Made in China

This is a tidbit on piracy in movies...it looks pretty real except for the typos and the over-packaging!


Un poquito sobre la pirateria en China, se ve muy real si no fuera por las faltas de ortografia y el sobre-empaque!

In a Farm in AnHui Province

Part of the holiday, we spent in Mr. Chen's (Xin Wei's owner/president)  farm in AnHui Province! We decided to camp (very comfortably with air mattresses and on the actual farm property) it was very beautiful!


Parte de la semana de vacaciones no la pasamos en granja (o rancho) del señor Chen (el dueño de la universidad) comimos muy rico, todo organico y cosechado en el mismo rancho! Acampamos y fuimos a una montaña!

More on the Mid-Autumn Festival

Also referred as the Moon Festival, this holiday is a harvest celebration! There is also a legend in China that once there were ten suns and a man shot down nine receiving a pill for immortality as his reward, the wife took the pill instead of her husband and so she flew to the moon and was stuck there forever, every year the husband stares at the moon to look for his wife (this is a brief and butchered story, but there are many variations even in China so bear with me). It is also a time to remember those far away as hopefully they will all stare at the moon at the same time as you! (too bad for the 13 hour difference...so people put on your shades and stare at the sun, meanwhile I will look at the moon...jkjkjk). We did some camping and were also invited to a friend's house to attend a banquet to celebrate the festival! We also had some mooncake!

Este fecha tambien se le conoce como el Festival de la luna! Es un festival para celebrar la cosecha! Tambien a leyendas, una de un hombre que fue mandado a deshacer de nueve soles! Al deshacerse de ellos se le fue regalado una pastilla de inmortalidad, su esposa se la tomo y se fue volando hacia la luna y se quedo atrapada ahi! Cada año el hombre mira hacia la luna para buscar a su esposa! Tambien se le conoce como un tiempo para recordar a los que estan lejos de ti, ya que es posible que esten mirando la luna al mismo tiempo que tu, pero con nuestras 13 horas de diferencia a ustedes les va a tocar ponerse gafas de sol y mirar hacia el cacheton, en lo que yo miro la luna...jejeje! Hicimos un poco de todo! Fuimos a un banquete  de una compañera y nos invito a su casa, y tambien fuimos de campamento! Tambien comimos mooncake (unos pastelitos rellenos de infinidad de cosas que son tradicion durante estas fechas!

We all had our own cute little blankets! My was Winnie the Pooh!

Tali and I with Lee's little brother!

The feast!

Our comfy bed!

Lee and I

A huge mango!

The Arts

Shanghai is full of places where you can get your Art fix! We hit some of the major spots to appreciate Art, Shanghai has a place called the Art District, but I would say the whole city is THE district! Here are some pictures from Redtown and M50!

Shanghai es una ciudad llena de arte! La ciudad tiene un distrito de la arte pero me atrevo a decir que toda la ciudad es el distrito! Visitamos lugares muy conocidos para apreciar el arte Redtown y M50!

We Move Like Jagger...We Try.

Maroon 5 came to Shanghai and of course we could not miss it!! The concert was great and full of glow sticks and people taking pictures and recording (including me) even though there were warnings not to do so. Tali and I got floor seats and coincidentally were in the same line to enter the venue as the VIPs...we got to hang out at the pre-party until we got busted, so after some fruit and some champagne we had to face reality and take our seats.


Una banda muy famosa llamada Maroon 5 tuvo un concierto en Shanghai. Estuvo super emocionante. Nosotros compranos boletos de piso, estan mas cerca a la tarima...da la coincidencia que nos toco entrar por la misma puerta que los VIPs y pues nos colamos a la pre-fiesta hasta que nos cacharon y nos informaron que nos teniamos que ir. Tristemente despues de comer fruta y beber una copa de champagne nos toco irnos a nuestros respectivos lugares!