Destination: China

Shanghai expat

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By wi-niko | Views [612]

14 April 2012 My Shanghai life is two weeks underway.  I've spent one week at my work placement with Hercules Industry & Trade Co.  My project is to source contact information for USA garment importers and contact them with a business introduction.... Read more >

Tags: chinese, expat, office work, shanghaihercules

Photos: Guangxi China

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By lawcch | Photo Gallery

Photos: Chinese food

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 | By wi-niko | Photo Gallery

Chinese Culture Shock

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 | By wi-niko | Views [2021]

7 April 2012 Here are the first of many Chinese culture observations.  I will post another again with more as I get accustom to the way of life here in Shanghai. 1. When entering or in a Chinese home house slippers much be worn.  No exceptions.... Read more >

Tags: china, culture shock, dirty, police

That's the jist!

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 | By wi-niko | Views [1072]

5 April 2012 Wednesday was actually Qing Ming Festival which I had thought was Monday.  Nonetheless, Ren was meeting friends and taking me out to the City God Temple.  This was in an area called Old Shanghai which I had stopped the day before ... Read more >

Tags: chinese, first day, hercules, office, tutor, work, yuyuan garden

Photos: Old Shanghai

Wed, 4 Apr 2012 | By wi-niko | Photo Gallery

Tags: ancient china, architecture, garden, shanghai

Photos: The 'Mountain' and other places

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 | By oryxx | Photo Gallery

An Ordinary Week in Chen Jia Gou

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 | By oryxx | Views [1560]

I was going to take a blog holiday this week, but I got an email from someone saying how much they were enjoying my blog, and it was so nice to feel appreciated that I decided I would write something!  And this time, it is going to be about an ordinary ... Read more >

Tags: look! cheesecake and latte!

Explore Shanghai

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 | By wi-niko | Views [885]

2 April, 2012 I have 5 free days before I start working so I've decided i must make the most of exploring the city.  Shanghai has a good metro system and I know I can make it around without worry that I don't understand characters.  My host Ren ... Read more >

Tags: ferry, nanpu sq park, oriental pearl tower, peoples sq, super brand mall

Photos: Explore Shanghai

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 | By wi-niko | Photo Gallery

Welcome to Shanghai

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 | By wi-niko | Views [755]

29 March 2012 Welcome to Shanghai the city that means rain.  It is day 1 in China after a grueling 24 hours of traveling from Wisconsin, USA.  I woke to find a gray and rainy day somewhere around 17 celcius. I traveled Asiana airlines from Chicago ... Read more >

Tags: asia, china, culture shock, fly, shanghai, travel

Bye Bye Beijing

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 | By eriklang | Views [243]

TravelPod encourages its contributors to come up with clever blog titles, but I'm starting to run out of ideas for Beijing (I’d considered "I Want You to Play with My Beijing-a-Ling" for this entry) which makes it good that I’ll be leaving ... Read more >

Another Erik in the Wall

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 | By eriklang | Views [204]

I've never been the type for tour groups. On many occasions since I’ve been here, I’ve seen a herd of doe-eyed day-trippers in tacky hats and sweatshirts (that usually say something like "A Meeting of Cultures: Beijing 2012") following someone ... Read more >

Halfway!

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 | By oryxx | Views [545]

Well!  This week is exactly halfway through my time in Chen Jia Gou!  It’s a good time to reflect on the last twelve weeks and wonder about what the coming twelve may bring (hopefully some sunshine!). It took a long while to get used to a six ... Read more >

Extremely Mao'd and Incredibly Close

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 | By eriklang | Views [201]

When I was a bookish little boy, biographies were my favorite section in the elementary school library. I must've been no older than 10 when I found a dusty red book with only three words embossed on the cover: Mao Tse-Tung .  This antiquated volume ... Read more >