along for the ride..

The Center

night skyscraper

the French concession..hofbrauhaus

o'malley's

french concession at nite

shady bar

i got green milk tea here

interesting

Twilight in chinese

hottie on a cd

puzzles

chinese bookstore

i could not get enough of the propaganda stuff. i went kinda wild.

this is snuggled by the children's books section of the book store.

i have no idea.

i wonder if you can get worker's comp here

catholic church

some famous guy

just what the doctor ordered.

a chinese, finnish and african american walk into a bar...

today was taxi day for me. i enjoy it b/c i can enjoy the view of the city as i snap shots of it. and the breeze is nice compared to the stuffy subway.

i was all gung ho that it's dragon boat festival tomorrow. so i asked around for what type of festivities are going on. the HR asst basically said she stays at home and eats zong zis for duan wu jie. when i asked if there were dragon boat races she had a hard time telling me where. i was disappointed b/c i was excited to spend a chinese holiday in the mother land. i will find those boats!

i went to my first expat hospital in shanghai. it ends up i just have bad constipation not a bacterial infection. the doc rx'd forlax--i have no idea what that is but i'll take anything at this point. hopefully i will feel better after tomorrow. i'm supposed to drink tons of water but i'm terrified of using public toilets, hence i've dehydrated myself, which is part of the problem i suppose. :(

i found propaganda literature in the local bookstore. i found the drawings so fascinating despite not knowing what they said. i went kinda crazy snapping shots of those. i wish i could read chinese..

i guess there are cute local chinese guys. i found cd albums with some hotties. and i saw one guy i would actually consider attractive in american standards.

last night we went to the French Concession. there they have international pubs and restaurants such as Hofbrahaus and O'Malley's. i took pics of the cool architecture along the way. they had cobble stone paths. i noticed a suspicious dude kinda following us. i was mesmorized by the neon. i think it was probably not the safest place to b at nite but as long as i know where the subway is, i'm fine.

today we had dinner at Whisk, an Italian restaurant by the french concession. the food was good but probably over priced. i had duvel for the first time.