If you haven't already heard, Beijing is rumored to complete one skyscrapper every day. While that pace of construction is certainly accelerated for Olympic preparation, change here is still very very rapid. China's national bird is fondly joked to be the crane...as in building crane. Supposedly, half of the world's building cranes reside here in Shanghai.
I was witness to this speed of change today. Yesterday morning, I was standing by the window when I noticed a group of workers begin construction on the roof of a neighboring building. While this building is not comparable to the size of Wal-mart, it is nonetheless a sizable structure. That is why I was so shocked to find the roof completely finished by the time I awoke the next morning. And when I say completely finished, I mean completely. There were no straggling workers, no materials left surrounding the ground. It was as if I had imagined the building to be roofless to begin with!
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Jenny, it sounds so amazing. I am so envious of you guys being able to live in a such a different place. Can you see yourself being an expat for very long?
So did I read that JT or you broke the flat escalator? I can only imagine what kind of impression JT is leaving on the locals you encounter there.
I was talking with Nanette yesterday, which is happending much more often these days since she is starting to have some annoyances in her new homeland, and she was talking about coming to see you guys around April . . . you guys let us now how your schedules are and when you want some American visitors. No rush, school is whooping my a*s, so I'll probably have to beg and plead for time off.
Anyway, the blog-reading is fun; it reminded me how long-winded JT can be, but the details are good . . . I can imagine myself there.
Best wishes,
s
you guys are so funny! i really love reading your blogs! sometimes it's like reading my own - the strange foods, using eastern "toilettes" (at least you get porcelain!), NEVER leaving the house without toilette paper:) i hope everything is great and that you are adjusting. just know there are people all over the world in the same or similar boat - you're not alone! love you guys and miss you much!
nanette
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