October 18, 2001



  • Posing Somewhere in Nanjing
    Off to Nanjing...

    As some of you may know, APEC is having meetings these next couple days in good old SH.  This has meant that over the past couple months, the government has been diligently working on beautifying the landscape in Shanghai.  All fake markets have been shut down (temporarily I'm sure) and clubs close on time at 2am in the morning (if they even open at all).  This also means that we are getting a break from school this Friday and since many of the access routes to the busiest places in Shanghai has limited access, I will be making my first road trip out of Shanghai this weekend.  Linnet, Caroline, Ryuma, Roy, Carnic, Frankie, Venus, Yasu and myself are all planning on going, it should be fun.  I'll be taking pictures, but do not know how to get them online here.


    The guy from that hip hop club called me last week.  He tells me that the police in Shanghai are closing the club down, but to not worry because they are opening a new club really soon and will let me know.  He also wanted to let me know that there is a party going on in Hangzhou, a city 3hrs away from Shanghai and wants me to recruit a bunch of kids to go.  They're renting a bus for us. The schedule as of now is to pick us up on Nov. 2nd at 3:30 pm, drive to Hangzhou, arrive at around 7, see the city a bit, go to the club (apparently the biggest and most famous in Hangzhou), party till about 5am and then take the bus back to SH (I'm reminded of the QSEAC road trip out to Montreal!).  So now, 30 lucky people get to come with me on a free roadtrip to a hip hop party in Hangzhou, I've done a count of those interested, and I can get way more than 30!  Helps to schmooze, eh?


    Other news?  Well, I found out from Rebecca that a bunch of the foreign kids from Fudan play ultimate frisbee every Tuesday with other foreign expats.  Some of those that play include the head of Intel China and some VP of Scotiabank in China, all young guys.  I also got my first paycheck the other day and treated a few of my closer friends to dinner last night. 


    I leave for Nanjing tomorrow so I'll write when I get back to tell you what it's like.  I've also updated my meet people list.  If interested, please refer to Sept. 16th!


    Happy Belated Tina!!!  Congratulations Yvonne!

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