Yesterday was quite a day for me. Early in the morning, I went to get my blood test. Well a normal procedures for blood donation. Yes, I have volunteer myself to donate my precises blood.

Every year the regional government will issue a letter to each corporate in my area to request for blood donations, & its a must! For my case, I just volunteer willingly, even though the number of donors are sufficient. All my colleagues were very surprise & suggest me not to donate, coz I was too skinny! hahaaa…actually I’m having healthy weight, 46kg for 158cm tall lady. Anyway, everyone are suppose to gather at this hall to do all testing & registration.

^See…everyone crowded around the table to register!

It was my first time being there, to my surprise, it was so disorganise! Such a mess! There is simply no instructions noticeboard on the procedures, no help-desk as well. All I saw was every stations were crowded with people (typical way of how the locals act). The air was packed with smoke (people smoking in the hall) & some weird smell. I almost fainting after standing for just 15 minutes. I cannot understand why the organiser don’t call off those smokers, let them sitting there to smoke, no one request them to Q up as well.

Anyway, we manage to finish our registration, some health check & blood testing after being 2nd hand smoker for 45minutes.

Then I rush off to pick-up my daughter - Angela to HongQiao for doctor appointment. She just suddenly loss her appetite for a week, she refuses to take any solid food, only want milk. So I thought she might had some worms inside her stomach or gotten any disease. At first I thought was just teething causing her to lose appetite, but then the moment she cries when solid food was presented to her, I sensed something was wrong. Anyway, I brought her to a international Pediatrics (very Expensive), the doctor asked a lot of questions (well its normal). I asked her if there is any medicine to improve her appetite, she said “Just have to starve your daughter”! Upon see my eyes popping out, she continued “Reduce her milk intake, as 1 year old kid milk intake is 420ml per day. So one in the morning & night is enough, the rest of the day should be having solid food to gain all the nutrition they need. ” So I asked her if baby will be hungry, she said “yes, thats the purpose, let her feel hungry, no small snacks or milk & they will obediently eat solid food. Just have to use this way to force them to eat. As Kids now are very clever they know if they don’t eat there is still milk for them.”

So I went back home & instructed my A-yi. Before I left for work, I told Angela “Wan Yu, from now onwards, no more milk for you, you only can drink in the morning & before you sleep, if you don’t eat you will feel hungry, if you feel hungry still no milk for you. So you must eat.” Then she started change face to make small cries….hahhaha…she understands.

That evening, when I came back asked A-yi if Angela has eaten anything, & She did! hahhaa..well that method really works! A-yi told me that immediately I left, she brought Angela to the kitchen, told her ” Wan yu, be good ok, you must eat something. A-yi will not give you anymore milk, if you don’t eat you will be hungry.” Angela started to make small cries again, but this time round she finally opens up her mouth to eat. hahhahaa…

^Angela (Right), Belinda (Left)

That same evening, my husband & I went to have my favourite stream boat - 豆捞访

^ I ordered my all time favourite, Hot Pot.

My favourite style of having stream boat, well, its like having high class stream boat. Each one has their own pot in which there are 5 kinds of soup base to choose. For sauces, its DIY, meaning, you can just mix whatever you like. The environment is classy & clean, service is good, & the food is fresh. They make fresh meat & fish balls everyday, so you can’t find those frozen balls around. Thats why I love this restaurant so much! For the price, to me is reasonable,  simply you pay what you get. They have lots of branches around Shanghai, which can be sourced online. If you really going, I highly recommend their prawn balls, really must try! Otherwise, you could order their mixture of all the different meat & seafood balls.