Shanghai's population would be impossible to ever really pin point to an exact number because of the quality of the government census bureau (very low) and the constantly shifting rural population moving here from small towns and villages. In any event, there's a crap load of people here, on the low end I've heard 16 million, on the high end I've heard 20 million...I think 18 million sounds about right.
So, you'd think it would be impossible to ever just happen upon a person you know, wouldn't you? A couple of weeks ago I was on the other side of town and ran into a classmate in the subway. Not that weird I guess, but what are the odds of that? Then yesterday I was getting into a cab coming back from a trip to Ikea and Fox was on his way to the subway and I saw him, too!
THEN, and this is the part that is weird to me, I was walking to meet up with Romy at Starbucks (she had made a fabulous Chinese friend and wanted to share him with me) and I see a guy wearing a college sweatshirt from MY alma mater!!! I was so excited! He was going to an ATM to take out some money, but I ran up to him anyway (he probably thought he was being mugged) and tapped him on the shoulder and pretty much made a fool of myself blabbing on and on about our university. I think in the end he thought it was pretty cool to run into a fellow Tiger, but not nearly as cool as I did.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
18 million people? really?
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strange encounters
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Hahahah... Well I guess the myth has been proven wrong.
What I DO know is that Shangai bought the TGV (the French high speed train) yo use it as their metro... WEIRD.
I love random moments like that. When I was in high school, I was visiting family in St. Louis, 500 miles away from home, and some old guy recognized my varsity jacket and started asking me questions. Not only did he go to the same high school, he'd also had some of my same teachers...small world sometimes.
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