Author Archives: She went to Shanghai

29th June 2015 During the 48ish hours it took me to get home this weekend, I took notes. If something struck me as particularly interesting, I would reach into my pocket for the phone with the fluid speed and intent of a determined experienced cowboy. A brief, infuriating, amusing or soul destroying moment would be billetedContinue reading “From one home, through another, to another.”

10th June – Mosquitos! I’m a little obsessed by the fact that I look like one of the cast from The Inbetweeners. Either one hungry little bugger or a whole gang of vampire mosquitos decided to have a party on my forehead while I slept the night before last then, not quite ready to callContinue reading “Shanglow moments…”

5th June 2015 A three day detoxifying, cleansing and hopefully weight-loss inspiring juice diet has left me 4lb lighter and so pure that I’m sure I glow. It’s so expensive that I doubt very much whether I’ll be able to eat anything else this month thereby ensuring a maintained positive outcome, a somewhat missed marketingContinue reading “Pure and natural”

16th May  It started in blurry storm infused drama and ended with a promise of eyebrow raised mischief; an assured tribute! I sat in an exam invigilation today gazing out of the window at the lightening and noted how the rain, being so heavy and all, blurred my view. Through the merged Monet-esque deep green of theContinue reading “Balancing. On chairs, at work and upstairs”

17th April 2015 Well that was a busy couple of weeks! When I think about it, it was an extremely busy couple of weeks. Rather a tempest of celebration, travel and varying degrees of consequential sufferance. Exhausted yet glad that I’ve lasted nearly a whole week at work, I’m now home, I’ve popped a San MiguelContinue reading “One wedding, one funeral and a fair bit of flying”

23rd March 2015 Sometimes I feel like I have found my place in Shanghai and it surprises me that I feel settled. I don’t feel scared or unsafe, I haven’t at all really; I don’t miss too many ‘things’ (except and oven and a bath); I don’t crave culture and stimulation, it’s all here –Continue reading “Settling”

8th May 2015   Poised at the bar the bemused looking group of Chinese friends winced and observed the outrageous ‘dancing’ currently taking place between tables  When one young lady threw caution to the wind and jumped down to join us, my stride was momentarily broken, I feared I might be in trouble. I also knew,Continue reading “Dancing and deliberating – a varied week in Shanghai”

26th March 2015  Two things made me happy this morning: 1) A tracksuit clad group of old folk were out in the sunshine this morning kicking their fluorescent cluster of feathers up and down for the morning exercise they commit to every day. I watched them for a bit, astounded at how good their responsesContinue reading “Twig Brooms”