Category Archives: 上海

Terminus VII

Posted on September 12, 2015 by d4vid

Metro Line 10 ends in the north at one of Shanghai’s “latent suburbs”.  (I term I’ve just coined for those overbuilt but underpopulated neighborhoods.)I walked through the quietest, emptiest city park I’ve seen in China.  Felt like I was in … Continue reading →

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Terminus VI

Posted on September 12, 2015 by d4vid

As the weather cools and summer gives way to fall, I’ve resumed my Metro adventures.  First up was north terminus of Line 3 in the Land of Orange Taxis. Along the way, passed some bizarre, Vegas-looking hotel (I think) at … Continue reading →

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Fourteenth

Posted on September 10, 2015 by d4vid

September 1oth is my fourteenth anniversary of working for DreamWorks Animation.  (Yes, my second day of work was 9/11.  Worst second day at a job ever.)

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Nightmare

Posted on September 5, 2015 by d4vid

 You know that famous recurring nightmare about being in a Spelling Bee but you don’t know Chinese?  Okay, maybe it’s not famous.  And maybe it’s just me.  And maybe it’s just after watching this actual Chinese writing competition on CCTV.

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Uber III

Posted on August 29, 2015 by d4vid

My first Uber in Shanghai!  Driver was from the Hubei province. Previous Uber experiences here and here.

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Unicorn

Posted on August 16, 2015 by d4vid

Shanghai taxi drivers are ranked on a scale from zero stars to five stars.  The vast majority have zero stars. I’ve heard whispers over imported beers in dark corners of 老外 bars.  Friends of friends who are said to have … Continue reading →

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Practice

Posted on August 13, 2015 by d4vid

 All I could think of during my Chinese lesson today was this page from the book I read to Ben’s son back in L.A.

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Reflections

Posted on August 4, 2015 by d4vid

On my California visit, now that I’m de-jetlagging back in Shanghai: Seeing baseball fields while landing in any airport in America.  (Not something you see landing in any airport in China.) Ubiquitous Lo-Carb Monster energy drinks.  “Expand my brain, learning … Continue reading →

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Deafening

Posted on July 19, 2015 by d4vid

The cicadas.  The cicadas. 

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Seasonal

Posted on July 12, 2015 by d4vid

How am I celebrating China’s Golden Week the first week in October?  By leaving and going to Japan.  Just booked a leisurely trip to Kyoto and (for my birthday) a small village called Nikko. But does anyone happen to know if … Continue reading →

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Particulates III

Posted on July 12, 2015 by d4vid

My living room & bedroom air filters — front and back — after 80 days.    Previous air filter check ins here and here.

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Typhoon

Posted on July 10, 2015 by d4vid

Fought my way through a typhoon to walk to the doctor’s office this morning.  Apparently, typhoon Chan-hom is named after a Laotian tree of some kind and not, as I had first thought, a minor member system of the United Federation … Continue reading →

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Summer

Posted on July 10, 2015 by d4vid

And what was on next as I flipped channels?  500 Days of Summer.  Now my lungs and heart ache.

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Noughties

Posted on July 9, 2015 by d4vid

I’m at home recovering from bronchitis, watching CCTV (as is my wont.)  In the middle of a documentary on mammals — just as they were putting a crow in an MRI machine — they started playing FC Kahuna’s “Hayling”.  The … Continue reading →

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Metastasis

Posted on July 7, 2015 by d4vid

Twenty years of Shanghai Metro development.

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