Shanghai Nam

day 14 - going back to cali

2008-01-06T05:50:00.000-08:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day14

on a final note, this was a great culinary trip that rivaled my culinary experience in new orleans pre-katrina. much thanks to the hwei's for getting me through asia. without them, i was pretty useless on the trip because of a lack of mastery of the chinese language. the most important things i will take away from the trip is the first hand experience of seeing the rapid development and capitalistic power of china, a basic understanding of the difference between being from china, hk, and taiwan, and the cerebral conversations with the hwei family.

my traveling itch is currently satisfied and school starts on monday. however, it is 6 am, i have been blogging all night after watching "there will be blood" at the theaters which means i am experiencing major jet lag. oh well :)

day 13 - last full day in shanghai

2008-01-06T05:49:00.001-08:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day13

day 11 - back to shanghai, the furriery, and more lamb!

2008-01-06T05:48:00.000-08:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day12

day 11 - hong kong food poisoning and back to china.

2008-01-06T05:47:00.000-08:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day11

day 10 - hong kong new year's!

2008-01-06T05:46:00.002-08:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day10

day 9 part 3 - hong kong

2008-01-06T05:46:00.001-08:00

the last part of day 9, finally arriving in hk.

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day9Part3HongKong

Day 9 part 2 - macau

2008-01-05T18:23:00.002-08:00

same day, but different country.

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day9Part2Macau

day 9 part 1 - zhuhai, china

2008-01-05T18:23:00.001-08:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day9Part1ZhuhaiChina

shanghai day 8

2008-01-05T17:44:00.000-08:00

walking around shanghai.
duck tails.
suit fitting.
subways.
jap buffet.

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day8

shanghai day 7

2007-12-29T08:17:00.000-08:00

another big lunch, window shopping, and clubbing.

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day7

shanghai day 6

2007-12-27T08:41:00.000-08:00

shanghainese food lunch.
getting fitted for a new suit.
lamb dinner.

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day6

shanghai day 5

2007-12-27T08:19:00.000-08:00

szechwan lunch.
skyline seeing in shanghai.
first night out in shanghai.

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day5

day 4

2007-12-25T09:50:00.001-08:00

merry xmas.

i was pretty sore and tired from the massage on day 3. the result: i got great night's sleep.

we woke up late and had a long day for day 4. the bus ride to lunch was long but i saw a lot of the city.

this was a very trying day for me. my bladder decided to turn into the size of a walnut and i had to look for public restrooms all day. i learned the hard way that i do not find the smell of septic tanks very pleasing.

anyways, click below for day 4 pics and captions:

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day4

Day 3 part II.

2007-12-25T09:48:00.000-08:00

victor came into down on xmas eve. life is good.

we had more food and another gnarly massage.

pictures and captions below:

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day3PartII

shanghai day 3 part 1

2007-12-23T18:35:00.000-08:00

so this is the first party of day 3. i wanted to show you guys of where i am living in shanghai. this is the condo of the hwei's. it's very comfortable and very great.

http://picasaweb.google.com/namerz/Day3

one note about china: i can blog in china and post pics in china but i can't view my blog because the communist blocks it.

2007-12-23T03:00:00.000-08:00

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.