Tag: photography
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Day Twenty, February 11, 2011
English, German, Chinese valentines cards delivered to us from our daughter and received by us in Arabic… this is life as an expat in a city like Shanghai! We realized that as a mixed nationality family , we sound like the tower of Babel at our dinner table: I speak with my daughter only English,…
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Day Nineteen, February 10, 2011
Today was a very cold and rainy day in Shanghai, so it was an indoor day for us. A friend brought us beautiful tulips in the afternoon and they were searched very thoroughly for any sleeping fairies. One ended up sleeping in L’s room, a tulip that is, waiting for a fairy to visit at night.
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Day Eighteen, February 9, 2011
I love the view from our balcony I love the river that is down the street I love the boats that are lit in so many colors I love the explosion of growth and energy that is Shanghai I love the whimsical sense of this city and the innocence of its people I love how…
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Day six, January 2, 2011
One of Shanghai’s icons, the Nanpu bridge is built entirely by the Chinese. The H shaped main tower stands 154m in height and has the four characters 南浦大桥 “nan pu da qiao” writen by the former president, Deng Xiaoping.On one of my most hectic days this week, I had to cross this bridge in the…
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Day five, January 27, 2011
Part of living in Shanghai is getting used to seeing the somewhat strange foods sold in the markets around town! Today, I found Pig’s snouts being sold next to ears, intestines and chicken’s feet. I asked a lady who was standing next to me about them and she swore they were delicious…I did not buy…
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Day three, January 25, 2011
On the third day, I was caught by all the lanterns that keep appearing around the city in preparation for the most important day of the year in China—Chinese New Year. This coming year is starting on the 3rd of February and it will be the year of the Rabbit. This lantern was near the…
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Day two, January 24, 2011
It was a freezing night of 3 below 0 degrees Celsius on Monday evening. I was having dinner with friends and we stopped to show them the bund at night. This newly renovated avenue that is one of the most famous attractions in Shanghai for its beautiful architecture and wide promenade on the Huang Pu…
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Day one, January 23, 2011
On the first day that I started this project, we were invited to a Chinese wedding in Shanghai. As Chinese weddings go, this was a typical one, with lots of food, an early 5 PM start, a fancy hotel ball room, the bride changing dresses 3 times, the ‘hongbao’ or red envelope that guest are…
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First love: It is the one that haunts us till the end.
It is always most powerful the first time. The first time we feel our hearts racing and fluttering, the first time we feel our breath shortening and escaping us, the first time we feel that a look can lift us off the ground and the first time we feel haunted day and night with thoughts…