*shanghai baby*
it hasn't even been a full week yet, and i've already had such an eventful time here in shanghai. for the sake of brevity, i will only write in point form (we'll see if this works in reality...). so, aside from work, this is what my week was like:
mon: first night. after settling into hotel, went for dinner with some other crew. got ditched by the girls and was left alone with the art & vfx guys...
tues: met up with vancouver friend jo and his friend mike for dinner at plaza 66 on nanjing lu. went to traditional shanghainese restaurant and ordered way too much. yummy though. shared mission trip horror stories. so satisfying to have some good fellowship with a total stranger and an old friend!
afterwards met with some of jo's shanghai friends for drinks at the glamour bar. bad name, mediocre & unintelligble live music. i accidentally tipped. silly me.
wed: walked around nanjing lu for a bit. met with new friend henry for lunch at the art museum restaurant on the roof. beautiful sun overlooking renmin park. shared about the christian life, and difference between church community and church building with said friend, who has never heard such things before. seeds being sown and watered.
met with cameron & family again at night. walked from hotel to the bund. insane crowds. toddlers with 'freedom' pants. cameron refused to eat at any restaurant. walked all the way back to hotel, and ate there. the chef learned 25 new ways to screw up a grilled cheese sandwich.
thurs: took cameron's family to the shanghai art museum, conveniently located right next to their hotel. had lunch as same rooftop restaurant, and cam refused to eat again. perused the amazing photography display entitled "humanism in china. had to buy souvenir book for 50yuan. enjoyed the sun while waiting for new xanga friend grace. went to flower market and another market. spent money i shouldn't have. starbucks and good conversation.
hk crew meeting and whole crew dinner at japanese restaurant in westgate mall. cameron refused to eat again - surprise surprise. appalled at enduring presence of squatty potties in modern american-style malls... unlimited sake and tsingtao meant certain disaster... which continued onto bar called L16. dancing is not the same without my baby.
fri: tried to walk around entire city circumference, but only got halfway before my legs and back started to give way... 3 hours later, took cab back to hotel. met grace and friend again for dinner at xintiandi, a shanghai-style lankwaifong. very cool. atmospheric and arty, albeit overpriced. mosdef need to come with hunny.
sat. (today): worked 11 hours (kind of). tired but thought i should still get out of hotel room. bad idea. wandered huaihai lu by lonesome self, had dinner by lonesome self, came home by lonesome self. chatted with my baby!!!
** sorry this is kind of a lame post. i actually have heaps to write about, but i'm afraid it would bore most of you to death. i wouldn't want that to happen. i figured this was much more informative.... i could be wrong. oh well. what really made this week interesting was rediscovering the connectedness between people in the Father's family all over the world, and beginning to understand my purpose for being here at this time through these connections. i'll try again another day when i'm not so tired...
good night.
it hasn't even been a full week yet, and i've already had such an eventful time here in shanghai. for the sake of brevity, i will only write in point form (we'll see if this works in reality...). so, aside from work, this is what my week was like:
mon: first night. after settling into hotel, went for dinner with some other crew. got ditched by the girls and was left alone with the art & vfx guys...
tues: met up with vancouver friend jo and his friend mike for dinner at plaza 66 on nanjing lu. went to traditional shanghainese restaurant and ordered way too much. yummy though. shared mission trip horror stories. so satisfying to have some good fellowship with a total stranger and an old friend!
afterwards met with some of jo's shanghai friends for drinks at the glamour bar. bad name, mediocre & unintelligble live music. i accidentally tipped. silly me.
wed: walked around nanjing lu for a bit. met with new friend henry for lunch at the art museum restaurant on the roof. beautiful sun overlooking renmin park. shared about the christian life, and difference between church community and church building with said friend, who has never heard such things before. seeds being sown and watered.
met with cameron & family again at night. walked from hotel to the bund. insane crowds. toddlers with 'freedom' pants. cameron refused to eat at any restaurant. walked all the way back to hotel, and ate there. the chef learned 25 new ways to screw up a grilled cheese sandwich.
thurs: took cameron's family to the shanghai art museum, conveniently located right next to their hotel. had lunch as same rooftop restaurant, and cam refused to eat again. perused the amazing photography display entitled "humanism in china. had to buy souvenir book for 50yuan. enjoyed the sun while waiting for new xanga friend grace. went to flower market and another market. spent money i shouldn't have. starbucks and good conversation.
hk crew meeting and whole crew dinner at japanese restaurant in westgate mall. cameron refused to eat again - surprise surprise. appalled at enduring presence of squatty potties in modern american-style malls... unlimited sake and tsingtao meant certain disaster... which continued onto bar called L16. dancing is not the same without my baby.
fri: tried to walk around entire city circumference, but only got halfway before my legs and back started to give way... 3 hours later, took cab back to hotel. met grace and friend again for dinner at xintiandi, a shanghai-style lankwaifong. very cool. atmospheric and arty, albeit overpriced. mosdef need to come with hunny.
sat. (today): worked 11 hours (kind of). tired but thought i should still get out of hotel room. bad idea. wandered huaihai lu by lonesome self, had dinner by lonesome self, came home by lonesome self. chatted with my baby!!!
** sorry this is kind of a lame post. i actually have heaps to write about, but i'm afraid it would bore most of you to death. i wouldn't want that to happen. i figured this was much more informative.... i could be wrong. oh well. what really made this week interesting was rediscovering the connectedness between people in the Father's family all over the world, and beginning to understand my purpose for being here at this time through these connections. i'll try again another day when i'm not so tired...
good night.
posted by jana* at 10:55 PM
