Yo, we’re
getting there. In about a week I’ll be dissolving
my ass in the Pacific Ocean. The picture of that keeps me
going through these cold ass Shanghainese days. To be honest though, it could
be way worse. I mean, it is cold but it’s not
freezing so biking and running is still pretty okay. It has definitely been
worse...
I’m still
on the regular these days. Trying to advance my Chinese, going for my
runs, pushing weight in gym, listening crazy amounts of new music, hanging out
with my peers... Everything is going smoothly, energy is still on 100%,
positive vibes only...
On Monday, I ended up at this Bites & Brews on Fire spot
around the corner from my building. I’ve
actually visited this bar a few times over the past couple of weeks, as it’s quite cozy and relatively
affordable. And they do espresso martinis over there – that drink is the shit man...
Tuesday, I did a little tequila night with a friend topped
with some veggie burgers. Good stuff on top of good stuff. Motherfucker has to
treat himself... The day after, I went for a coffee with my Chinese friend
after quite some time. We met up at that Knowing cafe at Xinzhuang, caught up
for a bit and then I biked back home. By the way, biking last week was not the
most convenient thing to do, as it was raining for like 4 days straight.
Fortunately, it looks that we are out of the worst and this morning, I did my
laps outside with sunrays warming up my face...
Thursday, I did a dinner at that Chinese restaurant by
Huaihai/Wanping road. They never disappoint. I also received a text from this guy from
Switzerland. It’s actually a son of one of my
dad’s childhood friends (whom I know too), and even though I never met the guy, since he and his girlfriend had a
two days’ layover in Shanghai on their
way from New Zealand, our dads linked us up so we went for a dinner on Friday. Turned
out to be a pretty cool evening. We hit Jen Dow (their first hotpot ever) and
then proceeded to My Place. Some of my peers joined as well. There’s a good chance I’ll finally make it to fucking Switzerland
for the first time in the summer...
Saturday was a biking time. Met up with my biking partner
and went to Pudong do burn some calories. This time we took a ferry from the
North Bund and shortly after that found a biking path that has obviously been
completed over the past couple of months. We’ve been
in the area once before around a year ago and at that time, it was all in
progress. And boy, did they kill it. It’s a
super long and nice ride around the river through parks... You got community
centers like every 500 meters which provide free wifi, electicity and shelter
for some work or hangout, along with drinking water dispensers and toilets. There’s green everywhere and since they put
speakers all over the area, you got a soundtrack to your ride as well. So even
though they turned a gallery in this former factory we visited last year into
some weird ass posh mall, we had a great time just exploring the new area. You
can actually ride all around Lujiazui all the way to across the river from the
Powerstation of art where we took a ferry to Nanpu Bridge. However, the lane
goes on so we gonna explore the rest sometime soon. And since it’s super nice and there is drinking
water everywhere, I started playing with the idea of doing a marathon or at
least half-marathon when the weather gets better... We stopped by at the Veggie
house for some pumpkin and bean pie on the way and had our dinner at Gwen’s Jiang by Yanqing Road. They had a
pop up Szechuan vegan thing going on. Spicy wontons, sesame wontons, soups,
noodles. Beautiful. Met up with my vegan plug over there so after the meal, we
took it to a bar nearby to check out some chilled musical session of her
friends. I wrapped my day up at Bites & Brews again with my Monte Negro
squad. Oh, and we did almost 50km on bikes that day. Just so you fucking
know...
On Sunday, the whole gang met up for a lunch at the Vegan
Hotpot place. For some reason, I’m being
asked to introduce my peers to veggie spots I enjoy around here lately. I obviously
don’t mind and since they usually seem
surprised that the food is actually not garbage, I guess it serves its
purpose. I still feel the idea of vegans eating rocks and grass is quite prevalent
among carnivores. We had a bit of a feast over there – great way to conclude the week.
So yeah, got back from my run, listening some new rap,
having my coffee... And the last week of semester 5 in on. We got one last blog
coming next weekend – till then,
take it eassy!
Highlights:
- Surviving R. Kelly. I mean this guy has been cancelled on my radar for some time but god fucking damn it. Definitely recommend checking this shit out...
- New Black Mirror. Disturbing for a number of reasons...
- My Place – hadn’t been there in a minute and I almost forgot how good the vibe is over there.
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