Spring festival

Wow i cant believe its been so long since ive Blogged. Well since christmas, i have been working and enjoying my time off by relaxing. Nothing much has happened...i brought in the new year with friends and it was fun!
The Chinese New Year is happening now and its crazy!!! Fireworks all the time. Some places are closed because people travel to their hometowns and children are out of school for 2-4 weeks!!!!

I went to Beijing and saw the wall as well as Forbidden City. It was great despite the fact that it was freezing cold! Words cant begin to describe how the wall is!!

Tis the season

So the reason for my lack of posts is due to the lack of VPN connection at home. Things have been good.most of my time has been spent at work and outside of work i have beenrelaxing. It has gotten cold and windy so I choose to stay in and be warm and comfy! I do miss not being home for the holidays, but it is fine. Shanghai has lots of Christmas decor and music playing.

I have beenblessed to receive packages from family and friends and that is a wonderful feeling knowing people care and are thinking of you during your absence. I must say, I do miss the Christmas parties with my third graders....snacks and movies and crafts!
Well...i hateto make this short, but I must get going to work!!
Enjoy the holidays..stay warm

Shanghainese

Here are some random pics!

It's been a while!

Hello all!!

Things are still going well in Shanghai!! I've been under the weather a few times..but all is well!

It has finally gotten really cold! For Thanksgiving, we went to Suzhou and cooked a great meal! It was fun and we had lots of laughs. I will add more pics later.

Random pics

I love shanghai

Things to remember during October Holida

Sooo....i have learned what it is like during the chinese holiday and have learned how to adapt...

1. Expect some restaurants to be closed for three days

2. Do not go to yu garden

3. Expect fireworks to go off from 7am to 7am the next day..all day..everyday

4. Expect lots of traffic...most importantly lots of people

5. There may not be happy hour at your usual hangout the first day of the holiday

6. There are tons of people...

7. Book your train tickets far in advance

8. Do not go shopping

The cool docks at the bund

Yesterday was fun...went to go on a river tour and ended up discovering shops and restaurants that are close by! We saw a chinese wedding going on and we got our photos taken randomly by random people!!


The wedding was very nonformal as far as guests were concerned...they were dressed very casually!!! The bride and groom were standing outside for at least two hours taking pics with guests and with family.

As far as other new discoveries go...we were walking towards the wharf and ran into a lot of restaurants and shops..we continued walking and found a huge open area of restaurants...it was nice!!!

The lady below is one of the ones who snapped our papparazzi photos!! I was papparazzi too!! Haha the others are cool statues we saw...the river and no striding sign and the river dinner dragon boat...oh and the alley to restaurant area..good day overall


I must also tell you about the foot massage lady ...very nice people..well she noticed my zipper was down and put it up for me haha..it was very funny and felt like my grandma or somebody helping me...glad to know she has my back and doesnt want my fly open :-)