Benford Does Stuff

I forgot to mention that on the day I went to the bund, Benny also took me to A Chinese arcade place. It was a Sega game center, similar to one that I went to in Tokyo last year. The games selection for the most part was also similar to Japanese arcades. Benny and I played a time crisis game but then went on to more unique games. THe best part was probably a half-pope style ride. It was a two story contraption where we were both strapped to an oversized skateboard. You got points for stomping on the center of the board as you approached the center of the halfpipe. The whole experience was fairly unique, especially for an arcade. Other standout experiences include immersive blobsled and formula 1 racing games. IN both of them, I was in a minurature replical of the target vehicle. When the road turned or bumped the vehicle on screen, the vehicle I was sitting in shifted to match accordingly. All results were on big screens (one per player) so that onlookers could easily look on.
On the second day in Shanghai, Benny took me Chunquan temple. As its name implies, it is a temple, but only a small portion of the area still serves that purpose. It was also a fully developed commercial center, hosting both shops and restaurants. Breakfast that day was a plate full of “Short-long” bread. They get that name not due to a translation error, but because of the way these buns were cooked; this bread was steamed inside short circular boxes that would be stacked together to form a tall tower. Even Chinese bread lives in skyscrapers!