#1 - Reason why i will NOT miss Shanghai, China
the spitting noise you hear most places you go...men, women and kids do this and it just grosses me out every time i hear it....if you know what i mean, you have wrinkled your nose in disgust...this noise kills me and i have to say i will NOT miss it at all.....i wanted to make a sound bite of it, but i just couldn't do it....it's not even what comes out that grosses me out as much....it's totally the noise that is made....bleh!!!!
i realize this is not the sound of this gross habit....but i just couldn't even bring myself to put a sound bite or a picture of someone spitting on this blog...so some of these funny signs that i have seen will have to suffice....the noise drives me crazy and even has me commenting out loud...which kind of freaks out the spitters themselves...but this is sure sign it is time for me to go from shanghai....i can't keep my comments to myself....
social morality...not really sure what that has to do with it....but i like the message....but it's hard to help the chinese understand why this habit is so gross, because they believe in "out, instead of in"....and when your pollution is so bad and your cigarettes are made without filters...maybe this is a good saying to live by????
i have to say i have never seen anyone get fined for spitting, but maybe that's the way to go???? not really sure...i just know it is my number one reason for not missing shanghai....i can't make it into a game, like some of my friends...i just can't deal....so off i go...and hopefully in ghana...no spitting...or at least not with the wind-up like they do in china....gross.....
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#1 - Reason why I will miss Shanghai, China
The people I spend time with every day of my life here....they are such a diverse group of folks from all over the world...with incredible ideas, thoughts and suggestions....and they have made my time here totally worth every minute....they are what i will miss the most.....every day!
MY FRIENDS!!!!!!
Pictures from year 1!!!!
Pictures from year 1!!!!
The Bucharest and Ghana Crew at the time....all roads lead to the Watts!!!! Patrick and Karolina were with them in Ghana and I was with them in Romania....and here we are at the japanese bistro....
first year dragon crawl...before things got really crazy....jocelyn, angela and kara....all left either shanghai or teaching with us that year....sad.....
another first year goodbye for angela...with her, julia, doug and anne....fun night at captains at the bund...nice view!!!!
in looking at this picture of the ladies i was out with at the end of that year...the only one left for next year is laure....crazy how people leave here every year.....
this was a fun hike around hangzhou, up in the hills and tea plantations...set up by bernie, the guy in the front with me....and when i look at this picture...NO ONE is left after this year...not one person....people move on in the international teaching world...crazy how fast it happens...
Year 2:
the year started with a cruise along the huang pu - the river that runs through shanghai...here are dan, matt and bri...all bright eyed and bushy tailed for a busy year ahead....
this is from the big winter holiday trip with lisa to india....this is where she became a bollywood star...everyone wanted pictures with her....
a hot pot night out of cooking with di and greg....good for a winter's evening....
matt and i at the xmas party....i don't remember the theme....but i never really played along...i just looked nice....
girls weekend in suzhou, hanging with julia and tina and sandy (not in this shot)....was a bunch of fun...lots of laughing and taking crazy pictures and wandering around this cool garden town....
Year 3:
freaky picture of matt and i with our mustaches during the fundraiser in school...his is real...mine, not so much....
another winter party...this time the theme was royalty....dan is elvis, the king and bret is michael jackson, the king of pop....me, not playing...but i look nice....
this is ari...another bad-ass science teacher...she works at one of the other campuses...she is on her way out this year as well....but we know we will see each other again...and maybe, if we are lucky...work together....
the bucharest crew....we hung out almost every week for dinner....so really, even though you move away, you really do see folks again...and sometimes, even get to work with them again....
one of the dinner crews i was part of ....both sandy and tina worked at SAS...they were always amazed by the stories from school...all schools have stories...but some of ours were mind blowing!!!
this was another dinner crew...and this is us with the hosts and amazing chef of UV...after a simply fantastic dinner....so glad i did this...for the food, the experience and the girls i went with!!!!
the wire, luther and game of thrones crew....i am not much of a tv person myself...but hanging with these folks once a week to watch a show, was awesome....for game of thrones we even bought t-shirts of our favorite houses and actors....thanks ross, juliet, sean, andrea, jules, jenny and little v for the fun and laughs away from school....i will miss GOT next year with you all, and the new crew of folks who joined us this year....
my partner and friend in crime for middle school science this year....john...this is our science end of the year get together...and yes, that's wine in those test tubes...the real question is though...did we clean them first....hahahahahaha....what a great year we had....
this shot is from our last dinner at goga hai...yummy!!!! one of my favorites in the entire city...and i don't know who else i would have wanted to share my last meal there with more...thanks for a wonderful year and trip to indonesia maggie, darby and alyssa...you rock!!!!
this was another way i said goodbye to shanghai...on a motorcycle side car tour...it was incredible...we had great drivers....visited places i had not been too and laughed a lot...what a way to say goodbye :)
last but not least....my overseas family selfie....taken by billy and including everyone important that could make it that night...a few folks were missing...but this was my time to say thanks for being my home away from home...you all rock my world...thanks billy, laure, maggie, ari, matt, dan, brad, heather, jocelyn, bri, adriana, darby, alyssa and andrea....i know we will see each other again soon...and all the best.....
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and there you have it...the top ten reasons why i will not and will miss the awesome place called shanghai...i have been here three years and it is time to move on...to my 6th continent, to new adventures, to a new school and to new stories....i am sad to leave shanghai, but know in this world i have chosen to live in that i will see people again and make new memories in other places with them...laugh a lot and be sad again when we reach the end....but on i go to ghana, africa....where a brand new chapter begins....come along if you wish....and yes, i will continue the blog....happy summer to those in the northern hemisphere and happy winter to those in the south...i will try and get the south korea post up soon....at least before i make it to ghana....and as we say in shanghai - zi wei!!!!
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