One month down already...

A couple exhausting days of surveying, after a really exhausting night on Wednesday at a night club called Mint, had me in bed by 10 the last two nights. When I woke up this morning, I realized that today marks one month since I arrived in Shanghai. It's scary how fast the time is going but things look like they're just going to get busier. After 32 days my AMCAS med school application was finally verified and the first three secondaries arrived by email last night! I'm going to try and get as many done as possible before I leave for Qingdao, and the closing ceremony of the beer festival there, on Friday. For those of you who don't have a guide book, the small port city of Qingdao used to be a small German colony (hence the beer festival) and among other impressive sights is now home to the huge home appliance company Haier (who, coincidentally, made the TV, DVD player, air conditioners, and fridge in my apartment.) I put some more pictures up of Wednesday night: Steph's going away dinner at Crystal Jade and the party afterwards at Mint.

It was interesting being a new guy looking in on friends saying goodbye and realizing that it is a cycle that the expats who are here long-term go through every six months or so when one group leaves and the new batch comes in... really strange dynamic. A dynamic I'm off to be a part of... have a nice Friday night.