Thought i might as well add an entry now because i seriously doubt the chances of me coming back to zhengzhou again (this is not much of a touristy place although shao lin temple is here).. so shall let this entry commemorate my stay here so far.

We're putting up hotel sofitel, which is a 5 star hotel. The room is pretty neat, being equipped with a workdesk that actually comes with HIGH SPEED cable connection. (gosh, high speed in china u noe!)

The other guys who were travelling with me.. well.. decided to 'abandon' me after dinner. well, they didnt explicitly declare that they were going to you know, find some 'entertainment'.. but it's definitely obvious where they were heading.. really dont get it. what do men have to do such things on biz trips? and we're talking abt married men with kids ya'know.. when it comes to doing biz in china, being a gd host seemingly equates to offering your guests booze and women.. (presumably because both are equally cheap here?!?!)

So obviously, not knowing what time they actually got back last nite, (or is it this morning?) i had to do breakfast alone, which is fine of course.. unlike most other china hotels that serve congee buffet, hotel sofitel serves intercontinental spread.. and there is a great variety too.. there are like 7 baskets of diff types of bread (wth rite?).. a section that serves western food, a section that serves traditional chinese food (aka CONGEE) , and blah blah alot more.

Somehow, couldnt enjoy my food without hearing dad's voice ringing at the back of my head telling me to stay away fr pork cuz there's some pig virus gg on in china rite now.. and also mom's warning abt china's man-made eggs! gosh. couldnt put food into my mouth without wondering what was it that i was actually eating.. is the macoroni really macoroni or is it some sort of synthetic material that merely ressembles macoroni?? it's like buying a gucci bag in china and wondering if it's the real thing.

also noticed that the restaurant served you tiao, but labelled it as DEEP FRIED CROISSANT. like hello, they're extremely diff things leh.. guess they were probably trying to trick the ang mohs into eating it.. and true enough, spotted one unsuspecting victim helping himself to the 'deep fried croissants'. eating deep fried dough aint quite as glamorous as eating deep fried butter.. think he'd realize that by now..

was abt to help myself to a third bowl of noodles when i spotted the director of the company we were visiting and being muddlehead as usual, i forgot his name! it was too embarassing to go over and say hi, and thank gawd he didnt see me either. fled as fast as i cld and came back to check out his name.

will be heading out to visit some factories before going back to shenzhen tonight.. hope all goes well!