Wednesday, September 20, 2006

North Korean Restaurant

With the project on the last stretch, a good number of the people are leaving Shanghai to go home (like me, in 2 weeks). So, as always, there are goodbye dinners, goodbye lunches, goodbye brunches, goodbye benders. This weekend was our goodbye weekend for Derek - my roomate for the past 3 months. After a good stint here in China, he left for San Francisco on Sunday. Here are some pictures of the fun and games:

To start with, supper at a North Korean restaurant. Fun and crazy food like:




Sea Urchin - actually not too bad because the inside was mixed with some kind of egg stuff.




Dog - again, actually quite yummy (a bit fatty). I have no hang ups of eating "cute dogs" because I think lambs and rabbits are even cuter than dogs, yet I eat those... I can sense mom (a vegetarian) cringing right now. hee hee.




It's hard to see, but this "Long Life Liquor" has in it's list of ingredients "Penis of Fur Seal". Yummy!!!


The costumes at this place were also pretty funny:

Oh baby, you can really make out the beautiful curves underneath this, um, bell-like fashion statement.



Every now and then, a bunch of the waitresses would go on stage and sing songs written by Mr. Kim - the fearless dictator of North Korea. Can't say he's much of a composer, but he does have millions of faithful (if periodically "reeducated") followers.



Here are our 2 tables (front and back right). Note the heaps and heaps of food revolving on the lazy susans. Lots of yummy stuff!



David busting out his drum skillz.



And Derek gettin' down.

It's sad to see Derek go, but now I have someone to visit in San Francisco - one of my favorite cities in the USA. Have a great time in San Fran buddy!!!

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Big news! Well, big for me, at least...

I have successfully changed my flights for my trip home, and everything is confirmed. I will be leaving Shanghai on October 4th, flying to Vancouver first (arriving at 12:40) on the same day (I'll be travelling back in time!)

I'll stay in Vancouver for 12 days - I hope to go to my parent's cabin for a week or so to see what trees look like and hear birds sound like. :-)

On October 16th, I leave Vancouver to fly to Montreal, arriving at 21:59 on the same day. Remember guys, 21:59. Not 22:00. I'm happy the airline gave me an extra minute in Montreal. I will be sure to use it wisely.

So mark your calendars! Falko will be back soon!

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Huang Shan Scenery
(Yellow Mountain Scenery)

My previous posts were just a tease. "What's so great about this Yellow Mountain place?", you asked yourselves. Why are so many people there? Well, here (finally) are the shots of the mountains themselves. I have many more, especially since all my friends were taking pictures as well, but these my best ones. Enjoy!



A close up of the right side of the previous shot, showing a mountain formation that resembles a hand holding a paintbrush.