SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL MARATHON…. HERE I COME!... 7 September 2009 in Charity, Fitness, Uncategorized

I signed up for the Shanghai International Marathon!! eBay is organising a team of us and we’re also going to be raising money for charity… which is about 80% of the reason why I wanted to do it. As you probably know, I’m quite...
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VOLUNTEERING @ SPECIAL OLYMPICS DAY 20 July 2009 in Charity, Uncategorized

Volunteered at the Special Olympics over the weekend, organised by the Shanghai Patriotic School. It started at the (painful!) time of 8am on a Saturday morning.. so it took much effort to drag myself out of bed – even earlier than I normally get...
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RANDOM PICS I FOUND 16 July 2009 in Charity, Friends, Living in... Shanghai, Uncategorized

Yeah really backdated, but we went to the “That’s Shanghai” fair. Entertainment with really really bad singers *lol* But they were giving out free Coke! Bless! Otherwise, it was astoundingly boring with nothing to look at or do Out at night with friends (though...
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VOLUNTEERING @ HUIXIN INFANT ORPHANAGE 7 June 2009 in Charity, Uncategorized

Volunteered at the Huixin Infant Orphanage, which houses “over 110 children with mental and physical disabilities”. They were such adorable little kids! Very loving but, sadly, a bit starved for affection and attention. We played with them for most of the day, just interacting...
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VOLUNTEERING @ JINGAN DISABLED CENTER 31 May 2009 in Charity, Uncategorized

Volunteered at the JingAn Disabled Center, a center that helps out mentally and physically disabled adults. It’s close to my place, so makes it really convenient for me too 🙂 On the agenda was making zong zi, which is sticky rice wrapped up in...
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