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Happy Birthday To ME!!

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October 26th 2006
Well I'm 25 now. My birthday was yesterday but after a night of partying we slept most of the day away and went for a nice dinner at T.G.I. Friday's. Yum. Devlin arranged with our friend Riley (who lives in Shanghai, we've been visiting him almost everyday) to pick up a cake and surprise me with it. He had them put a Doraemon on the cake, my favorite cartoon character from Japan. He's a blue c ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more