Month: August 2011
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China’s Advanced Technology
In China, they have all kinds of mind-blowing, cutting-edge technology that will seriously blow your mind and leave none of your edges unscathed. I encountered one such example today. In my hotel, the main door is, somehow, and I know this sounds crazy, invisible. Not only is it invisible, it is revolving, which will throw…
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Nearby Mall Adventures
There is a pretty huge mall located right next to my apartment, and I went there to explore recently. I was almost immediately confused because 1) I’m not the best at navigating malls anyway and 2) it wasn’t laid out in an easy-to-understand way; it had multiple floors above ground and a couple of basements…
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A Perfect Evening in Shanghai
I bought a bootleg CD the other day which was unexpectedly filled with music in French with a nice, easy, rhythmic beat. It’s playing now, and I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve been dancing throughout my room all night and will in all likelihood continue to do so until bedtime. I don’t know what…
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Stretching in the Rain
I’m going to stretch an analogy here. Hopefully you follow me. I’m not sure if I even follow this, but it’s a developing idea, and I feel I must share such things in order to refine them, and stretch them, and then, afterwards, paint them. I must share them if they are ever going to find any of…
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So I Joined a Darts Team…
I was wandering around town my first weekend here in Shanghai and happened upon a bar called the British Bulldog. Five hours and two beers later (buy one get one free!) I had unofficially, verbally committed to the bar’s darts team. Three days later, on the eve of the one-week anniversary of my arrival in…
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A Quick Revision
Dear friends, I have an exciting announcement: I FOUND A WAY ONTO THE ROOF! I can see EVERYTHING in Shanghai! I’m definitely thinking this will be a place to cook dinner and have a date come T-giving time…
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Ni Hao! Arrival In Shanghai
I’m in Shanghai, on the 37th floor of the hotel/apartment building I’ll call my home until Christmas (and perhaps beyond). The view is staggering. For someone used to towns where buildings shy away from exceeding a whopping four stories, to be not only visiting but living on the 37th floor is an epiphane. I am proud…
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