better city

better life... That's the slogan for this year in this big city by
the HuangPu river. And with that, all prices have gone up
respectively with the "better quality of life". The soup at M&S I
bought, went up from RMB 15.00 to RMB 19.00 in two months! So today,
my lunch came to RMB 94.00. That was a lot to pay for a meal. Seems
to me the 100.00 notes here are like the equivalent of 10.00 notes in
Canada.

Here's a picture of this morning rush hour traffic. Don't be scared.
This was a typical intersection in this city. Self inflicted
gridlock. Notice the elevated express way? Heading to downtown
traffic. Not enough lanes. A bit foggy and rainy this morning.

And the last picture with a row of houses with orange sidings. That's
to cover up all the "sore sights" around the city. You know, cannot
let the visitors to see how a real demolition is here in this city; so
cover it up. The wall blocked off the actually condition of a city
block being bulldozed. And no construction is allowed to take place
until after the big event in this city. In the mean time, Ch!nE$E wall.

Yesterday, we went to our market to get some fresh veggies. It was
being renovated for a "better c!Ty, better L!Fe". This would become
an organic market. Right. Extra licences, extra certification and
extra everything. And the price of food would go up by 1000%. Wonder
where those food sellers at the original market had gone. Now, we are
facing with two supermarkets that will cost up 7 or 8 times for the
same piece of item.