China Segment

So of course I should be celebrating, and I remembered this year, but Canada Day just isn’t quite the same when you’re overseas. And few of my friends in Shanghai are Canadian. Almost all are (shivers) United States of American. They diligently poke fun of the day when we quietly walked away [...]

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Well it looks like I’m gettin’ off my duff this year and going to a true ex-pat apartment that’s being house-sat by a friend for a real Christmas dinner. We’re roasting lamb, vegetables and potatoes as the main feature. Birds (as in turkeys) are hard to come by here, and we’re dealing with [...]

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Couple things.
First, clothes hanging has been covered by China Segment before. I’ve personally been dripped on many a time, as some clothes aren’t even spun dry or wrung out (I’m guessing from people without washing machines), and it’s really rather disgusting. Hanging non-sopping wet clothes out to dry is fine in itself, [...]

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Happy New Year everyone.
Yes, in China the Gregorian-calendar’s-New Years is celebrated.   Though rather confusingly.  It’s not a traditional holiday, yet it’s becoming so fast.  It’s kind of like a vastly scaled-down Spring Festival, but with more night time activities.
Clubs are open late, special events are set up on 淮海路 (Huaihai Road) and 新天地 (Xintiandi) [...]

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Well it’s Christmas in Shanghai, and all the stores are decked out in their best to attract shoppers and entice their gift-giving appetites. Many of the decorations are top-class, but some are a little lame. There are quite a few misled would-be Christmas decorations and gifts, but for the most part many [...]

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Halloween is always great, but in Shanghai it’s a little more work than back home. This year, on cue, I went out looking for a costume twice, only to be disappointed once again by the meager showing by Carrefour (when will they learn) and shut out by another store that had magically disappeared. [...]

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