Hello again! Another blog post in the same day! Why? Peter set up the router and my VPN! Hooray! Now I can access WordPress from my own laptop while he plays video games. Why do boys like video games so much? It’s so weird. Boys also like badminton. But so do I. Here is last Saturday’s photo … More Day 258: Bad at Badminton
Hello friends! And good night to you (and good morning for me!) It is super smoggy in Shanghai today which makes me nervous to go outside and walk to lunch. However I just made myself a green smoothie so hopefully it will protect me somewhat from the gross weather. They never said city living … More Day 257: Room with a View
It worked!!! For days I’ve been trying to figure out how to get full-sized photos from my computer to Peter’s laptop. Turns out I was emailing them as “small” instead of “actual size”. Dear me that was frustrating. You have no idea how badly I’ve wanted to blog this week. Shanghai is crazy cool and … More Day 256: Into the Vortex
So I almost titled this post “Shanghai Bound”. Then I searched my archives just in case. And what do you know. Exactly 100 days ago I was Shanghai Bound for my second trip to China. Crazy. But this time I am staying for good. Crazier. What keeps me calm is the fact that I have a … More Day 255: Shanghai Bound… Again
The time has come my friends. My bags are packed. My clothes are laid out. My arms tingle in anticipation of lugging around 150 pounds of luggage. Good thing I like to lift heavy. But I’m always getting ahead of myself. Let’s get back to Tuesday! My second to last day in town. Somehow I … More Day 254: Back to Bangs
So Monday was my real last day of work. It was a little less exciting and celebratory but good all the same. Some of my coworkers joined us at Chilis for some drinks and appetizers after work which was so kind of them. I went crazy with a mango margarita and sweet potato fries. Live … More Day 253: Bib Necklace and Packing Woes
It’s official. I’m freaking out. It’s real now. I’m moving to China. My last day will be filled with tears of sadness and anxiety. No doubt about that. But it will also be full of excitement and appreciation for what I am leaving behind. Since my brain is unable to focus on much of anything … More Day 252: Blurbs and Mannequins
Carina and I were exhausted from standing and dancing all night so we ended up sleeping in till 11am! Yikes! It was ok though because there wasn’t anything major on our agenda for the day. So we took a leisurely brunch and headed out to the mall in the early afternoon. I needed to exchange some … More Day 251: Make the Night Bright
Hello and happy Monday! I hope everybody had a restful weekend and are ready to tackle a new week. I know I am! This weekend was my last weekend in the United States (for now) so I wanted to make it memorable, calm, and relaxing. Carina drove down from Orlando to hang out which was … More Day 250: Heaven let your light shine down
So last night I kind of exploded all over the Twitter-sphere. I promised I wouldn’t get all political but there I go, retweeting like there’s no tomorrow. I stayed up till 1am reading over tweets from the DNC convention and got all riled up. Ugh. It won’t happen again!! (But if you want to watch … More Day 249: People, Spinning, and Photography
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