Dealt with

OK, got my new Macbook Pro charger now. Man, this morning's place was a rip off. Well, this place I bought the new charger not exactly cheap but within acceptable range and I NEED ONE! Alternative is to buy a new Macbook Pro or get a new Macbook Air of my iron-wife with a new solid state hard drive. Right....

This evening, after escorted my wife to the restaurant for her dinner meeting with client, I continued on the "QUEST" of my holy grail. My destination, the Cybermart, was a good hike. In total there and back from my apartment is a good one-hour walk. But I enjoyed it (and my arches, ankles, heels will complain loud and clear tomorrow, stupid Arthritis). After "dumping" my iron-wife, I walked on the side streets toward my destination; what a difference on the "street life" in the evening compared to "office hours". I could see small shops, chic and local street-side restaurants were filled with people. People looked more relaxed (no, not the feeling I have with a 500ml can of TsingTao beer in my hand now). I ventured into a street that was totally blocked off for pedestrian use. And the restaurants, all authentic local Shanghainese food! Someone coming to Shanghai soon? Please, pretty please so I can try them with someone!!! Hee hee... Sorry vegetarians not welcome. Haha... Then I was back on the hustling bustling of HuaiHai Lu. It's a long long street with shopping. Anything you want, you get on this street; even a gun club where you can shoot at targets (NOT pedestrians).

O where am I going with this babbling? It's just that I never really walk at night on the same streets that I walked during daytime. The atmosphere was different. There was another side of Shanghai metropolitan local feel that I never seen. A quite philosophical feeling (at this point I still did not have any beer yet!).

OK back to the Cybermart. I ventured in there. The first Apple store, no 85W charger and I must order in. Right. And they wouldn't tell me the price or anything. So I kept walking. I must looked like a tourist! Shopkeepers started poking out and asked what I want. Found it; another Apple store. It had exactly what I was looking for and at the "high end" of the price I wanted to pay, still almost half of what the other store quoted me this morning just across the street from my apartment. Mission accomplished; going home.

As I walked and walked and walked, I was debating if I wanted to eat out or not.
Sushi bar, passed; noodle house, passed; Mediterranean restaurant, passed; Hong Kong style restaurant, passed; Indian, passed. Then beer at the corner store. OK! So here I am sitting in front of the computer with a 500ml TsingTao beer and left over stir-fried veggies from last night. Ha ha... After these appetizer dishes, I am heading to have some instant noodle and vegetarian meat. Shhh... cannot say "imitation meat". Hee hee.