Routine

Nothing exciting has been happening for the past couple of days; I've been in Shanghai, going to bed at 9.30pm, 10 pm tops...and waking up at 6am..I think that this is the best I can do with the time change...at least I didn't waste 3 days away in and out of bed like the first time I came here.

I've been basically going to the office of the people I'm "working" for everyday...see, I'm not sure if they flew me out here to talk business or to just sightsee...It's been really ambiguous which is driving me nuts, since I have absolutely nothing of really useful to do when I'm at the office, except for trying to decipher their Chinese Apple G4 with OS 9 *shudder*...I'm not complaining though, at least I can check my emails in a non-stressful environment.

Here are some pics of my bachelor's pad...the complex I'm staying in consists of pretty large grounds, encompassing a good 10 high-rise apartment/condo buildings...a bit like in Toronto (or Scarborough)...I was told that it's mostly non-Chinese people who live here...i.e. Japanese, Korean, American, Western Europeans, etc...because it's pretty pricey (Chinese standards) and most people who buy these places end up renting it out anyways



My apartment has a mezzanine, where my bed and the bathroom are..there's also a nice alcove where there's a large desk...downstairs, there's the kitchen and the living room but you wouldn't catch me dead there because the heater doesn't work








The weather is not horrible per say...it's around 15 degrees celsius outside...but the wind is cold, which doesn't help..but the part that takes the most getting used to is that nobody turns on their indoor heat..they just walk around their houses with their coats, mittens and scarves on...there's a heater next to my bed, which heats up the entire mezzanine, thank god...so I basically spend my nights kooked up upstairs, dashing downstairs to get a drink of water or to turn off the lights.