亲爱的 and I were in Shanghai last week to celebrate her 23 birthday. We stayed at the Royal Le Meridien Hotel, at the Nanjing East Road, which is the "Walking Street". Although it was 40 degrees during the day, there were still a lot of people out in the street.

Being a Sichuanese, 亲爱的 couldn't take the heat. Instead, we stayed in the hotel with the air conditioning set at 19 degrees, and slept throughout the day.

Did we go to the Shanghai World Expo? This was the closst experience to the expo.

On her birthday, I told her that we should go out to get dinner. At 7pm, she started to make herself pretty.

亲爱的 didn't expect a lavish dinner for her birthday. Near the hotel, there was a Chongqing 公鸡堡 restaurant, and we ordered spicy chicken hotpot.


We bought a cake at the confectionary near the hotel. Back to the room, I prepared the cake, lit the candles, and 亲爱的 made her 23rd birthday wish. It was a long wish, 1 minute long.


She cut the cake, and we ate half of the cake. The other half was leftover for breakfast the next morning.


I didn't have any presents for her. Her presents would come later during our next Bangkok trip. 亲爱的 received several phone calls from her cousins and friends. She also called home to speak to her mum.

Honestly, it was really a boring week in Shanghai, but 亲爱的 didn't mind at all. She only wanted me to be by her side, after all we are already 老夫老妻.