it's been too long to even try to catch you up. but i guess i can try. here are a few bullets.
1. hangzhou - for labor day, sophia, jenny and i took a little day trip on the most fabulously sunny day to hangzhou. just a quick 40 min bullet train ride and we were whisked away to greenery, lakes and tea farms. glorious little break where we enjoyed some sun, fresh air, nice people and delicious tea.
2. ding dong - girl! this bii is on the up and up...winner of taiwan's version of american idol, she's got a great voice and had some pretty decent moves. her covers of beyonce and whitney had me going. we won these sweet box seat tickets from the monthly draw at gap. yes and her real stage name is ding dong!
3. my bestie charisse decided to up and leave shanghai a few weeks early so we had to get our party/eat/drink/dance on in a matter of days. we had our share of tasty chinese food, dancing up a storm, hitting up our top spots (grumpy pig, see ramen photo), watching bootleg dvds and trying weird things together. the latter photo is us trying weird things. charisse acquired this 'candy' that basically blocks your taste buds and tricks them into tasting different flavors. we were able to eat 3 entire lemons and limes without a single pucker. it was one of the craziest things ive ever done. haha. upon her heart-wrenching departure, she gifted me (among many things), the rest of these little pellets for future adventures.
4. lastly ive been trying to home-ify my apartment with some new decor and fun furniture. with a lot of help from the small boutique in jing'an villas on nanjing xi lu "cute stuff," it was a little easier to accessorize my humble abode. little milk jar turned vases ($3), mini flowers ($.80) and vintage wood card catalog ($18). rainbow sharpies (free), bucket flower vase ($3). chinese style light fixtures (free with rent), postcard and photo string ($4). still work in progress: 5 canvases with neon paints. tbd what will come from those.
i anticipate the next four weeks to be the busiest yet! firstly, ill be moving into women's (from kids and baby) starting in a week or so. exciting yet busy change. second, my dad, hao, ish and bri get here all in the next three weeks! so stoked...but also means no blogging envy while im jetsetting and chowing down on xiao long bao and hai di lao. sigh. til next time :)
1. hangzhou - for labor day, sophia, jenny and i took a little day trip on the most fabulously sunny day to hangzhou. just a quick 40 min bullet train ride and we were whisked away to greenery, lakes and tea farms. glorious little break where we enjoyed some sun, fresh air, nice people and delicious tea.
2. ding dong - girl! this bii is on the up and up...winner of taiwan's version of american idol, she's got a great voice and had some pretty decent moves. her covers of beyonce and whitney had me going. we won these sweet box seat tickets from the monthly draw at gap. yes and her real stage name is ding dong!
3. my bestie charisse decided to up and leave shanghai a few weeks early so we had to get our party/eat/drink/dance on in a matter of days. we had our share of tasty chinese food, dancing up a storm, hitting up our top spots (grumpy pig, see ramen photo), watching bootleg dvds and trying weird things together. the latter photo is us trying weird things. charisse acquired this 'candy' that basically blocks your taste buds and tricks them into tasting different flavors. we were able to eat 3 entire lemons and limes without a single pucker. it was one of the craziest things ive ever done. haha. upon her heart-wrenching departure, she gifted me (among many things), the rest of these little pellets for future adventures.
i anticipate the next four weeks to be the busiest yet! firstly, ill be moving into women's (from kids and baby) starting in a week or so. exciting yet busy change. second, my dad, hao, ish and bri get here all in the next three weeks! so stoked...but also means no blogging envy while im jetsetting and chowing down on xiao long bao and hai di lao. sigh. til next time :)
