Archive for November, 2005

A snapshot of a few days of Halloween celebration in Shanghai, with surprisingly very little dress-up. I guess walking into VIP in that Mario costume really traumatized me

I was watching CNN two nights ago and they were showing a report on U.K. – China relations. The reporter started mentioning Jiang Zemin’s last visit to London and how the British government was criticized for…
And then, blackout. The Chinese government had did it again, and had completely erased a segement of the world that [...]

After nearly a month of containing myself and avoiding going out during the week, I finally caved in tonight. My buddy Will was visiting from the States on some business, and serendipitously called me out to have a drink with his uncle in Pudong. Knowing this would be breaking my pact to be a good [...]

I remember last year when I lived out in the grimy backwater of Shanghai Pudong and it was bright and cool and crisp one glorious weekend in October, and I thought to myself, “Gosh, with this cake of smog, autumn in Shanghai sure is comfortable.” Unfortunately, it also only lasted that one weekend, and before [...]