The suburb is built around an old Jesuit mission. Somewhere inside the backstreets stands the Saint Ignatius Loyola Catholic Library. Magnificent, I'm told, though I've yet to find it. Read on for what we have found so far...
Our apartment compound lies just off Hong Qiao road, a standard-massive-eight-lane-super-concourse (plus bike lanes!). Hong Qiao means 'Rainbow Bridge'. Home is Building 2, one of four 20-storey, oldish residential blocks. I figure the pale green walls hide the aircon gutter sludge better than grey.
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After the chaos and clattering of the New Year celebrations, we saw a wedding procession leave from our building. The red tatters on the ground are remains of firecrackers. Lots and lots of them. That had been going all night.
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The compound's community notice board says "Celebrating the Spring Festival"
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The local market has piles upon piles of fresh fruit and vegies for sale. Purchasing it usually requires hagglings skills Natalie and I have yet to fully develop.
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On the other side are salty pancake stalls, some small specialty grocers, a 7-11 and a sort of noodle shop without cooking facilities (DIY cha mian).
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This super-mega-Hong Qiao road out the front...
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And a quiet lane at the back...
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Ten minutes walk up the road lies the commercial titan intersection, Xu Jia Hui:
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http://picasaweb.google.com/jim.yeah/XuHuiDistrict/
In other developments, Nat bought a new phone, I bought a non-stick pan and we joint-purchased a little digital camera. I'm off home now to see how Nat did at her first day at work.
3 comments:
Hey Guys!
Thanks so much for these, just what I've been wanting to see. Hope Nat's first day went really well, looking forward to hearing about it, and Jim's too.
Awesome chatting to you the other night as well. Hope we can again soon.
Good on ya's!
hello jim and nat,
i'm glad to hear that you 2 are having fun.
thoes pictures look amazing.
have funn!
:) Lara xoxox
yo jimsan n nat, gonna have to be quick doing this at workies. it's been great reading y'alls blog. sounds like your having fun n settling in well. yeah we chinese know how to party. especially at weddings. the bigger the better. hey maxim (karis's ex) rang to see if you guys made it to shanghai ok. you should get in contact with him if you wanna. do you still have his email address. im still plodding along here. nothing to report. got fuckin interrupted before. anyway continue having fun. i'll be in touch. my email is simjnathan.yahoo.com if you to email. nathan :)
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