Pre Housewarming

My roommate Greg Witmer ('09) just moved in so it was about time to have a mini-housewarming. It's not quite a full house warming yet, since I wasn't sure how many people I could comfortably fit in the apartment. 9 fit quite comfortably on the couch and window sill, so I'm thinking if people hung out in the dining room and the bedrooms, we could maybe fit 20+? We'll see how big the next one will be, or maybe I'll just have housewarmings in a few batches...

 

Other Apartment Pix

 Dining Room

 
Hallway looking out from my room.

 
Office/Study Room

 
Tiny Bedroom

 
View from my bedroom window

 
Apartment floorplan.

Moved In, Finally!

I'm finally moved in and settled in! Feels great to finally be done.

  Living Room. Almost exactly a year ago, I went to Painter's Village with some friends to look for paintings for my rented apartment - here's my blog post: http://danaung.blogspot.com/2009/08/painters-village.html. I said, "If I ever bought a house in Shenzhen, I'd come here to decorate it!" Well, I guess it's about time I make a trip over! Hey, notice the 4 paintings I bought a while back... I guess I liked them so much, I decided to buy a house to put them in!

  Entrance and Kitchen

  Hallway (2 bedrooms on the right, on bath on the left, master bedroom + bath at the end).

  The master bedroom (mine!)...

What's missing... a housewarming! I'm thinking of having it on Sept 24, so pictures from that coming soon.

New Apartment in Shenzhen!

So, why have I been so busy over the last few months? In the middle of all the traveling, I've been thinking about things like, "What color tiles do I like?"

 I am rennovating my new place in Shenzhen, which is extremely close to the Shenzhen/HK border, hence the HK metro map.
 How much rennovating am I doing... check out the floors and the tiles!

Plans are to move into a fresh new place in 3 weeks! Stay tuned!

Suzhou!

 I didn't have a chance to ride the Maglev yet (581km/hr = 361mph), but going 284km/hr (176mph) isn't too bad either.

 Walking around Shangtang street. Looks like Venice in China!

 The Zhuo Zheng Garden, one of Suzhou's many gardens.

 

Shanghai - World Expo!

Our main reason for stopping through Shanghai was to go to the World Expo. China spent more money on the World Expo than they did on the Beijing Olympics in 2008!

 This picture of the Macau Pavilion is for Sirena!

 There were lots of people! Crowds + 35C+ temperatures... fun fun!

 The US Pavilion!

 Here is Haibao, the official mascot of the World Expo, whom you could see EVERYWHERE!

Krispy Kreme!

There is only ONE Krispy Kreme in all of China and I found it in Shanghai! They have the whole doughnut conveyor belt inside too! My taste buds tell me the doughnuts taste just as good (though slightly different...).