My silly invasion: 6
Ming tombs.
TheOverrated Great Wall.
West siiiiiide.
Umm. Yeah.
The
West siiiiiide.
Umm. Yeah.Labels: candids, China, epic win, good times
posted by Nate @ 2:51 AM
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
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Monday, August 4, 2008
My stolid exploration: 4
Time for another addition to the Pu-China-2008 soundtrack. This is another one that's been stuck in my head. Keep in mind that if you are in no way, shape, or form a fan of anything trance related, do not press play. The rest of you, enjoy.
Leave it to me to go through an entire day and get nothing but pictures of food.
Nothing really happened though.
Laundry list:
Flew to Beijing
Hotel shenanigans
Getting reJECTed (hand to face) on trying to get into the Olympic Village
Walking all over Tianamen trying to find food
Napping for 4 hours
Dinner
Blogging
The plan was to go to the Olympic Village (denied) and then shopping (naps happened). Hopefully tomorrow will be more eventful (read: it will). And until then...
Leave it to me to go through an entire day and get nothing but pictures of food.
Nothing really happened though.
Laundry list:
Flew to Beijing
Hotel shenanigans
Getting reJECTed (hand to face) on trying to get into the Olympic Village
Walking all over Tianamen trying to find food
Napping for 4 hours
Dinner
Blogging
The plan was to go to the Olympic Village (denied) and then shopping (naps happened). Hopefully tomorrow will be more eventful (read: it will). And until then...
posted by Nate @ 12:19 PM
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My antique heart: 3
Just a quick series of pictures for this particular day as I try to catch up with my postings.
(East) Asian Arcadiy. At least we thought so.
It's AJC! Their Shanghai office is in the same corporate office building that my cousin's company is. Small world, huh?
Gorgeous lunch. Jenn and Feifei from left to right.
(East) Asian Arcadiy. At least we thought so.
It's AJC! Their Shanghai office is in the same corporate office building that my cousin's company is. Small world, huh?
Gorgeous lunch. Jenn and Feifei from left to right.
I also got a haircut that night. Funny story. I'll write about it soon, it's a tale that needs to be told.
Labels: China, food, good times, kismet
posted by Nate @ 11:48 AM
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
My solid concession: 2
Day one in China and Shanghai complete.
Before I go any further, let me say that I've had a song stuck in my head all day. The driving bass line of this mix has been thumping in my head to the point where I was catching myself drumming my fingers as if I were playing the keyboard portion. Press play as you read this entry, and let it be a soundtrack of sorts.
Moving on. The day began with an amazing, traditional breakfast, which I failed to snap a picture of because it would have been awkward. Katie and I are staying with one of my cousins; she's the daughter of my dad's older sister. Her mom (my aunt) is also here, as is my other cousin (dad's younger brother's daughter). First cousin's name is Feifei, other cousin's name is Miaomiao (assumed English name is Jennifer). Together with another cousin of mine (dad's younger sister's daughter), Fenfen, we were apparently some sort of Fantastic Foursome as kids. What a hoot. Anyway, Feifei is working as a suit in a Norwegian satellite company in the financial district, and her apartment is posh as hell. It's on the thirteenth floor of an inexplicably nice building in a somewhat slummy neighborhood; there's literally a guarded gate around the building. It was a little disturbing when I first arrived. I knew my cousin was pretty well off, and as Jenn drove us into Feifei's neighborhood, I found myself thinking "this can't be right, she makes more than $100k a year". When I caught myself having this thought, I mentally slapped myself because of what a haughty American I must sound like.
But I digress. The apartment, albeit small by American standards, is large and Western and (as I said) posh as hell. No doubt it is similarly large by West Village standards, or even Manhattan in general. More on this later.
We're staying in Puxi, which is the west district of Shanghai. We drove into Pudong, the east district. Separated by a river, the west is considered more European and the east is considered more American. But you can read this all on wikipedia, so let's move on.
You might have noticed that I stopped writing text. Well, that's because the wireless I was stealing became rampantly unreliable and I wasn't able to upload any pictures until today (Monday). So I'm currently a few days behind. Ack! Moving on!
Before I go any further, let me say that I've had a song stuck in my head all day. The driving bass line of this mix has been thumping in my head to the point where I was catching myself drumming my fingers as if I were playing the keyboard portion. Press play as you read this entry, and let it be a soundtrack of sorts.
Moving on. The day began with an amazing, traditional breakfast, which I failed to snap a picture of because it would have been awkward. Katie and I are staying with one of my cousins; she's the daughter of my dad's older sister. Her mom (my aunt) is also here, as is my other cousin (dad's younger brother's daughter). First cousin's name is Feifei, other cousin's name is Miaomiao (assumed English name is Jennifer). Together with another cousin of mine (dad's younger sister's daughter), Fenfen, we were apparently some sort of Fantastic Foursome as kids. What a hoot. Anyway, Feifei is working as a suit in a Norwegian satellite company in the financial district, and her apartment is posh as hell. It's on the thirteenth floor of an inexplicably nice building in a somewhat slummy neighborhood; there's literally a guarded gate around the building. It was a little disturbing when I first arrived. I knew my cousin was pretty well off, and as Jenn drove us into Feifei's neighborhood, I found myself thinking "this can't be right, she makes more than $100k a year". When I caught myself having this thought, I mentally slapped myself because of what a haughty American I must sound like.
But I digress. The apartment, albeit small by American standards, is large and Western and (as I said) posh as hell. No doubt it is similarly large by West Village standards, or even Manhattan in general. More on this later.
We're staying in Puxi, which is the west district of Shanghai. We drove into Pudong, the east district. Separated by a river, the west is considered more European and the east is considered more American. But you can read this all on wikipedia, so let's move on.
You might have noticed that I stopped writing text. Well, that's because the wireless I was stealing became rampantly unreliable and I wasn't able to upload any pictures until today (Monday). So I'm currently a few days behind. Ack! Moving on!
posted by Nate @ 6:34 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2008
My hasty retreat: 1
As you may or may not be aware, I am currently in the People's Republic of China. My flight left at 7AM on Thursday (huge thanks to Thomas, who will be getting dong as soon as I return), and I arrived Friday at 1:30PM Shanghai local time.
Below is a shot of Siberia from the plane ride:
And the (lackluster) view from my cousin's window.
More to come as shit happens!
P.S.
Attention Chinese AIESECers: please drop me a line! I want to see y'all while I'm here!
Below is a shot of Siberia from the plane ride:
And the (lackluster) view from my cousin's window.
More to come as shit happens!
P.S.
Attention Chinese AIESECers: please drop me a line! I want to see y'all while I'm here!
Labels: China, epic win, good times
posted by Nate @ 10:46 AM
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