Category Archives: SH living
Weather conditions for today
Not relevant at all, but I had to share. I’ve become accustomed to “haze” in the weather forecast, but today was the first time I’d ever seen this: Ugh, this stuff is supposed to happen in Beijing, not Shanghai…!
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Ben Franklin said, "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
Good ol’ Penn never misses a chance to remind me how un-philanthropic I’ve been: (The 5 bucks in 2008 got each “donor” a senior year t-shirt.) Since I moved to China a year ago, my alma mater has been my … Continue reading
What wit's end looks like right now
Exhausted. Defeated. Spying with burnt-out eyes Two monstrous feet that belong in another world A tummy, a tongue to be tucked away A face red with rage, with blisters and sweat from walking this way and that to find a … Continue reading
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Winter is officially over
First cockroach of the year spotted in kitchen yesterday. Fortunately (for me), it was already dead. Time to go poison shopping :\
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Aren't they a little too young…?
Spotted outside the primary school next to my apartment compound: a condom vending machine. Click on image to enlarge (teehee). They’ve got em around town, but why next to a primary school? You know all those curious 8-year-olds are gonna … Continue reading
Things to get used to
#1. I peeled a mandarin orange to eat this morning. The pith appeared a lacklustre white and the flesh beneath the membrane a pale orange (and full of seeds!), so I prepared myself for an unpleasant (sour, bland) orange-eating experience. … Continue reading
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Order amid chaos
I got a bike at the beginning of January. That’s it up there, chillin on its first day home, brand new shiny racecar-red and complete with a basket that, due to the delightful oversight of a cashier, came for free. … Continue reading
Surviving winter
One of the factors that influenced my choice of Shanghai over Beijing was the latter’s supposedly unbearable, frigid winters. Well, it was only after I arrived, and the temperatures began to drop, did I learn how indoor heating is distributed … Continue reading
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