I almost forgot.. Spellcheck

Right down the street from my house。。。














Must be luxuru... I think they may have just run out of room! I've seen some signs that are much better than this one, but I never have my camera with me!

I have been on Winter Break now for about a month, and am bored out of my mind. There is not a lot to do in my town, unless you like: 1. Kareoke 2. shopping (a few places) 3. I don't know what else....
This picture is of a temple (I don't know the history behind it) within the ChuanSha Park. The park is actually right next to my apartment, but its pretty small and insignificant. I actually had trouble finding something to take a picture of unless you want to look at construction!

I have gone into downtown on a few days to wonder around a little bit. I was close to going to a man-made "hill" just outside of Shanghai to snowboard, but after looking at pictures of it online, I decided it would not be worth it. Its indoors and I think that I could spit to the bottom. http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/ski/shanghai.ski-jianshuo-skiing.jpg
I was pretty sick for about 2 weeks with a cold/flu. I haven't been that sick in years, but it made me cancel my trip to Hangzhou, which was pretty disheartening.
I am going to Beijing on Jan. 27th for a little over a week during the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is from Jan. 26th to Jan. 30th and it celebrates the Chinese New Year (lunar year). Its the year of the Ox! More or less, the Spring Festival is like our X-mas. People go home to see their families and spend time with them. I talked to one guy who was taking a 32 hour train（2 day）ride to his hometown in SW China. I told him that I would tell my family to forget it and I'll see you when I can! He couldn't afford a plane ticket, which he said he would (obviously) prefer. He hasn't been home in almost 10 yrs though!

Well hopefully I will be able to post some pictures of the trip on here.

New Year's 2009

For New Year's Eve, I went out with a few teachers from work. We went to a bar on "The Bund," which is the area in Shanghai along the river. Near the bar that we went to, we saw a Hooter's near by! We did not go in (I regret it now), but I had to get a picture of it. I would've loved to see some Asian Hooter's girls, but we were in a hurry to meet up with these girls that were waiting for us. That is the Bund behind me.