I left for Shanghai from LA on Friday, December 21 at 12:30 pm and arrived in Shanghai 14 hours later at 7 PM on Saturday or something like that.

i will be here until january 4th.

Lowlights of the trip: getting dehydrated from the AC and long flight.
Highlights of the trip: reading my magazines and watching Ocean's 13, Last Shot and the Wild Wild West on the plane. I don't know why they played Wild West on the plane but now I have a deeper meaning of the song "Wild Wild West" and know where Will Smith was coming from when he wrote that song. Stevie Wonder's ears are still bleeding after Will Smith sampled his song "I Wish" for Wild Wild West.

This will link you to Day 1 and Day 2 of my adventure in Shanghai thus far:

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/ShanghaiDay1AndDay2

The Yuan to Dollar ration is 7 to 1. So basically I'm rich over here. It's ridiculous.