Trust me. The last year goes so fast. *.* So make sure you make the most of it and don't miss any classes!

Haha I see... Hopefully that'll be the case for maths...
Yeah! Year 10 went by pretty fast as well! I'll try not to miss any classes! Unlike someone. *Looks at BBBro*

YES! [sizept=2]Ok, I'll stop now. [/sizept]

Thank you for stopping.

I haven't been crabbing.

- Have you gone scuba diving before?
- Would you ever go sky diving?
- What about bungee jumping?

No, I haven't been scuba diving before, but I would love to go at the Great Barrier Reef!
Yes. I would totally go sky diving~ My friend went sky diving in New Zealand this summer and she said it was awesome!!
Bungee jumping would be awesome too!
But I would love to go zorbing! Although it's not as extreme as sky diving or bungee jumping, it looks like it'll be awesome fun!

 

[Charlie]

Re: iPho

How bout that, no question to ask....

So I'll just go with, how's it going Ice?

 

[Iceiphoenix]

Re: iPho

Charlie!! It's good to see you again!

I'm pretty good thanks, school starts in just a few days, so my mum has kind of banned me from going out. I went indoor rock climbing a few days ago, and my arms hurt like hell for a while.

So tell me, are you coming back soon? Or are you already back here to stay?

 

[Bugzee]

Re: iPho

Zorbing!!!

I wanna do that!

Sky diving is no. 1 on my list haha~ I don't know when I'll actually do it though. >< Bungee jumping, scuba diving and the rest can come later ha!

Is Soul Eater on your reading list?

 

[riki]

Re: iPho

Indoor rock climbing is so much fun! I haven't done it for awhile though.

Any plans for Chinese New Year?

 

[Iceiphoenix]

Re: iPho

Zorbing!!!

I wanna do that!

Sky diving is no. 1 on my list haha~ I don't know when I'll actually do it though. >< Bungee jumping, scuba diving and the rest can come later ha!

Is Soul Eater on your reading list?

ZORBING~!!! YEAHHH!!!

Bahaha yeah, sky diving is number one for me as well. It's just on another level from bungee jumping, scuba diving and zorbing.

And yes, Soul Eater is on my reading list.

Indoor rock climbing is so much fun! I haven't done it for awhile though.

Any plans for Chinese New Year?

I've only been indoor rock climbing twice, I think. There was a climbing wall about 2-3 meters high at my primary school, so that was a lot of good fun.

Hmm... Chinese New Year is actually on the second day back at school. I'm not sure if I have any plans or not, but I guess we'll be going out for lunch or something the weekend after it?
How about you?

 

[riki]

Re: iPho

I guess my mom and I will make some Vietnamese food to celebrate Tết. Other than that, no idea.

 

[BBB Banana]

Re: iPho

The next school break is around April. It's not that far away!
But... I've read until the middle of the Alabasta arc! I'll just read 20 more chapters from there, yes?


Haha I see... Hopefully that'll be the case for maths...
Yeah! Year 10 went by pretty fast as well! I'll try not to miss any classes! Unlike someone. *Looks at BBBro*

You sound like me I was stuck in the middle of alabasta arc for 3 years until I finally decided to read it all at once. I guess I started to like one piece during skypiea arc which is after alabasta.

I don't skip classes ... at all

 

[Iceiphoenix]

Re: iPho

I guess my mom and I will make some Vietnamese food to celebrate Tết. Other than that, no idea.

Ooooh~ Nice! A feast to celebrate? Speaking of Vietnamese food and seeing my thread title, I'm really craving for pho again.

You sound like me I was stuck in the middle of alabasta arc for 3 years until I finally decided to read it all at once. I guess I started to like one piece during skypiea arc which is after alabasta.

I don't skip classes ... at all

Bahahaha yeah. I've been stuck in the Alabasta arc for... nearly 5 years.

Riiiight.

 

[scav]

Re: iPho

hey Ice
do u like sport? if yes witch one?
and whats the meaning of Icephoenix?

 

[riki]

Re: iPho

What Vietnamese foods are your favorite?

 

[Iceiphoenix]

Re: iPho

hey Ice
do u like sport? if yes witch one?
and whats the meaning of Icephoenix?

Heya Scav!
Bahahaha, both your questions have already been answered!

As for my user name, there were a couple of reasons as to why... a couple of years ago, I found some Naruto fan art. I really liked them and I also really liked the artist's name (I seriously can't remember the name now. @_@) Iceiphoenix is kind of a cheap rip-off from that person's user name on Deviantart... I think it was also because I like eating ice blocks.

I'm not really into watching any sports, but I like playing badminton and volleyball... But during the Olympics, I like watching gymnastics and diving.

What Vietnamese foods are your favorite?

Hmm... I haven't really tried a lot of Vietnamese food, but out of all the dishes I've tried, my absolute favourites would be pho and rice paper rolls!

 

[riki]

Re: iPho

Those are definitely delicious.

In fact, I had pho for dinner tonight.

 

[Iceiphoenix]

Re: iPho

Ohhh, nice!! Was it homemade?

Bahaha I might go have some pho this weekend.

 

[riki]

Re: iPho

Yep, it was homemade.

 

[Imperium]

Re: iPho

Yo ice, hows life? Hows it like going back to a fixed schedule after your holidays? XD