THE SERIOUS: Shanghai City Life

Part 1 - Lujiazui



My favourite 200+'s in Lujiazui, i love glass boxes The Citi Tower is one a good example.







IFC Mall and Giorgio Armani.

Bank of East Asia - they are the first foreign banks who were allowed to issue credit card in China.







Again, i love the glass boxes towards the East side of Luajizui.





This is looking at the cluster of 200+'s towards the Northern side of Lujiazui.

This is probably my favorite shot out of all the photos here. LV and Cartier are dominating the exterior of the IFC Mall.





Louis Vuitton.





Inside the IFC Mall - Chanel, Dior and Hermes (behind the Christmas trees).

Right next door is Superbrand Mall, i think still the largest shopping mall in Shanghai. Superbrand Mall holds all the mid to lower tier brands such as H&M, Esprit while IFC holds only the top luxury brands (Coach did not make it into the IFC).









Inside the glass of the Apple store in Luajizui, I bought an iPad there for my grandma

Inside IFC Mall again. You are not meant to take photos in there, i had to "sneak" around with my huge D3 in my hand.







The Shanghai HQ for HSBC, i believe the China HQ is still located in Beijing.

IFC actually holds some fashion brands like Diesel on the underground level.





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This is the best looking supermarket i have seen in my life. There are many supermarkets in Shanghai that sells only the imported goods. People who can afford the imported goods definitely want to stay away from the "dangerous" Chinese food. The trend for them is - the more expensive the better.







Godiva, yummy!

Part 2 - Pudong Kerry Centre



Shanghai has one of the largest subway network in the world, i absolutely love it. So convenient and its really clean comparing to other cities in China.









The girl sleeping in the middle is very pretty





People lining up for subway, very pleasing sight to see.

This is the Pudong Kerry Centre Mall, it was only completed when i went back, so it was still relatively new and had fewer people going there.

The entrance to the mall from subway line 2, i. like the way how Shanghai subway stops has many exits connecting to various different facilities near the exit,





The shopping mall is located within the very wealthy residential area in Shanghai, so probably anyone you see in the picture is a USD millionaire.





The mall definitely does not feel as luxurious as IFC, but i like it quite a lot for its wooden simplistic design





A very famous Shanghainese restaurant.

During weekends, you would see A LOT of europeans here, the cafes here are all very western. You guys must know Cold Stone, i love it!









Looking up, very beautiful, Shanghai night skies are always lit up by these bright lights.

Apparently the hotel is 5 stars plus, not too sure, but indeed looking very expensive to me. Its amazing how much demands there are for 5 stars hotel there is in Shanghai. This one only just started and there are already customers frequently coming in out of it.







There are many these dessert / drink stores in Shanghai, Element Fresh makes some very nice and health drinks.

Newly developed roads in Pudong are in fact quite wide, but still not as huge comparing to Beijing roads.





I actually live very close to Kerry Centre. The apartments are huge, each floor in the apartment only holds two families.





Having red night sky is a very typical Shanghai feature. You can see the Kerry Centre couple lighting up the whole place. Down beneath are the houses, those are very very expensive, we are talking about 5 million USD+

The area is in fact quite far away from the Shanghai city centre. You can see the "inner ring" elevated highway here, and the maglev train station.





Im not quite sure how you would call this in English, but apartments are grouped into "gardens". Its more like a complex actually, each complex has its own garden, car park, gym etc. You are looking at a swimming pool right there.

Part 3 - People's Square



People's Square, this place is considered to be the heart of Shanghai/ If you type in Shanghai in Google Map, the map will centre at this place if you zoom in. It is called People's Square because it is actually has a park.

What you are seeing is the older generations of Shanghai citizens. They are gathering up to talk about marriage for their sons or daughters. Believe it or not, it is like a huge dating-event…







This is what you will see when you walk out from the park. The traffic is always so bad there. Its amazing, look at the number of taxis on the road in Shanghai.





People's Square area is actually not very modern. This is what you would see when you walk into a smaller road near the place. - the feeling of old Shanghai, art-deco buildings and tiny tiny roads.





Hershey store, you won't believe how popular this store is - why? I dunno.

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This is one of my favorite mall in Shanghai called Raffles City. Btw, i took the photo during Christmas last year. I love that year's decoration, the moose are looking awesome and needless to say - sponsored by Heineken.

Walking gradually from ground level up as i took the photos.

Raffles City is always the meeting place for me and my friends in Shanghai. Wherever we go, we would first meet up at Raffles City first. I miss this place a lot!

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gathering for marriage fixing lol should appreciate