You can call me Random

So, the past few days have been pretty good.

Wednesday afternoon, we took a double-decker bus tour of the Puxi District of Shanghai, which is where ECNU, People's Square/Park, the Bund, et cetera are - basically, everything that mattered in Shanghai before 1989ish.

This is the Catholic Church in Shanghai. Just to the right (and out of the picture) is an eight or nine story church-looking building with a huge cross on top. It's the headquarters for Chinese Catholicism. Control, much?


I got really excited when I found BBQ sauce at one of the 50+ local KFCs. It was a miraculous day.


This is my host fam's dog, Charlie. He responds to commands in Chinese. I love this creature.


You'll never guess who I ran into at the US Embassy when I was registering my new visa. Why, it's meh friend Bamzy!


Actually, today all the ACS (Advanced Chinese Studies) kids went to Madame Tussauds' Wax Museum, or "The World Famous Home of the World Famous." It was pretty sweet.


This is me and Pu-daddy. We're looking ahead into the bright light that will undoubtedly be Russia's prosperous future. Notz.


This is me all up in Nicci's grill.


And this is me beating up Brad. The Misses was impressed. Mangelina? We're here.


After that, we ate at this awesome restaurant. The food wasn't magnificent, but the view was.


Then, we split up. Some of us headed back to the dorms. My friend Min-ah and I went to Pudong New District to see what all the hooplah is about.


Actually, I've been a few timez, but I hadn't been to the Jinmao Tower observation deck, so we went. Two student ID cards and CNY 120 later, we were 88 floors above you.


This is the atrium of the Grand Hyatt, which is inside Jinmao Tower and also the highest hotel in the world. But $300 a night for the cheapest room? Lolzasaurus I'm a student.


Finally, I'll leave you with some advice.