I was a designer in China for 6 months

The office.



The two (Singaporean) bosses!




My China colleagues

Yeap. That's that. After 6 months of photoshop, illustrator, video editing, doing (almost) everything in Chinese, it's over.

I was a designer for 6 months.

:D

He asked me for an opinion on my feelings about living in Shanghai, so...

"At first glance, Shanghai is no different from Singapore. Vibrant, urban and perhaps the only difference is there are a whole lot more chao ang mos around. Only when you start to live in the place then you begin to see the different layers of society that co-exist in this city. Vagrants and beggars mashed with white-collared workers and fashionistas, old-fashioned alleys that stand their ground next to towering skyscrapers, and a sense of chaos throughout the whole city in orderly fashion. Living in Shanghai is an adventure. It is a test of our tolerance towards peeing men on the street, a re-examination of our sense of justice towards pickpockets, and most importantly, a time where we cast our hearts into iron when we turn away from the beggers on the streets. These are poignant moments where the difference between living in Shanghai and Singapore show. In my opinion, this is the beauty of Shanghai that Singapore can never offer. "

Before Food Monologue

from ffffound.com


I wrote this in my phone while I was eating alone at Ajisen in 龙之梦, the shopping complex near my house.

"I'm eating by myself for the first time. This is strange. I'm not seated by myself. I'm smack in the middle of two diff parties. I feel like a kid in a canteen. Weird. Anti-social kid in a canteen. But thankfully, no one knows me. I can pretend to be doing something (well tats what I am doing now). Thankgawd i am in a foreign land where nobody knows me. Ok i'm calm now. its Act kinda cool to be doing this. Hur."

If this was an advertisment,

it'll be for the Sennheiser HD215.

Shanghai Shenanigans- The feeling of Luxury

It's the last few weeks of internship, and naturally, we threw out our mantra of saving money out the window.

RMB109 all-you-can-eat Sushi buffet at 黑方料理
RMB 73 personal steamboat extravaganza at 豆捞坊
RMB 105 on a The North Face "inspired" 55 litre backpack which was originally RMB300 (but we bargained.)
RMB 60plus Cantonese meal at critically acclaimed restaurant 港丽茶餐厅
RMB 60plus Cantonese meal at another critically acclaimed restaurant 恒山小馆
RMB 60plus for a unique chocolaty drink, Velvet Delight and other delicate chocolate snacks at The Velvet Noir

We're finally living like those rich tai-tais. Sooner or later one of us will be wearing a cheongsam, holding up a classy paper fan, be driven around in a Rolls Royce and eat only at The Bund. That is, if our resources don't already run out, which we have to then sell our butts at taobao.com.

At last, we are living like the "chao ang mos" here, instead of the 外地人 from poorer countries which we were labeled as before (because we always bargained till they thought we really were damn poor).

Muahahaha.

For the first time in 5 months, I....

played basketball with the guys at Longyang.

Woohoo. I feel lighter already!