Month: September 2011
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Crossing the Street: An Underdog Story
I saw a man jump up in the air and karate kick a tree the other day. Then he continued on his way as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Haven’t we all had days like that? In Shanghai, for foreigners, there are unwritten rules to crossing the road. (These are…
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My Tombstone – Shanghai Scores
I’ve been silent lately, but I can explain. If my self-diagnosis is correct, based on my symptoms of all-encompassing miserable-ness, I am just getting over a brief bout of tuberculosis. I could be wrong. I could possibly be mislabeling my sickness so that I can seize this rare opportunity to make it okay when I…
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One Noodle Shop Regular’s Ode to Sprite
I’ve been eating at the same place everyday for lunch. It’s a full meal for only about $1.75, and there are two reasons why I am so loyal. First, I’m looking for any excuse to practice my dismal (but steadily improving) Chinese. As I’m sure you could guess, saying roughly the same thing, to the…
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If Only I Were in a Zombie Movie!
The first, quick thing I’d like to tell you about has to do with an interesting situation in which I found myself over the weekend. First of all, just so you know, the subway in Shanghai would be one of the top 3 worst places to be if there was ever a zombie outbreak. It…
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Unfinished Business… of the Worst Kind
Today we had a meeting in an ultra-modern, super nice hotel here in Shanghai called the [LOCATION REMOVED FOR YOUR SAFETY DUE TO REASONS TO BE EXPLAINED SHORTLY]. It’s my big boss’ second office, and it is, I must say, very cool. That being established, I unfortunately must share something startling that happened to me…
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