HAPPY 牛 YEAR!!!!

HAPPY 牛 YEAR!!!!

Jan. 12: Met all my roommates. Charlotte (Holland), George (UK), and Zach (US).
Jan. 13: I decided to walk around in the morning but since I was so nervous, I got off the elevator on floor 10...once I realized, I just stared out the window, then walked down. At the bottom, I was asked where I lived....they thought I was a weird stranger wandering around the place...(I live on floor 14). Since I didn't know the roads, I just went back in for a few minutes...I was stopped again. "If you're waiting for someone, either wait for them downstairs or upstairs...don't keep walking in and out...people will think you're a stranger..." After that, I was too scared to leave...At 11, Leon (?) and Jason, from Projects Abroad came and showed me the places around my house. Then Jason and I met Kay, the Projects Abroad director and we went to my work place. I met my boss, and started working....I read articles (in English) and then rewrite it in my own words, with some extra research...had hot pot with my dad's family. YUM. Got my cellphone.
Jan. 14: Sorry...I went to Coffee Bean....I told myself no Western food....I didn't know Coffee Bean was international....First official day at work...the receptionist took me out to lunch. Yum. :)
Jan. 15: DISCOVERED BREADTALK....I met most of the other Projects Abroad people! We ate dinner, then went KTVing...people drank....!!!and someone sat on my bag! and after I moved it, he ended up sleeping (putting his head) on it! Now, it is waiting to be washed....ah...I could so rant about this person...ugh...my precious bag....
Jan. 16: Discovered Cafe 85...Walked along Nanjing Road...nice....bought some food to take home...bought some dinner...yummmm
Jan. 17: Went over to my grandparents' house. :) Went over to my uncle's house, where I met my mom's family...:)
Jan. 18: Went food shopping...saw some pig heads...went back home
Jan. 19: work...BREADTALK (for lunch?)....dinner with George and Zach....
Jan. 20: I went to BREADTALK again...went to CHRISTINE'S (bakery)...Had dinner with Projects Abroad at a Tibetan place....then everyone went to a bar...honestly, it isn't really fun to watch people drink...met some people from Finland there. They're friends that a Projects Abroad person (Romain...sp?) met. Afterwards, watched the Obama inauguration...had some popcorn chicken and milk tea right afterwards....then went to sleeeeeepppp...
Jan. 21: Lunch at Cafe 85? Cheap...yum...went to go sea "ERA: An Intersection of Time"...great performance! 8 motorcycles driving in a big hamster ball...WOW...Skewers!!!! yum!
Jan. 22: Nirav's (another intern) last night...so, we went to Papa John's...very expensive....very yummy pizza though. :) Half Hawaiian, half Chinese Treasure (shrimp, chicken, mushroom, alfredo sauce)
Jan. 23: Milk Tea from Cafe 85...why such a long wait....took too long to get my drink...talked with Jessie (the secretary at work)
Jan. 24: HAPPY LEMON!!!!!!-->Milk Tea....yyyuuummmm....I went to H&M to buy something new to wear for New Years...!!!Went on the tunnel ride thing that goes between one part of Shanghai to another....a must see....weird lights, sounds, etc. haha. It's just weird...went to Qipu Road with Charlotte and Steph's friend (S something...sorry, I don't really know how to say his name...)...it has a lot of cheap cheap stuff...clothes, shoes, electronics, etc. ... we stopped by McDonalds...sorry...though, I didn't eat the normal food...I had red bean stuff (it's like the Apple Pies they sell at McDonalds here...but with red bean)....I went home to watch TV while everyone else went to go drink at Cloud Nine...a fancy bar?
Jan. 25: went to dad's parents' house...had dinner at dad's sister's house...My cousin has Harry Potter books 2-7 in Chinese and English....cousin and his dad set off many fire crackers and fire works...at 12, the whole city was on fireworks...SO MUCH....
Jan. 26: HAPPY 牛 YEAR!!! Had DELICIOUS food for breakfast (BLACK SESAME!!!)...Went to see my mom's side of the family...ate a lot of food and then watched tv...went back to my dad's parents' house....many many people were there....about half of grandma's siblings and their families were there (4 families?)...a little cousinish kind of person became attached to me (she's 3)

That's a wrap-up!!! Wow...sorry if there's mistakes...I don't feel like reading through it...my fingers are too cold to move much more...I want to sleep....spell checking....really? Alfredo and Internet should be capitalized?

I will upload some pictures as soon as I figure out how to connect laptop to the internet at my grandparent's house...

Much <3

你好！！！

Hello all!!!

I left Phx at 8:30. I left LAX at 12:30. 14 hrs later, I arrived at PVG and spent an hour in a taxi to get to my new home. The house has four people, three rooms, two bathrooms, and one living room (plus one kitchen, laundry room, etc.). There are two guys (they share a room) and two girls. The other girl has her own single person room, while I have a two person room (for now....).


I will post more of my first days soon! :)

Much <3