I am a lazy bum...

Actually, I have not been lazy, more of a bum, but not lazy. I have been working long hours at work and just haven't had the time to sit down and write a blog. However, a friend just convinced me that I had to get my butt in gear and start writing things down. Age is catching up to me so I am going to attempt to remember what has happened to me within the past few weeks.
OK...so working backwards, I just spent my first halloween here in Shanghai! It was quite an experience. I basically had no costume until two days before halloween and decided to get with it and try finding a costume. I was lucky to have a friend who has lived here for the past six years and she said "girlfriend, you can find anything online" so she helped me get a costume. I ended up buying a sailor suit for $15! That was insane. I would post some photos here, but let's just say the outfit didn't cover too much! These women here are just so damn skinny that I didn't even think that I might not fit my big booty in these tiny clothes. Anyhow, it worked out fine in the end...It was a hit :)
We partied a bit too hard for halloween. I had a party to go to pretty much every night. Not that I'm complaining or anything, but man, it was hard at work the day after...I barely could focus on anything for those three days. I went into work and sat starring at the computer screen and prayed that I would make it to 6pm and back in my bed asleep. I literally slept for 10 hours one night! I am just getting toooooo old... Then again people here say that I party like a rockstar...tee hee
Working backwards...I have been going out quite a bit with friends. Made some cool friends so far, mostly from the States. That's not a shocker, I'm sure. It is still tough for me to hang out with any locals. I have had some weird experiences with some locals here. Whenever I go to a bar, they come up to me with three questions: 1. If I am Chinese, 2. If I am SURE that I am Chinese, and 3. If I am Japanese. I swear these are the three questions I get all the time. I tell the they need better pick up lines! HA. So I posted a photo of a few friends of mine going to an American place for once, City Diner. I really had no idea what the place was going to be like, but it was really identical to the diners back home. I had to get a grilled cheeze!! Fantastic. Wish the cheeze was a bit thicker, but I will take what I can get. And it is open until the wee hours as well. After a drunken night, it is awesome to end up there. The best part of it is that we were able to jump in a cab right after and make it home for under $2 cab ride. Yippie!
OK, next story...well, in one pic you can see that I am at this bridge with my friend Julie. We went to this place called "I Love Shanghai" and this bar was literally in no mans land. However, it is supposed to very popular. It was $2 absinthe night. Now who can pass that up? Well, let me tell you I would have if I had know that the absinthe was disgusting the way they make it. You really could not get just a good ol' absinthe. They have to put the most disgusting stuff in it. I drank like two sips and wanted to puke. Ladies drink for free allll the time here so it was good that we don't spend too much money out. I guess it's good for guys too because they really don't have to buy drinks for the girls. So you single men, you know where to move to now. We also went to this bar called Mint and it was ladies night. I swear to you this is the funniest story. So my girls and I show up at the bar and we walk in and see this sign at the door that says "no men allowed between 10-12"...we thought sweet it is going to be a good night of drinking. I assumed that it was just to give ladies a head start. Nope...after ten minutes, I realized that the ladies in the room didn't look like us, out to cruise the men. They were there to cruise each other. We sat at the bar for a bit, drank what we had to and got out of there. I guess we have to carefully read the signs next time.
The weather is changing...getting realllly cold out there. So not looking forward to the winter time here ... it is way worse than back east. I am definitely looking forward to coming back to NYC during the month of Feb. That sounds hideous but trust me NYC in feb is way better than being here in Shanghai. So for those of you that actually read this blog, know that I'm coming back to the States for the entire month of feb so watch out! I'll be in DC and NYC partying it up. I'll have to show some of you guys how it is to party like you're in Shanghai. Until then...Miss you all very very much. xoxo