Shanghai: Part 2
I have been getting settled into my life here in Shanghai, getting plugged into church community and settling into the routine of school, work, community and exploration. It’s been a whirlwind of school events such as cooking show/karaoke night and mahjong nights, church community events like rock climbing (I finally made it to the top of a wall, about 15 meters off the ground) and lots of eating in tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurants.
Kenrick’s (the leader of my small group) birthday party was a blast; we met up at a hotpot restaurant, with the stipulation that everyone needed to come in some kind of costume. The food and costumes weren’t even the best part though, it was the four-year-old Chinese girl who heard us singing “Happy Birthday” and spontaneously decided to come in, offer her stuffed animal to Kenrick as a birthday present, and even sang him a little song.
Someday, I hope to be able to speak Chinese as well as that tiny human does.
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- Angry Panda is Angry. But at least he glitters
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- Dozens of couples learning to cook together; if you can make an omelette together, you can make a life together
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- It’s very common to come across parks randomly filled with people dancing to music
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- Andrea, being her beautiful self with a big-head-box
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- Chris being her beautiful self with a small-head-box
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- Dear God; we thank you today for noodles and all the good they have brought into this world
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- The power couple takes a power nap
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- “You expect me to just stand here, staring stoically into the camera as you fill the room with freezing cold water?” “No Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.”
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- Cooking show at the school one night, with one of Shanghai’s top chefs (e.g. someone’s uncle) came and cooked delicious food for us all
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- I would feel worse for the crabs if they weren’t so gosh darn tasty
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- We went out to karaoke, where this guy went a little too hard. #stillworthit
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- Out at Kenrick’s birthday party, this little girl came in and offered to give him a stuffed animal for his birthday
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- This bathroom architect doesn’t believe in right angles
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- We went out to get some dumplings, but forgot to take pictures beforehand to brag to our friends. So we settled on posthumous food shots
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- Located on the isle next to the cookbook selection, and the psychology textbooks
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- 学生的生活很难。。。
