Another year of my life has passed me by. It's an hour until my birthday here in Shanghai, and I have a nice treat planned for myself on my special day. After the last two weeks of job hunting while living in the "wrong" country, I think that tomorrow, the day of my birth, is a great day to take a break and celebrate my life. I have been so fortunate to have spent my last few birthdays with different groups of friends from all over the world. I am so lucky to have such great friends in Shanghai, who I'll spend dinner with tomorrow at a Macanese restaurant, Lisboa. It's well known for its Portuguese egg-tarts! Yum!
Other than dinner, I think I'll go get a massage, mani/pedi, and threading. Maybe a facial. It's been a while since I've pampered myself, but I'm a firm believer in incentives and rewards! I'm not too sure how I should spend my last few days in Shanghai. But to reminisce about the past, these past 9 months have been such a blessing. I've been able to live fruitfully with the greatest friends, food, and fun and I'm really sad to let it all go. Moving on is just a part of life, huh?
The job hunt is still the same since the last post. However, I'm making a few more contacts here and there even though I'm still in China and most are in California. I'm so happy for the USA Pavilion contacts who have spread all over the world since Expo, and many have proved extremely supportive in my career endeavors.
To pass the next hour until my special day, just watching The Figther and The Tourist on DVD. I'll definitely miss getting HD DVDs for 75cents before they're legitimate DVDs. Oh China, so much to be missed, yet so much to be left behind!
This past week has been both stressful and relaxing. I've been stressing myself out about job prospects back at home, and doubting myself, but know that stressing won't do much help. To enjoy my last weeks in Shanghai, I've gone to almost every dinner with my friends, we won trivia last Thursday by a landslide(!), and I finally got to go to an Infected Mushroom concert, after missing them twice the past two years!
Upcoming these next few days: my birthday (yay!), trivia on Thursday (hope we win again!), a night out on Friday, Usher concert on Saturday, then California on Sunday! Packing everywhere and in between. My next post will probably be from my new home in Sunnyvale. Wish me luck!
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