Entries from January 2008

January 29, 2008

It Only Tuesday

One of my co-workers gets Tuesday and Thursday confused. I find both equally depressing. Especially considering the really good ladies’ nights in Shanghai are on Wednesdays (for those of you Shanghai-ers who think I’m talking about Zapatas, you are dead wrong. Its difficult to compete in a place where Chinese prostitutes run rampant and play [...]

January 26, 2008

How to Become an Ice Queen Bitch

And no, this post has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton. Shame on all of you who thought it did. She’s the most qualified candidate, although, deep down, I’m still an Obama girl. No, I’m heading to Harbin where the low is currently riding at a balmy -22 degrees Celsius. In the words of Rich Gould, [...]

January 16, 2008

Bali Shmali

I’d like to meet the marketers who branded Bali as a tropical island paradise. Because they’re geniuses. I am by no means complaining. An all-expenses paid week on the beach sure as hell beats a week at work. This post is more of a warning to all of you out there who are significantly richer [...]

January 9, 2008

Microboy’s Poignant Goodbye

When I left for China, I really wanted to give my friends and family photo albums, but I never got in to scrapbooking, so I did it on my precious MacBook. However, turns out I’m technologically unsavvy and incredibly lazy, so they never got done. But here’s an example of what my goodbye would [...]