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Published: November 12th 2008
Day Four of my Romantic Getaway with my 3 Favourite People
Yesh, it was me, myself, and I that had continued our lovers tour of Shanghai. Today, I realized how much I could actually eat and was the first time I realized you can eat like a pig, even if you're not on a cruise ship. In Shanghai, this is easy to do with how inexpensive the food is.
So my friend
Niall from The Marina Grille, the restaurant that I have been working at for about 7 or 8 years (yes, I started at a very tender age and still have the fondest memories of the place) had left this summer a little early for school. She goes to Queens, but went for an exchange/overseas semester in Shanghai. I said to her: "I am coming to visit you" and that I did! I love doing things that I say I'm going to do. Luckily I caught her at a time when she wasn't traveling and exploring China, as she said she had been doing that a lot. We planned to meet at an American bar called "Malone's American Bar" in the morning to watch the live
televised US presidential election.
There, I had met several of her friends from Queens also doing the program at Fudan University. Being there that morning, I felt as if I had never left home. It was actually weird realizing that we were in China. Every person in there was not Asian. The first time in a while that I felt like a minority again...quite comforting actually. So, we caught up and talked and just gazed at the screen in anticipation for the Democratic win. They were ALL Obama fans. Niall and I just kept looking at each other thinking how weird it was to be together but in such a different place in the world.
I then decided to walk across a main street called Nanjing Rd. all the way across to the Shanghai museum. Yes, call me crazy, it is a pretty far walk, but I had just eaten like 5 filling Japanese delicious buns.
Lastly, what a better way to end off the night than to enjoy another very traditional Shanghai Dinner! I met up with Eric and friend John, along with Kitty and friend Carol. We all ate together and had a great talk,
Will.I.Am Hologram
Hilarious Holographic Star Wars esque will.i.am....too funny.this followed up by the Eric's question: "So Nathan, do you want to see Shanghai, like really SEE it?"
Check out the pictures because we definitely SAW Shanghai tonight.
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