Shanghai | The Longest Way

Archive for the ‘Shanghai’ Category

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Friday, August 28th, 2009

There I am in Shanghai doing an internship with a large German company. Who would have thought? The city around [...]

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

There’s this shopping area downtown – a pedestrian zone flanked by large buildings and neon signs, usually packed with people. [...]

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Rain. This morning while I was waiting for #64, I got very wet. A shivering forty-minute busride later, I felt [...]

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

This Saturday I did something I should have done a long time ago – I went swimming. Speedos, goggles, and [...]

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

I went and watched a movie today： “建国大业” (“the great undertaking of nation building” – [sorry about the poor translation]). [...]

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

I personally didn’t like the festivities around China’s 60th anniversary that much. The TV broadcast of Beijing’s military parade seemed [...]

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

I never liked this city. Too large, too busy, too much bling bling. Too aggressive, too fashionable, too many lame [...]

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009