We’ve finally reached the Shanghai Spring (and, I guess, the month of April) last week, and although it was short-lived and the weather is once more back to a 50ºF hazy and rainy mess, the past week brought me back to the temperatures…
What exactly would be an “authentic Shanghai experience” be?
My Dad left this past Saturday. Since he’s flown back, I’ve just regained my sense of a routine (if being trapped in bed for two straight days hopped up on all the DayQuil that he had brought from the U.S. could count…
The 30-day Countdown: One year later
In June 2014, a few days after coming back from Russia and just a month before departing for Shanghai, I wrote a blog post about counting down the days in the last month, but I decided against publishing it. I’m not…
Redefining 'my' Shanghai
I’ve been feeling slightly out of place the past week. More than before, I’ve been on edge, and people around must be starting to pick up on it. My mind is all sorts of scatterbrained and I can’t help but feel disconnected to the…
Cooking Chinese Food is all about the oil
My (very basic) understanding of Chinese Cooking goes like this: Always make sure the wok is already smoking before you add oil. When you think you’ve added enough oil, add two more teaspoons. Or heck, a ladleful while you’re at it….
Massachusetts-Shanghai: An Interview
Look ma! I’m Internet-famous! Ok, so not really, and this isn’t quite the piece I talked about earlier (that’ll get published in April), but I’ve been lucky enough to get interviewed by BlogExpat about my time in Shanghai. Check out…