Shanghai Glass Museum

December 10, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

I leave China on Friday. THIS Friday. So in between trying to work out visas for the next leg of my trip, packing (kinda) and preparing to leave and ALL my final assignments (3 assignments due yesterday, two presentations today, one presentation tomorrow) I’ve been trying to steal time to do some interesting Shanghai activities […]

In Which we go to Beijing and Nervous Nancy rears her ugly head

November 26, 2012.Reading time 13 minutes.

Where do I begin. We went to Beijing (that’s a good start). A few weeks ago we realized we had limited time left in China and still hadn’t made it to Beijing, the capital city, and the Great Wall of China. Surely this is some kind of crime. So we found a weekend that we […]

Impressions

November 21, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

So Chinese people stare at me. Did I expect this? Yes. I don’t think it’s remotely malicious, just that they’re curious about a person who looks very different from them. I mean, people stare at me in Trinidad (inexplicably). Is it annoying? ABSOLUTELY. Because I’ve been trained to believe that whether you’re curious […]

More Beauty Notes from Shanghai

November 20, 2012.Reading time 5 minutes.

First of all I can’t believe I’ve never blogged about THESE before. (sorry for the blurry pic. Everyone in China always asks me to stop taking pics before I can get useable ones.) THESE are eyelash adhesive strippy things that Asian girls use to create a crease in their eyelid (I just learned from Wikipedia […]

Private View: Testino

November 19, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

So as I mentioned before, my roommates and I were lucky enough to receive invitations to the opening of Mario Testino’s Shanghai show, “Private View” at the beginning of this month. The name was apt. This is probably the fashion-iest event that we’ve been to so far. And I don’t know why I was surprised […]

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