Squareface @ 31°North

Realized this May 1st holiday was the first time I spent it in Shanghai. Made it a point to go out to look-see, and told myself, never again. Though I probably still will come next national holiday.

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My macbook may be the one single possession in my life that saw through a month of research, scouting, and waiting. I’ve read up, compared prices, and waited for the best offer before bringing it home. Impulse buy, this is not.
I was hesitant at first, buying  a macbook in Shanghai. Forum users were skeptical too, [...]

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Jot this down in your date book!
13 JUNE 2009: Inaugural Gay Pride Day in Shanghai! First in the entire mainland!
(I’m aware that most of my readers are not from Shanghai, but flights are cheap these days, so.)
From Shanghaiist:
Yes, we do! The rumors are true. Shanghai will finally have its first, real Gay Pride [...]

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I start work come Monday, holding the title and responsibilities of a  “Junior Content Specialist Editor” at a technology firm.
What a mouthful, and possibly ambiguous, but for the first time in my life, I am going to be an EDITOR. A very different concept at an internet company it may be, but well, as long [...]

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So I’ve stopped worrying about melamine in the milk, ice-cream, or chocolate nor the kidney stones that may be at the early stages of development already. Afterall, the problems are going to surface only ten years down the road, right?
I’ve also stopped being too analytical about the colours and textures of the meat I’m eating, [...]

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My hands haven’t caressed a paddle in a loooooooooooooong time.
Spent a day at 东方绿舟, with only 40 mins spent dragon boating. Spent the rest of the time playing around like kids, going through mazes, obstacle courses and rather interesting bridges.
The dragon boat race is on 18 October, wish me luck!

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At Youyicheng, wujiaochang (or as a teacher said, Pentagon Square)

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Putting Singapore’s Wild Wild Wet to shame, Shanghai’s Dino Beach is a water theme park that is actually fun! A bit pricey, a bit far (close to Xin Zhuang metro station), and lousy shower and changing room facilities, but worth the fun! American style theme park, but Chinese way of pricing. We’re actually expected to [...]

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So this blog has been stagnant with the few and far between posts of late, and I can’t promise that won’t change, but it looks like I’ll be having more ME time when I return to Singapore, which should be some time soon. Having more ME time should mean more blog time. As Connie once [...]

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Banana is a discotheque/bar in the vicinity of Fudan University, though it looks like most of its patrons are not part of the Fudan community.
When I walked in, I felt very comfortable being out of place, and I thought, “Hey! The Chinese really know how to have fun!”. It was packed with people grooving to [...]

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