We are going home for the holidays!!! We were originally going to go to Australia, but given the circumstances of 8 days here, we decided to go home. I can’t believe we are going home after only being in Shanghai for 3 months. But guess what, I get to shop and eat all the things…
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I'm a wife and a mom to two boys. This is my first time blogging because I wanted to capture our journey in Shanghai. Maybe one day, my boys AND my husband will read my blog.
Whoop whoop!! We got all our things from the US!! It ONLY took 3 months. 5 days before we went back to the US for the holidays! Ayi Cindy is going to be vey busy!!! So much for her easy month of work. This is how it went down… We shipped the kids off to…
We are finishing up our 12th week here in Shanghai. I have a love/hate relationship with Shanghai. I love a lot of things here. I love the food, the friends I have made, exploring the area, learning Chinese, the friendships my boys have made, the endless shopping, the boys’ school, did I mention the food? and even being…
I’ve been visiting a whole lot of grocery stores around here. They are abundant. The main grocery store is Carrefour. It’s a European chain, but it’s very Chinese. So don’t let the European name fool you. They also have grocery stores on the basement floors of malls. Yup, you’ve read that right. Just below Louis…
The definition of an ayi is an aunt or housemaid. Not sure how I’d feel being called a housemaid if my niece and nephews had to call me ayi Joy. Anyway, that’s beside the point. I was browsing shanghaimamas (totally recommend this website for anyone moving to Shanghai) regarding recommendations for ayis. One was highly recommended so she came to…
From the moment we landed here, my husband wanted to buy scooters. I have NEVER driven a scooter so I was very skeptical of having one here. Being chauffeured around in a van, I’m able to see how everyone drives and how chaotic the roads can be. Scooters driving in the wrong direction, drivers doing…
1. Having a bilingual driver is the best thing ever. Especially someone we all get along with. 2. You should avoid wearing flip flops or sandals at all cost. It is dirty here. And majority of the bathroom floors are wet so wearing sandals and wet floors are NOT the best combination. 3. Shanghainese food is…
Our driver, Sam, kept wanting to take us to ocean park. We thought it was an actual park. So when he wanted to take us when it was raining, we were confused when he told us it was indoors. Then we saw it – Shanghai Aquarium. So why did he call it ocean park? I’ll have to…
We wanted to see pandas, so naturally, we went to the Shanghai Zoo. It cost us 80 rmb (40 rmb per adult) to enter the zoo. Kids 6 yo and under AND below 1.5 m can get in free. Really? A height requirement? Guess they don’t want anyone lying about their age. So if you have a tall 4…
Mid-Autumn break is a holiday for the Chinese. They celebrate when the moon is at its brightest and roundest. There were so many people outside with telescopes looking at the full moon on the pedestrian street. To enhance the full moon, they celebrate with moon cake. Haha. Get it? Our driver was gracious enough to…