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‘Yuyuan Garden is an excellent model of classical Chinese gardening architecture under state preservation. It was built during the reign of Ming Emperor Jiajing (1559) as the private garden of Pan Yunduan, administration commissioner of Sichuan Province. With an area over two hectares the Garden is famous for a number of architectural marvels, including the Big Rockery, the Naturally – Hollowed – Jade Boulder, the Hall of an Emerald Touch of Spring, the Ancient Opera Stage and the Innter Garden. Also well-protected in the garden are precious cultural relicts showing the best of China’s tradition of art.’
Through the ‘Old City’ of Shanghai which is apparently very close to my current place you can find your way to renowned Yuyuan Garden. The weather left much to be deserved on Sunday as a result there weren’t that many people as usually and I could have a rather comfortable stroll through the idles and gardens.
[My mother addressed me recently to show some ‘faces’ of the LFS staff. For the reason of being (at least trying to be) a good son I added some of them…]
Being home again I watched the Olympic basketball opener USA vs. CHN on TV. Looks like this year nothing would cross the path of the Dream Team to its more than deserved gold medal.
This mainly was my weekend-update. All the best to you guys!
And keep commenting…
Michael
On Friday evening I found my way to Bund 18, precisely to ‘Bar Rouge’ (Source on Smart Shanghai). I fortunately happened to meet some French guys in front of the elevator just before going up to the club, who invited me to have a sit at their place which was perfectly situated on the terrace viewing to the (old) Bund (Wai Tan). This night was pretty funny as I wasn’t on my own and got to know some nice people from France who departured to Hongkong after that. Finally I went home at 4 a.m. not to be too wasted on the next day, because Ernst invited me on a golf course with Peter and the General Manager of Berry Textile, Simon Sung, who showed quite proficient golf skills to us even-starters.
I have to admit that I was playing horrible, I guess due to the lack of practice in the last time. But there happened to be at least one illuminated moment, as I put the ball one meter next to hole on a Par 3 (138 meters long) and therefore achieved my first Birdie in my dusky golf carrier. This of course was topped by a direct chip-in from Simon also achieving a Birdie. Congratulations in this place ;)
In conclusion I experienced a funny day with nice weather and some lovely people at a very inviting and luxurious golf course.
On Thursday Aurora, Andy and me had a trip to Wuxi which is about 150 kilometers away from Shanghai and lies close to the Tai Hu Lake. The trip’s purpose was to present TENCEL Active (the project I’m involved in) to a customer named Handa who has following in-house departments: fabric manufacturing, sewing (also dyeing and finishing) and branding. Unfortunately the meeting took us too long not to have a glimpse at the very specific Buddhist sights there. Wuxi is also called ‘little Shanghai’ because of its rather industrial appearance. I hopefully will make my way there again to catch some cultural input. Arriving back in Shanghai I probably had my first Teppan Yaki. It was really delicious and the cook seemed to handle the food very skillful as you can see on the picture.
In the evening I went to the so-called Barbarossa with Laurent, a German guy who also was on an internship at a company in Shanghai (he left to Beijing again yesterday). We happened to meet at the gym of the Tian Ci Apartment, so he showed me this elegant place on Thursday evening.
‘Barbarossa is one of the finer, if not the finest, upscale nightlife venue in Shanghai for its beautiful location in People’s Park and its three floors of lush interiors. Classy drinks and hip DJs keep Barbarossa on the nightlife map, and they also host a popular ladies night. Great for a relaxing night on a date or with friends, or dinner and drinks before something more serious.’
Source (see location and some more pictures on SmartShanghai)
