Broken computer

My new years started off with my laptop breaking on me. At first I thought I’d have to get a new computer but a friend of mind suggested that I go down to Xujiahui to get it fixed. Xujiahui is a huge street that reminds me of Time square. There you can find clothing shops and restaurants but Xujiahui to most know for electronics. The street is just one big Best Buy and the nice thing about it is that usually you can find really cool things that you would never see in the states. But the bad part is that all the legitimate products cost more than they would in the States.

Most of the computer stores are either in a small closet size room, in a lobby, or outside on the streets. Thankfully my friend took me to a small closet because if it was outside I would have ran. The computer guy speaks very little English so the meeting was conducted with my broken Mandarin. He opens the computer up, tells me the mother board needs repairing, and says he can fix it for 500 kuai. I was blown away because in the State you could never get someone to look at you computer and fix it for such a cheap price. As annoy and frustrating Shanghai can be that are times when you are completely amazed by it. He ended up putting a new motherboard in for me so now I might be able to get another year out of this computer.