In the past 24 hours, I have:

- Only consumed walnuts, almonds, pineapple, mango, and rabbit

- Experienced cold like NEVER before

- NOT slept due to my dad snoring and a 10 degree celsius hotel bedroom

- Actually been worried my feet were going to turn black because they were so cold

- Been in a car crash (ironically, not on the icy roads near Huangshan, but five minutes from our apartment in Shanghai)

- Looked like hell

Our trip to Huangshan was a massive failure. I can't express how happy I am to be back in Shanghai one day earlier. Screw nature and hiking and eating wild animals, I'M HITTING THE MALL TOMORROW! SALE'S ON, BIATCHES.

ps. OLLIE! You win something cool, I promise. You'll see. & thanks for musiktips!

pps. Happy Chinese New Year!

In China, you look down to see the fireworks, not up.

Love love love the xiaolongbao here. Yesterday was my third time.

Only just noticed this in the menu though, hihi:

(The binoculars remind me of Wall-E!)

It's pretty here at night.

Here are some Crappy iPhone Photos™ to describe my awesome Sunday!

Sushi at Sushi Inc, they have Haiku by Hatsune rolls and they were AWESOME. We got spicy salmon rolls, butterfly rolls (tempura shrimp, snow crab, avocado, cooked shrimp, eel - !!!), and summer rolls (salmon, yellowtail, tuna, avocado). I was in sushi heaven!

Went to the arcade in Super Brand Mall and played PUMP IT UP! YES! They actually had Pump it Up! It's basically the Korean version of DDR, the dance game. I scored A's, naturally, being the pro dancer that I am. HA! I got a little sweaty though, I'll admit...

We don't have Hooters in Sweden.

So of course, I had to check it out. With a Budweiser in my hand, I was totally ready for my all American experience. It was great. Lots of older, creepy western guys ...and myself... enjoyed this fine display of dancing (?)/cheering. I have a video of it, but China + youtube = fail, China + vimeo = also fail. Unfortunate for you guys. Really. HA!

Anyway, funny thing happened... the waitress told me I was pretty and she basically asked me if I wanted to work at Hooters. hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaa good one sir.

Missed my flight in Munich thanks to crappy snow, but it didn't seem to bother me that much.

At least it looked somewhat pretty.

Jetlag. Thank god for Super Mario Bros 3 and my Wii! Problem solved.

The view from my bed isn't too shabby.

Nor is the one from my balcony. Apparently we're moving to a bigger and newer apartment in the building with the blue lights in April. Sucks, because the view is better in this apartment..

The outdoor pool. The indoor one is in the round building above it, and the gym is right underneath.

First time I tried longan, ohmygodohmygod<3

Mama and I made our own dumplings!

Korean rice cakes called songpyeon. Have you seen Ratatouille? You know when the mean food critic Anton Ego takes a bite out of the ratatouille and then remembers his childhood etc and breaks into a huuuge smile? That's how I felt when I took a bite out of this lovely cake thing. Sooooo good and so full of memories!

More pics from the balcony, can't wait until spring/summer so I can sit outside and have a drink and listen to music..

The dreaded cubicle. It didn't take long before I realized this wasn't for me.

Best thing I learned during my week in the cubicle.