Yesterday I went to a street near my place where on the whole street there are only shops which sell electronic stuff. Shenzhen is known as the electronic metropolis, so I wanted to have a look at this place and also I wanted to buy a keyboard for I’m able to write some blog entries on my iphone without taking my macbook air with me (so it don’t get stealed), but I don’t have to type on the touchscreen keyboard which is so very small even for my little fingers.
The street is called Huaqiang Road and I think it is totally crazy! There are thousands of shops on each side and in the middle there are some big building lots. You can pass through from one site to the other between the building lots some times. There are mobile phones sold mostly but also accessories and other electronic stuff. In the buildings there are thousands of small and smallest shop. The rents are very high for chinese conditions my teacher told me. Some shops only sell small hardware pieces for the phones. Those shops are mostly in the back of the buildings and look very dirty and the floor is covered with garbage.
At least the sellers can speak some english or try to just to sell you anything. Everybody asks you what you are looking for when you pass. The shops stay open around ten o’clock like all shops here and there are many people on the street buying stuff. I walked up and down each side just to look at everything and felt completely mad. Unfortunately keyboards seemed not to be a high selling thing. I only saw about three or four shops selling keyboards at all. I bought a nice big keyboard with bluetooth connection and I’m pretty sure I payed too much just because I’m a foreigner, but the price was ok and the girl didn’t want to negotiate. I payed 130 yuan about 20.- Fr.
Today I found by pure luck (actually I was looking for a comic store I didn’t find) a Wallmart and inside plenty of cheap heaters and I bought one for 200 yuan (about 28.- Fr.). I already installed it and now my room is warm for the very first time! This is so nice! Because last night I was freezing again and didn’t slept well. I wasn’t all so happy today, because I’m moving too slow with my chinese learning (in my opinion), but after my little heater success I’m all happy again! It is even light enough that I think I can send it by post to my place in Shanghai, because I’m pretty sure I can still use it there! So keep you all warm outside and inside!