dear people,

the sun rises around 5 in the morning and we instinctively wake up too early because the curtains never seem to close well enough. we moved into a new place on sunday, after a full day of cleaning and scrubbing. my body is still aching, but the apartment is amazing – big, sunny, near the suzhou river and very close to both our workplaces, just beside a line 3 subway station, practically new.
i’m in love with it and in totally “nesting” mode, dreaming of bedsheets and colorful new dishes, and parties with friends and cupcakes. oh! and cats. two of them.

on other news, last week i had “may holidays”. the chinese have 3 “golden weeks” of national holidays per year: the chinese new year week (january/february), the labour day-week (may) and the national day week (october). i didn’t do much all week, but i did discover some interesting tips on my unread feeds:

* the keyboard waffle iron, via gizmodo. being a geek couple ourselves, we seriously need this (along with a rice cooker and a dumplings steam cooker). :)

* mind this gap: a collection of testimonies of portuguese people who work or used to work abroad. how and why, all explained. a big inspiration for those who are thinking about doing it… someday, i’ll add mine too.

* badfatsbrothers.com: a clever and neat flash site, made to teach with irony on the harms of consuming to much “bad” food.

and about the lack of photos: we are old-school people, with no digital cameras… (well, yet, at least). i’ve shot almost 2 rols of film since i arrived, but have had little luck in finding a place to develop them (black and white). shanghaiist recomends trying a fuji center in wulumuqi road. we’ll see.

ps – it’s been a month we’re around and, by coincidence, it’s been a year since we first talked about shanghai and coming to china… :)