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•  How can you live in Shanghai and never leave your apartment?
  With Sherpas, that’s how. Have I written about this yet?? Sherpa’s is a ridiculously awesome food delivery service. They provide you with a small book with a ton of menus for local restuarants. You call Sherpas, order with them in English, and then they call the restaurant and make the o...
  Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:12:40
•  My new hat collection
  One of the really great things about Shanghai is the amazing shopping. If you’re a size negative whatever with tiny feet, you can find some of the most fantastic articles of clothing for some ridiculous prices. Just roam the streets, you’ll spot street squatters, under ground markets, ba...
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:22:45
•  I lost it.
  It?s often-frustrating living in a country where you don?t understand the culture or the language. Every once in a while I?ll find myself just getting so angry and annoyed at the cultural differences that I have to lock myself up at home and let it pass. I find it soothes my inpatients. However, on ...
  Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:44:19
•  Wet Market
  Recently I ventured into my very first wet market here in Shanghai. And boy am I glad I was able to avoid them for as long as I did. Words can not describe the things I saw, smelled or felt as I walked through the gloomy warehouse space, so I took a video. While watching, [...]...
  Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:02:16
•  What the heck just happened??
  Just four days ago I was complaining about the heat, which continued to linger in the air despite it being fall. I was complaining about how the summer heat wouldn?t go away and my fall fashions weren?t being utilized. But then, like some kind of reverse tropical storm, it?s freezing. I don?t get it...
  Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:29:02