Monthly Archive for November, 2008

Day 226: Christmas party coming

Published on Thursday, November 27, 2008 in Blog.

Happy Thanksgiving! But nobody in China cares about Thanksgiving, so let’s talk about Christmas. A couple people and I have been organizing an early Christmas party for December 13 because many expats will be going home for Christmas. That includes myself. That’s right, D.Kwan is coming home for Christmas!

For those in Shanghai, here’s the party info:

Shanghai Stuff Christmas Party

December 13, 2008 at 9pm
Candy Club, 570 Huaihai Xi Lu, near Hongqiao Lu

Before the “laowai”s head home for Christmas, let’s all celebrate an early Christmas together in Shanghai!

Thanks to Candy Club’s generous spirit of giving, we will have open bar (unlimited drinks) for 100 RMB, with 20% of that going to the charity of our choice. We will also have the entire VIP area, which comes with our own bar and bartender, and two quiet rooms for those who wish to chitchat.

Everyone who wishes to participate in Secret Santa, please get the info here.

Candy Club will be decorated in a Christmas theme, and Santa Claus will be making an appearance. Support Santa by wearing red or white to the party!

Yay! Big thanks to Karl for arranging the venue and getting us the sweet deal.

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Day 223: Last FRI and SAT pics

Published on Monday, November 24, 2008 in Blog.

Photos from Friday night at The Shelter and Saturday night at Muse2.

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Day 221: Windows ATM

Published on Saturday, November 22, 2008 in Blog.

Looks like this ATM’s using Windows. That would explain why there are always so many ATMs out of service in Shanghai.

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Day 215: Bicycling in Shanghai

Published on Sunday, November 16, 2008 in Blog.

第215天: 上海骑车
(Kindly translated into Chinese by Caroline Hsu. Thank you!)

Ten of us went bicycling in Shanghai yesterday, from Billion’s shop by Xintiandi to Lujiazui, and back to his shop. I had a great time and I hope everyone who showed up did as well. Big thanks to the staff of Shanghai Bicycle Rental: Billion, Chris, Edward, and Lao Wu Lao Hu!

昨天我们一行十人参加了上海自行车游玩活动, 路线起始于在新天地的 Billion 的商店, 终止于陆家嘴, 然后再返回他的店. 我玩得很开心, 我也希望和我一起的同伴们也如此. 非常感谢 Shanghai Bicycle Rental (上海自行车租赁公司)的员工们: Billion, Chris, Edward 还有老吴老胡!

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Day 213: No work today

Published on Friday, November 14, 2008 in Blog.

I’m glad I didn’t have to work today (company had a scheduled power outage) because the weather was absolutely perfect! Blue skies, cool breeze, about 70 degrees F – perfect for biking, and that’s what I did.

But I busted the rear tire before I even got anywhere. Fortunately there was a bicycle repair shop just a block away. The repair cost me only 1.5 RMB, I shit you not. Less than a US quarter.

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