| | so I wanted to write a great entry about being in Shanghai, but alas, I know you readers have a very short attention span because hey, it is august, and I don't really feel like writing such an exhausting entry anyway, so I have compiled 2 lists of what I have discovered thus far in my (almost) 5 weeks in Shanghai, China....
shanghai is/has:
-unbelievable traffic, i nearly get run over by a bike or car or motorcyle on a daily basis
-has sooo much construction going on --it is a giant city in construction, getting ready for the olympics and world expo
-beautiful at night with bright colored lights everywhere, especially the wai-tan
-a night life completely comprised of foreigners, and so much to do
-tons of macdonalds and KFCs and their whole menu is a dollar menu!!! (or $2, or $3 at most)
-few good looking people
-very young, shanghai doesn't have many historical sites, but it is amazing how much it is changing/will change by 2010
-an awesome metro system (the cleanest thing in shanghai)
Outside of Shanghai, I have been to Nanjing, Wuxi, Huangzhou, and Hainan dao where I have:
-been attacked by a monkey with herpes on a monkey reserve island
-visited beaches that boast the nickname "hawaii of china"
-almost got beat up by hainan locals over a few pictures they forced us to buy
-bathed in hot springs, some with flavors (coffee and mint were my favorites)
-seen the tomb of dr. sun yat sen and a ming emperor
-almost went to the nanjing massacre museum, but learned the whole history of the nanjing massacre anyway (look it up, hen you yisi =P)
-been to every kind of factory china has to offer --silk, pearl, clay pot, tea manufacturing
-tried several tea tastings and coffee tastings
-had freshly squeezed watermelon juice and coconut juice
-been bitten by a bazillion mosquitoes, despite wearing long pants most of the time
on any given day I can be seen:
-eating a mango popscicle
-drinking coconut juice in my apartment (yes mari, i know, jealous jealous jealous haha)
-singing along loudly to my ipod on the streets (nobody understands english anyway)
-wiping my face with tissues in the middle of the afternoon and shaking my head at the dirt that sometimes wipes off
-wandering around train stations looking for good bargains
-in the ECNU foreigners dorm, where many students still probably think I'm part of the UC program (I'm actually part of a small independent study abroad program in shanghai, of which there are only 3 American students), using their internet and AC
-hanging out with my teachers, pan lao shi and lu lao shi, the coolest tutors in shanghai, i kid you not!
and of course, pictures!
me and jessica, my host family's daughter, at the bund, in front of the oriental pearl tv tower
my train station and second home, caoyong road, lines 3 and 4
and look who i bumped into on nanjing road!!! yep, yao ming himself!
hainan --the hawaii of china, absolutely gorgeous, and gorgeous weather, we just missed a typhoon!
me, UC students, and some poor kid
famous xiao long bao at yu yuan in shanghai SOOOO GOOOD!!
me and diana on the cable car to monkey island
solomon blocking what I was trying to get a picture of --monkey jail!! on monkey island, if the monkeys are bad, they go into this jail like room...hopefully the lil sucker who attacked me got some time in there...=O
wife of a soldier who was telling us about long jing cha, famous at huangzhou, the quality is best right to left
me in front of the sun yat sen memorial, where we weren't supposed to take pictures 
more to come laterrrrr!!! anything you want from shanghai you best tell me before i come baaackkk!!!!  miss you all, my lovely and loyal readers!
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hellllo, roomie hehe. wow, it seems like your summer is very fun-filled, i'm so jealous! meanwhile, i've been slaving away at a bakery in bergen county nearly everyday. but i'll get to show you my brand new dell with a monstrous 19'' monitor when we get back 
