Ladies and gentlemen, finally you can relax and enjoy, the event you have been looking forward to since a long time ago finally takes place... I AM RESTARTING THE BLOG!
Now that I'm back in China I believe it's the best way to keep you updated. For these who may not know, I came back to China to work as a Project Engineer for Telstar. Well, this first year will be more like a Business Developer and when we get projects, then I'll be involved in the Engineering. It's a great chance, the one I was looking for when I decided to come to China and learn Chinese, so I'm going to work really hard to succeed!:)
And about life in Shanghai, it's something completely different from Suzhou... Last year, when I first arrived to Suzhou I thought it was huge, noisy, stressful... but guys, now I know Suzhou is just a small town. Shanghai is THE city, life goes so fast in here... And as much as sometimes it may be stressful -do never take the metro at a rush hour-, it has so many things to offer: great people from around the globe, interesting -and massively crowded- Chinese festivals, restaurants from everywhere, a really good public transportation which allows you to move easily through this huge city, cheap shopping, etc. I know that when you get here for the first time it is such a shock -I experienced it myself, and twice!-, but after a while, when you really open your eyes and get rid of the prejudices, you start to realize all the nice things that surround you.
And what have I done until now? Well, I guess the right question would be what haven't I done, because after spending over a week -2 complete working days, a weekend, and then every single evening this week- I still haven't found a place to live! It's really hard as Shanghai is a really expensive and huge city, and all the apartments I have seen so far were too expensive, shitty or far away from the public transport. So my plan for today's evening is keep on looking and afterwards go for dinner and a drink with some friends.
Back to what I have done, I spent the whole last week working -went straight from the airport to work...- and with some old friends that are living in SH right now. Thanks to them life in here is much easier and nicer! :) And last weekend I went to Suzhou to see my little African brother Divan!! hahaha was a long time without seeing him, over 7 months, so we spent the whole weekend celebrating! Unfortunately I cannot go further into detail as there may be minors reading this... ;)
Well, that's it for today. I hope I find time to write more often, and funnier things, but so far everything has been a bit stressful so I'm not in my best narrative mood. Hope all of you are doing great back wherever you are!! Cheers!! I visca el Barça!
