Yo, what’s gucci
y’all. Another beautiful Monday,
Shanghai is still sunny, life is still good, positive vibes are still on all
around, and Shanghai Czech-in is still somewhat operational. Shout out to all
the students, employees, unemployed heroes, freelancers, robbers...
Hope y’all well... Let me start wits
some self-promo this time around. After like 10 years of hibernation, me and Mickey
managed to record, mix and upload some new shit. Just for the fuck of it... New
YLP can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/your-local-popstars.
Cheers!
Okay, now back to my life Shanghai. It still feels like we
are on the edge between summer and fall over here. Most of the days are real
nice, sky is blue, pollution is super low on Chinese standards, and temperature
is usually around 20 degrees. Not too bad. Actually, pretty perfect for all the
outdoor workouts, runs and cycling I do like all the time.
Last Monday, we hung
out at my friends’ apartment, watching a
documentary on immigration in the United States, specifically on people who
have lived there for years, working there, running businesses, having families,
and who are now targeted by Trump administration, being forced to leave it all
behind, separate from the their loved ones, and go back to whatever hellhole they came from. Kinda makes you sick. Lotta shit about our super
developed and enlightened Western world makes you sick when you really think about it. The shit
that happens with Kurds and Turkey is flat out disgusting. And the way West
deals with it is just embarrassing. To me, it’s a bit
sentimental, cause when I used to live in Turkey in like 2013, shit actually
looked promising. People were full of hope that the country would open up
culturally and make itself more exposed to the world. Right after I left, Gezi park
happened, Erdogan got in control for real and kicked off this whole fiasco
which has been getting worse ever since. It’s
painful to watch. Shout out to the Kurds! I feel your pain.
Anyways... Wednesday evening, I met up with my Czech friend
for a dinner. We went to Jen Dow by Jing’an
temple, and spent couple of hours talking life. He started experimenting with
tempeh marinating recently (I kinda inspired that), and he got me a jar of it.
Since tempeh is like one of my favorite things, I super appreciate that.
Friday, I met up with my Chinese friend who’s involved with couple of restaurants
over here. I rode to Knowing café in
Minhang for our meet up. She asked me to help her out with founding a page for the café on Happycow, as they would like to
attract a bit more international people. I did that and I mean... There’s not that many fully vegan places in
the area and those guys do serve some mean tea, coffee, snacks and deserts.
Hope it’s gonna help a bit. Later
that day, I met up with my peers at Changle u for some beers. Enjoying outdoor
friendly weather while it lasts.
I’ve been
cycling like crazy too. Got a flat tire for the first time since summer
yesterday. Made it for like 6 week without one, which is pretty good. Also went
forward and got myself pretty neat cycling gloves. Being all pro and shit.
Workouts are still fun and I actually feel my shape is getting better day by
day. Been in touch with my girlfriend in Thailand quite a lot too... Gonna go back
there in less than two weeks for like two days, just cause I can. Life’s good.
Also... Been working on my dissertation on the daily. Making small steps. Still
no idea how this shit’s gonna
unfold but let’s hope for the best... Hope y’all gonna have a great week, keep it
positive, don’t be assholes to people (and
animals), and stay safe. One!
Highlights:
- Yuna – Rogue. Great album. New Gucci is dope as well.
- El Camino. That Breaking Bad movie is not bad. Especially if you consider Breaking Bad one of the best series of all time. Which I kinda do.
- Noodles with peanut butter, coconut milk, mushrooms, tofu and chili peppers. Something we tried out in Thailand, and now I started making it at home. Delicious as fuck...
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