ACROBATIC SHOW 7 November 2009 in Living in... Shanghai, Uncategorized

Another (!) birthday celebration we had was going to the Acrobatic Show, named “Daughters of Guilin”. There was meant to be a beautiful story associated with it.. but unfortunately was told only in Chinese… so all 4 of us missed the story 🙁 Interesting...
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MUM AND DAD IN SHANGHAI! 30 October 2009 in Family, Living in... Shanghai, Uncategorized

Mum and Dad are here in Shanghai!! They’re here for a visit, and also for my birthday (which is tomorrow – w00t!!). Tres cool, it’s their first time visiting us here and so it’s hella fun since everything is new for us to discover...
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SKIING IN SHANGHAI 16 October 2009 in Living in... Shanghai, Uncategorized

WE WENT SKIING!!! Yep, YinQiXing Indoor Skiing Centre is China’s first indoor ski centre and first in scale in the world. Coolness. It’s about half an hour by taxi from the city, which is not bad at all. Chris has been gagging to go...
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SHANGHAI ACROBATIC TROUPE SHOW! 14 October 2009 in Living in... Shanghai, Uncategorized

We got ourselves some tickets to the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe show, because amazingly, we’d never had a chance to check out an Acrobatic show since moving to Shanghai earlier this year. Chinese acrobats are famous for being flat-out excellent. I really think that the...
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SHANGHAI MUSEUM 11 October 2009 in Living in... Shanghai, Uncategorized

We actually live about 10mins walk from the Shanghai Museum, but never got round to going there. It’s funny; sometimes the closer you are in proxmity to something, the longer it takes for you to get off your ass and get there 😉 The...
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