Semester 6 Chapter VI: Screenings & Increases

Good morning from the sunny Shanghai. It seems I have finally wished my spring vibes into existence. It's still not nearly as warm as I would hope, but it's continuously getting better. There’s less rain, there’s more sun, winter jacket is becoming redundant throughout daytime – we’re on the right track here.

Aight, so let’s jump right into it. Last Monday, I met up with some of my peers at Alimentari – not the one at Anfu Lu tho. I had no idea they opened up another joint at Wuding Lu, just around the corner form my compound. One more cheap beer spot in the area. After that, we went to Chair Club for some more jams. We’re pretty much regulars at this point.

Two days after, I met up with a friend in Minhang, we cooked us some dope ass vegan dinner (mostly Turkish cuisine topped with some veggie cheese) and hung out for a bit. On Thursday, I met up with a friend I met at the last years’ Dragon Burn. We hadn’t seen each other in months... She picked this event of one of other theme camps which is participating in this years’ burn. They did a movie screening at this hostel close to People’s Square. All about downhill mountain biking. It was pretty cool.

Since the weather is all nice, the gang did the original Alimentari on Friday. It marked the first time this year sitting outside at least for a part of the evening. Again, I would appreciate temperatures getting to around 20+ for good but we gotta be grateful for what we have, I guess. And the day after, I had a chance to meet up with one of my classmates who wanted to discuss a possible collaboration on a paper. No idea if that shit materializes at some point, but we have some ideas. And it would be pretty dope pushing some of the uni stuff a bit forward.

And that’s about it. Running in shorts has become an option, I’m still on my Chinese classes, I still have my schedule kinda packed, life is still good over here. Time flies like crazy tho... Again, I’m slowly realizing that in about 3 months, I’ll be heading back Europe for the summer. The good thing is, I already got my tattoo sessions booked. Fucking yay!

Highlights:

• Leaving Neverland. Yuck.
• Megan Thee Stallion. Awesome female rapper out of Houston. Love her.
• That fucking bartender at the spot where the screening took place. There was a complimentary drink coming with the ticket and since he obviously had no idea how to serve Jameson, he poured me like triple one. Kudos to you, good man!