Originally posted by SEAJ at 4-5-2011 21:31
Wow - that IS a heckuva change/move!
And I do NOT envy you!
I used to go up to Beijing a lot and I never really liked a lot of things there.
For one, the weather and the Dust storms are really bad ...
Yes, it's quite a big change, but change is good. Sometimes one has to take two steps back to move forward.
You say that people in Beijing have a cold attitude, I find them to be more real. The Shanghainese are notoriously FAKE, they put on a smile when needed, but have hearts like the devils. Professional backstabbers when the opportunity rises. IMO a good amount of them are horrible petty lil people, especially the men. I can't stand most Shanghainese men, have you ever ever ever met people soooo petty? OMG it's ridiculous, even their tone of speech is based on a petty bickering argumentative tone. It drives me crazy.
I've always felt discontent living in Shanghai because the people annoy me. Where I live, I have to love the city, love the people, and often I feel quite the opposite in SH. The amount of douchebag foreigners here is astonishingly annoying as well, ABC's included. This is the only city where you have snobby interns lol. I could go on and on for days on this subject, but I'll try to stay more positive these days. Shanghai has no soul.
The one thing I will miss about Shanghai is my dear club, it's one of those places where people tell you it's a MUST GO when visiting Shanghai. Yes I am tooting my own horn on this, but sometimes when you do something fairly memorable, one is allowed a small " toot. " We made history, headlines, international press and recognition with that thing, therefore it will forever be a part of me, but I have to put that in my past so I can move forward.
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