Tag: NaBloPoMo

(101 Things About Shanghai) Grocery Photo Series
May 29, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) Grocery Photo Series

     

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(101 Things About Shanghai) Random Window Photo Series
May 28, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) Random Window Photo Series

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The illustration and text are wholly unrelated: Full Metal Jacket, Shanghai
May 27, 2010

The illustration and text are wholly unrelated: Full Metal Jacket, Shanghai

Sometimes big cities really do my head in. Istanbul used to make me want to jump on the hoods of cars and kick people out of frustation for the stupid traffic, pervy stalky men and frequent lack of spacial awareness. It’s been a bit different …

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These are the people in my neighbourhood
May 26, 2010

These are the people in my neighbourhood

In other words, they are the people that I meet each day.     We are moving in a week or so. Our landlord is moving back into our flat because we are in a very good school district and his small daughter just reached …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) Laneways and Alleys, oh my
May 25, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) Laneways and Alleys, oh my

Shanghai’s got a lot of alleyways. I’m a huge fan of them, perhaps as a human level antidote to the carelessly changing skyscraper skyline of this city. They like things to be new, big and shiny here.  I prefer smaller things in my line of …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) I Know You Can See Me
May 24, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) I Know You Can See Me

  I have no intention of singling out this city for its very thorough surveillance set up: In fact, I’d say London was worse in the privacy-violation category. However, this is definitely an aspect of Shanghai that is there, that isn’t always obvious, and that …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) Zoned for Crappy Pastries
May 23, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) Zoned for Crappy Pastries

ETA 12 August 2010 ExtraOrdinary has disappeared from the infamous corner and in its place is Bakery #4 in 12 months: Elysee (insert French accent aigu on first and second Es) Boulangerie-Patisserie. Yes. En Francais. Bien sur. And OMFG- they have real pastries hidden away …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) Getting from Here to There
May 22, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) Getting from Here to There

After a bajillion years of searching real estate ads and a bazillion weekends and Wednesdays spent staring at worn, tired, spartan, absurd flats, we have finally found a new home. Unfortunately– as everyone has lamented to us– it is Expo year and housing prices have …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) Everyone’s a Florist
May 21, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) Everyone’s a Florist

We are easing into the lush and sweaty long summer season, when Shanghai overcompensates for its appalling climate by making everything all rich and verdant. The florists have all started displaying their wares outdoors, blocking the already blocked sidewalk with potted plants of all sorts- …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) Trippy but Pointless Public Art
May 20, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) Trippy but Pointless Public Art

In the wilds of Pudong, deep down in Zhang Jiang Gaoke where I used to catch the bus to work in Lingang (don’t even ask how far away that was) there is a giant Delete button standing on one of it’s corners at the edge …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) Chinese Laundry
May 19, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) Chinese Laundry

I’ll readily admit I was reluctant to post on this theme as it is high up there in my list of cliches to steer clear of. However, a cliche is generally based on some tired, overused aspect of reality and that is true of this …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) It’s not the Heat, it’s the…
May 18, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) It’s not the Heat, it’s the…

  Sometime around now, Shanghai shifts gears and rather abruptly begins to feel like the changing room of an indoor public pool. It’s not hot out yet;  Summer’s freakish sweaty heat has yet to descend.  It is humid though. Your skin feels clammy and ever …

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