Shanghai

[feather]

Took some pictures of my move, my last night in Sydney, and my first morning in Shanghai, thought I'd share them and update this in the future with new pictures or whatever gigs I attend (if I manage to get out of the office!).




































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[lilsensa]

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Awesome!!

[AchtungBaby!]

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Cool view from the plane!! Great pics

[res0nat0r]

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sweet! you have to let us know how it is. i think living in that city would be an amazing experience. i am super jealous.

[chanty]

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Wow..that's quite the move and location change. Thanks for sharing your pics. Looking forward to seeing Shanghai through your eyes!

[Garrick]

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good luck in shanghai man... new opportunities and new stuff to see! i'm sure you'll have a great time over there.

[AntonyM]

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Right on Feather, looks like Shanghai is going to suit you well, pack lite, that is the spirit, best of luck.

[sonatine]

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what kind of camera do you have?

[tiddles]

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more city shots plz

[feather]

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what kind of camera do you have?

Ricoh GR Digital. It's a point and shoot with full manual controls.

more city shots plz

Yeah I'd love to, the work hours here are nuts, I've pretty much been living in the office!

[tiddles]

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sounds like asia

do you actually work or do you just have to be there before the boss and leave after him like in korea?

[feather]

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Err I actually work unfortunately (like right now, 7:48pm on a Sat night). The culture doesn't require you to hang around and wait for your boss to leave.

I was habitually late when working in Sydney. In Shanghai, I'm habitually early despite showing up at the same time I did in Sydney. I've realised nobody comes to work early/on time because they're either working late the night before, or are expecting a late night!

[feather]

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Monday, second week in Shanghai, felt like a first day that never ended since I've been working every day including weekends and putting in late hours. Taking a break before I get back to work (9:43pm!) so I thought I'd post about my first week's experience.

I'm glad to dispel the general stereotype that the Chinese spit everywhere, I haven't seen any spitting at all. But I did hear the government put a huge fine on spitting so that might be why.

Heaps of smokers here and they smoke everywhere, including indoors. We have a smoking room at work like the airport, next to the recreation room. And in the recreation room, instead of pool, you get ping pong.

And they smoke IN the office at their desks after hours, so getting the second hand smoke is weird. And unfortunately that's started me having a few smokes with my colleague when I work back. And yup they smoke in restaurants.

When people want you, they want you immediately. They don't believe in emails here. They'll either come looking for you, or call you. A lot of urgency / lack of patience in every day life, expecting quick response, but strangely enough, everyone walks leisurely on the streets—I'd expect fast-paced like Hong Kong.

Food is very interesting even for someone used to Asian cuisine. You think you know Asian cuisine from eating out in Chinatown or authentic Chinese restaurants, but in China, you start drilling down into the different cuisines from different dialects / provinces as opposed to just 'Asian' or 'Cantonese.'

An expat living here can probably find anything they want, either the original foreign import, or a local analog. Walking around a 'foreign' supermarket, you'll see brands and products you recognise, and you'll be surprised at other foreign products you've never seen back home.

Architecture is amazing here, keep seeing new stuff, and there're all these hole-in-the-wall stores selling food or electrical goods or smokes, and street side carts selling anything from fried 'crepes' to roast duck noodles. Don't think anyone ever gets bored walking around, and I've hardly done much since I spend all my time in the office.

I found a tiny 2 bedroom apartment in a 'walk-up' that's probably 4-storey tall. Old apartment that was renovated with new stuff 2 months ago, but set among a block of similar buildings in a 'compound,' it's like some kinda community living, I don't know how to describe it, will have pics when I move in. And the 2br is gonna cost me 5.5K RMB a month which is like 915.50 AUD or 805 USD! 10 mins cab ride from the office, another 5-10 mins cab ride to a shopping district.

And a 10-min cab ride costs 12 RMB, 1.75 USD or 2 AUD

Unfortunately no time to check out the local music scene yet, though I hear Shelter is the place for underground music. DJ Krush played there 2 weeks back, so it can't be that bad.

Will upload more pics tomorrow.

[Steve Graham]

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what do you do for work?
I'm sure this has been mentioned some where already, but i missed it

sounds like it would be a bit of culture shock, but a great experience

keep the pics coming mate

[simonr]

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Great pics ... on my long long list of places to travel to and/or catch Diggers !!

China always makes me think of the Oakenfold Rojam set