Help a friend move house

February 25th, 2006 Filed under English entries, Life

@ 2006-02-25 16:36

This morning I went to Xinzhuang to help my friend Abao move house. He moved from Yangpu to Xinzhuang, where his (he and his gf’s own house) new department located. They don’t have to rent a house from now on, but Abao it seems that Abao will spend more time on traffic.The house which he rented is near Fudan university, so close to his office that he can make to office before 9:00 even he gets up at 8:50. But that could be different know, he will have to wake up early next Monday and change for times before he get to office. He has already had a most efficient route in mind. First, walk about 10 minutes to metro Line 1, take Line 1 to South Shanghai Station for Line 3, and then take Line 3 to Chi Feng road, and then ride his bike 10 minutes to his office. He will have to change traffic for 4 times to work and will spend no less than 70 minutes, if we count the time of waiting in. Oh, poor Abao, he’ll never enjoy the feeling that lying on bed as late as 8:50 o’clock if he don’t make a job-hopping.

I searched Baidu Map and this pic below can give you an idea on how Abao have to travel to office:

Spending a long time on the way to work is a big problem for many of the citizen in Shanghai. This is the price for living far away from the downtown. But people can’t change it, because the house price is too high in the downtown and most people have to choose the way which Abao chose. That’s no surprise that every train is jammed like a line of sardin tins on the commuter time.

And here are some photos I took at the Xinzhuang Tube Station: