I'm back!

Hi everybody! Now it has REALLY been a long time since I last wrote or even thought of my blog. I would apologize for that if my stories were that interesting but we all gotta agree they are not... However, I want to retake it and steal a bit of your time because I know I tend to disappear from time to time so this is the best way to keep you all updated and hopefully make you smile or laugh a bit!

So here I am now, sitting outside in the compound grass and trying to think of the stories to tell you... there are thousands of them! But let me first tell you that finally the cold has reached Shanghai. It's not supercold, just chilly, but it's a big change as yesterday we could still go out on a tee and shorts!

Well I guess the best is to start from the beginning. Guess you all know why I'm back in China after the awesome year I spent in Suzhou and the great 7 months back home, when I had the chance to meet you all, even my best friends from the frozen lands (Niki and Matti, we gotta repeat last summer holidays!), and spend value time with my lifelong friends from back home, especially Edu and Jordi (who is getting married next August!! How can time go that fast? It looks like it was yesterday when we were spending the whole weekends fooling around the town! But congratulations!! I would not miss it for anything! By the way, any volunteer to be my date at Jordi's wedding? It's the 1st of August and it's gonna be a blast!), which was great as, even though when I'm abroad I'm radiosilent, every time I'm back they make me feel like home again, like we were still on highschool (just with some more bear...)!

Well this blog is supposed to be about my adventures lost in China, so let's go back to it! I moved to Shanghai last February, thanks to a great job offer from Telstar. I signed for 3 years and my role in here is to develop Telstar's engineering division and to coordinate the different engineering disciplines involved in a project. So far it's been a year completely different from what expected originally, but a great year!

And now let's go to what all of you are probably wondering... How is life in here? Easy answer: AWESOME. There's something going on every day. Since I'm here I've been to Thailand, Vietnam, travelling around China, to party/charity events (casino night where we won vouchers for 1200RMB!), I've done a lot of sport (alright, there goes a secret: I've joined a contest to appear in Men's Health cover, so please, starting tomorrow, follow the link I'll post on my facebook or visit the site http://nuevacara.menshealth.es/listado-participantes/pol-merino-abello/ and vote for me! hahaha I thought for a while whether I should make it public or not but well, I've already joined the contest so might as well try my best!), obviously a lot of party (that's the reason why today I've been just chilling on the couch... Well that and the cold, which turned the couch into the best option for a lazy sunday) and many more things. I'd post pics but they could be a bit compromising...

Oh and David (aka Big Bro) is living here with me since last July! After living on my own for the past 2 years it actually feels good to have a flatmate, even though sometimes we would kill each other... Just needed to set some house rules and then it's awesome! We do a lot of sport, party every week, work hard (especially him, I've never met anybody so focused and working that hard!) and the most important... he is a great cook!!!! I tell you, after 2 years of "cooking" rice or pasta, having somebody who actually knows what to do in a kitchen (no offense to anybody but cooking is not in my favorite activities' list) is such an improvement in my life quality!

Alright, enough for today. Back in the days when I wrote more often I was told not to write too long or people wouldn't read it all! And I thought I was funny and interesting... Hope you all are good and ready for Xmas, I'll be back home from the 17th Dec to the 5th Jan so you all better save some time for me!!

Cheers!

el xino

PS: hey you all must listen to this song: Bakermat - final mixtape, it is awesome!