spent 11am to 5pm at the expo on saturday, when the attendance was recorded at a record-breaking one million people. it was also pouring cats and downs, so one million people = one million umbrellas threatening to poke my eyes out :( not a happy camper!
but we were very fortunate to be hosted and who else happened to be assigned to us but michelle! michelle whom i've known since primary one, traveled and roomed with in primary five, and stayed friends with through secondary school. small small world! never expected to bump into her in shanghai, at the expo, of all places! but she was posted to shanghai specially for the expo and this chance meeting was such a fun one :) she made all the arrangements and got us in without any queue (the average queue was 4h long. i kid you not!) so i am immensely grateful to her for making our visit happen. with her help, we saw the singapore pavilion (duh), taiwan, china and canada. she also recommended her wonderful masseuse and we went two days in a row for "seven star" foot massages. mhmmm. happy feet after a long rainy day :)
singapore pavilion
singapore's proud of her water bodies
just because i'm peranakan
taiwan pavilion
alien pavilion
the palm tree topped pavilion on the right is saudi arabia - 9h queue and NO VIP ACCESS :(
heidi and michelle releasing good luck lanterns at the taiwanese pavilion
possibly my favourite part of the expo - old chinese painting brought to life with animation!
crazy queue to enter the china pavilion
well done, one child policy.
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