2nd day in Shanghai - Dentist, table tennis and fish ball noodles

Yesterday I did not sleep well because my tooth did not feel so well. During lunch time, I went to see the dentist. It was the first time ever I visit a dentist in China. I was a bit scared, but I had no choice. I called up for an appointment, the nurses at the dentist clinic told me they have 2 sessions - the VIP and the normal one. VIP session has the more experienced dentist. VIP session charges RMB$50 for entry fees, and the other one charges only RMB$10. I will not task my life for RMB$40, definitely I toke the VIP one.

The clinic was in a house with colonial style. When I got to the clinic, I was a bit shocked by the torn wallpapers and stinky floor. Since the next clinic will be 20 mins away, I took the risk. The nurses led me to the inspection room. I was lying on the chair and taking around, the apparatus are pretty old. But the tools that the dentist used are all in sealed plastic bags, I guess that's what the premium of VIP for. Then the dentist came in, and did some inspection. She found that there was a little hole on one of the tooth and my gum at the back has a bit inflammation. So she helped me fix the delayed tooth and put some medicine on my gum. Surprisingly her skills are not bad. At last she suggested I should clean my tooth as well, so I did. But she sent a nurse to help clean my tooth, right after 10 mins, I stopped the nurse and got the dentist back since the skills of the nurse was so poor. The dentist finished the rest of the cleaning. After the treatment, I went back to the office as a clean & happy man.

My boss called me up in the afternoon, and said he needed to brief me on a project when he was back to the office. At 6pm, he arrived the office. The first thing he ask was not about the project, but whether I am good at table tennis or not. We played a game in the office (There is a table for table tennis right in front of my seat). After finishing the game, we started discussing the project until 8pm.

I was exhausted and asked around for dinner buddy. But Shanghaiese are so cold, no one want to have dinner with me. So I went to have a lonely dinner at a Cantonese Cafe. The food was awesome, I had a bowl of noodles with fish ball, and pineapple bun with butter. Of course I ordered an authentic Cantonese Milk Tea. Again I become a happy man. Then I took a cab to home. Start to write another presentation again.

I miss my buddies in Beijing, my dinner buddies & drinking buddies.