This is my second time to Chengdu. But in contrast to the slogan on the ad board on the road side I just wanted to finish the trip asap. The slogan reads "Chengdu, a city you never say goodbye to". But the task is hard. I have to do 2~3 interviews everyday in company by 3 clients and each interview lasted about 90+ minutes plus many unexpected emergency.

Though tough the trip was, I still could feel the charm of the city. It seems that the people here have been granted more time than peoples of other places. We had never entered any restaurant or tea house with slack business. Always, even during the working hour, there were many consumers eating, chatting or playing card. In the evening, you can see all the restaurants are crowded with people; the hot-pot restaurants are especially welcomed. People seemed like hot-pot very much. You must know that Sichuan, whose capital is Chengdu, is the original of the popular hot-pot around China.

When you in Rome do as the Romes do. I also went into hot-pot restaurants three times in the few days. Chengdu people love hot but Chongqing love even more. A joke can prove this. When you're in Chengdu, the restaurant will ask you if you prefer hot or no hot, but in Chongqing they will ask you if you prefer little hot or very hot.

And this photo is taken in a Chongqing hot-pot restaurant in Chengdu when I dinner with a friend who works at Chengdu but comes from Chongqing. Quite hot, right?

And in order to change for some changes, I bought 5 box cigarettes for papa. Famous local brand, Jiaozi, heihei.