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The annual Concordia Auction Gala is a fund raiser for the Yunnan Water Project. When we first arrived in Shanghai, we went to the Concordia Gala. We had not been in about five years to the Gala. Rachael went last year and said we were GOING this year. Rachael and I went […]
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As a Freshman, Emersyn made the varsity team for tennis. The tennis team has a ladder system – you challenge the person ahead of you in a set of 8 games. Emersyn started the season at #7 to earn the position of #4. The top five players went to the APAC conference (Asia Pacific […]
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The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s major thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as “the race that stops a nationâ€, it is a 3, 200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. Conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, on the first Tuesday in November. In Shanghai, it is a luncheon […]
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Our Aussie friends, Rachael and Mike, organized a table for the Aussie Ball. The theme for the party was the Ultimate 80’s. Rachael organized and dressed our table as Pac-Man. She is our expert Taobao (Chinese version of Amazon) buyer and she found wigs for 8rmb ($1.30) and coloured feather […]
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Our tickets were 480 ($78) each with a handling fee of 40rmb ($6) and a delivery fee of 20rmb ($3) – that would be for the “nosebleed” section. The tickets sold out in 5 minutes on opening day. I was able to get 2 tickets later when “new” tickets were released. […]
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Easter is fast approaching – tomorrow! Eleri wanted to dye eggs for Easter. The first challenge of dyeing eggs in Shanghai is the lack of white eggs. Eleri and I went to the store to see what we could find. We opened all the eggs looking for the whitest ones. Of course, the whitest […]
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I joined Rachael, Nicole and Jen on a trip to Hongzhou for a tea tour. The tour took the fast train to Hongzhou which I have not been on during out time in Shanghai. Jim takes the train for many of his travels in China. Rachael picked me up at 6:45am to be at […]
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Bella was back from Beijing to have a shopping day with Emersyn. The two teens started their day off at Whisk for a true girls lunch. Mr. Nie dropped the girls off at Whisk and took Eleri and I to TaiKan Lu. Eleri and I were spending the day back at TaiKan Lu. It […]
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Spring break in Shanghai. Most of our friends went to Singapore to play, but we stayed since the “money pit” is taking all of our extra funds these days. Rachael and family were in town, therefore, we planned a day out in Shanghai. We went to the Urban Planning Museum – always a good […]
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The first day of sunshine brought the laundry to the streets. The lady is holding the “tool” for putting all these clothes up high. You know you are in Shanghai…when you see laundry out drying! Average Rating: 5 […] |