Tag: shanghai
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069 | Party :: Shanghai, China, 2013
That one time when we got on a boat for some drinking and dancing, but the boat never left the dock because too many people showed up and it was a safety hazard, so the bartender gave me an entire giant bottle of whiskey instead @_@
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035 | Words :: Shanghai, China, 2013
Like any major metropolitan city, Shanghai has its dark side. One evening after dinner at a fancy restaurant on the Bund, a stroll led us to a neighborhood marked for eviction. The street was quiet. The fluorescent street light shines bleakly on the walls, painted and repainted with layers of whitewash. The power lines hung…
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025 | Events :: Shanghai, China, 2014
I arrived in the United States in 1994. That was the year Forest Gump hit the movie theater, Diana divorced Charles, Netscape released a browser, and the US hosted its first and ever World Cup. I have been watching World Cup since I was a young babe. Even though China as a country sucks…
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006 | Night :: Shanghai, China, 2014
One of my favorite views of Shanghai is from the top floor of the Hyatt. Compared to some of the more popular bars on the Bund, Vue Bar is a quieter establishment, where you don’t have to jostle with a crowd for a comfortable position, and might even find a corner to sit down for…
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The Taxi Driver
It’s been a while since I’ve written. As much as I’ve tried to avoid it I fell into the same pattern as most of everyone around me, consuming time as if there is plenty of it to waste, capturing moments in pixels rather than experiencing them, letting thoughts slip away, letting life flee. There were…
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This too, will pass.
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.” – Earl Nightingale Two weeks in Shanghai. I’ve settled into my new apartment, now fully furnished and decorated with IKEA everything. After 8 months on the road, I finally have a home of my own again. Of course, until the last month, I always…
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Shanghai JZ Festival
Hi from Shanghai! I’m leaving for Thailand tomorrow so I thought I would finally write my first post about Shanghai, having spent about 3 weeks here already 😛 Since I’m on a budget (a tighter one now that I’m unemployed >.<), I decided to try one of budget Asian airlines, China Spring. Instead of Narita…