59/365

Just part of our meal at a Dong Bei Ren restaurant in Shanghai- this
food is supposedly typical of the north-eastern former Manchurian
region of China. Check out the size of those lamb shanks (juxtaposed
by the tofu and rocket rolls ordered by my vegetarian self!). Try
eating that with chopsticks!

58/365

Chinese New Year paraphernalia for sale in Yu Gardens (Yu Yuan) Market.

57/365

Phil took this picture (on his phone) while on a photo shoot in a cane furniture factory in Guangzhou (southern China). There is not a single machine in the whole factory as all the furniture is made by hand. And yes, her hands are blurry because in every shot she is working too fast for the camera.

56/365

Spring has sprung! It has been unseasonably warm these last few days
(the temperature jumped 10 degrees overnight), putting a bounce in my
step. It's all just a big tease though-the weather report predicts
another cold snap is on the way. My Aussie butt is not designed for
the cold!

55/365

Lion and dragon dancers at my kindergarten for Chinese New Year (and
Lantern Festival to be more precise).

54/365

Dinner: chicken rounded off with a side of common pidgeon.... I kid
you not. Yummy!

53/365

Many major intersections in Shanghai are fenced, forcing all
pedestrians to climb over them on these pedestrian bridges. This is a
great idea to cut down on pedestrian casulties, however many of the
bridges (such as this on on Yanan Rd and Jiangsu Rd) do not have
escalators. This poses a major problem for anyone with disabilities,
or even just parents with prams. It's a great example of a good idea
that just wasn't followed through logically.

52/365

Todays photo is not one I took- it was sent to me by my sister and is
of my newest nephew Darcy. Out of my eight nieces and nephews, four of
them have been born while I was living here in Shanghai. There are
many positive aspects to living in a foreign country but missing such
momentous occasions as births, deaths and marriages definitely sucks!

51/365

Chinese New Year sales at the local Carrefour (French chain)
supermarket.

50/365

The aftermath of the sixth day and night of fireworks.

49/365

Food styling with leftovers... Otherwise titled 'my friends and I
really should grow up'.
Ps. We called him Pierre.

48/365

You gotta love Chinglish!

47/365

Lazy morning on the window seat.

46/365

Just one of many hundreds of "authorised apple resellers" (read:
pirated hacked/cracked iPod and iPhone sellers) in Shanghai.

45/365

Fireworks on the eve of Chinese New Year. We all know what pretty
fireworks displays look like, but this is the true scene on the ground
as Shanghai turns into a hell of pyrotechnics.

44/365

Walls like this are being rapidly built around Shanghai to "beautify"
construction site that won't be completed before the expo. This wall
is titled the "expo long scenery wall".

42/365

Since the water in Shanghai (as in all of China) is so bad, all our
water for drinking and cooking comes from this water dispenser. At
least the big bottles only cost about $3 each.

42/365

Random Shanghai man-hole

40/365

A rare sunset in Shanghai.

39/365

Cookie-cutter expat villas in a gated compound. With one month rent
costing the combined monthly salaries of myself and Phil, we couldn't
live here even if we wanted to!

39/365

Shopping in pyjamas- a common sight in china. These ones are
especially quilted for those cold winter days.

38/365

A foggy and miserable Sunday in Shanghai.

37/365

The window seat in our bedroom. We just bought the foam and got the
covers made, resulting in a nice place to sit on a lazy weekend.

36/365

People lining up to by bus and rail tickets to their hometowns for
Chinese New Year (starting 14 February). Ticket offices have had
queues for weeks.

35/365

Some run down shops near our place were recently destroyed in order to
widen the road, and lo and behold this typical Shanghai house was
hiding behind them. Occasionally the demolishion here reveals
simething interesting.

34/365

Chinese New Year decorations on the pathways at the kindergarten I
teach at.

33/365

A Shanghai city bus seen through a rainy taxi window.

32/365

Project 365, Day 32
Painting my livingroom. The painter we hired to do the job decided to
go back to his hometown for Chinese New Year so I'm painting it myself.

31/365

Project 365 Day 31
Chinese New Year decorations on our neighbour's door.