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Category Archives: Life in Shanghai

Xīn Nián Kuài Lè… 新年快樂… Happy New Year!

The year of the dragon is upon us! We kicked off the new year’s festivities with an incredible school-wide celebration at our beautiful, newly opened theater. Nearly every student was involved in the production, which included traditional Chinese dances, songs, musical performances, Chinese yo-yo, tai chi, and a fashion show. Everyone involved did a phenomenal...

Discovering Instagram

I know instagram has been around for some time, but I tend to drag my heels a bit when it comes to investing my time and energy into learning how to use new technology- even simple technology. For example, I’ve NEVER synced my ipod to my computer. Isaac has always done it for me. Yes,...

ikePhone – Shanghai Nights

For a recent bachelor party we kicked off the festivities with a short cruise down the Yangpu River, which is the great divide between the two major sections of Shanghai, Pudong and Puxi. Fog rolled over the cityscape, making for a dramatic night skyline as I tried to do the scene justice with the iPhone....

Chelsea’s Visit

We first met our dear friend Chelsea in Cape Town, South Africa on the first day of our African overland trip in 2009.  It didn’t take long for us to realize we were meant to be friends! Somewhere in the foothills of the elusive Mt. Kilimanjaro (given all the fog we experienced, I’m still not...

Trimming the Tree

Christmas time is here!  Hooray!! Joy to the world!!!  I love Christmas time, and couldn’t be happier to be celebrating this festive season!  Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas album has already played countless rounds on our ipod.  Our lovely friend, Chelsea, arrived on Friday afternoon, just in time to help with decorating! I purchased an...