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Six Years Later … a personal note.

I arrived in Shanghai on September 5, 2002, with plans to be here - I dunno - six to eight weeks, and then head back to the US. Obviously, it didn’t quite work out that way. Many things have kept me here. Too many to list, really. But the best... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap

from Shanghai Scrap on Thu, Aug 07 2008

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19 Jan 08 visit UFO I dunno what it was  »  YouTube videoA lil' shaky cause we were on a boat tour in Shanghai.As for the sounds,dunno which idiot on the tour made it.I thought it was just some satellite but didn't look like it was.It's like going in a series and stuff.
27 Jun 08 visit One More Quick Note  »  One Eyed Panda For those of you who didn’t click on the links in my last post, I’ve started to write for Lost Laowai again. You can find my latest post here. Next post will be from back home in Shanghai. J.
23 Aug 08 visit An Amazing Polymath  »  One Eyed Panda Monday marked the end of the project which has been taking up much of my work and personal life for the last couple of weeks.  I haven’t been blogging since them I’ve been spending a lot of time just reading other people’s blogs. On...
28 Jun 07 visit My apartment living conditions in Shanghai, China (and depressed cat)  »  The China Expat I’m glad I didn’t have to leave home for work today… there is a deep puddle of water leading out of my building (and as you can see from the watermarks, it was deeper a little while ago). I haven’t quite figured out how I will...
25 Aug 08 visit Buying an iPhone in Shanghai  »  Sinosplice The first time I went to Xujiahui looking for iPhones, I didn’t have much luck. All the shops told me they didn’t carry 水货 (smuggled goods). Later, Brad tipped me off about exactly where to go in the computer market, and when I actually bo...
05 Jul 08 visit My Story Began 29 Years Ago….  »  One Eyed Panda On Thursday I celebrated my 29th birthday. It didn’t feel like a momentous birthday. I know that in about 362 days I will be turning 30 but turning 29 didn’t seem like a funeral durge. Instead it just felt like a slightly more special day...

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