Picture: Phone: Food: Kaiserschmarrn

This particular version was found at the Sunday brunch in the Vienna Cafe on Shaoxing Rd. in Shanghai in the springtime of 2007.  
(http://www.viennashanghai.com/)
I look forward to actually getting to Austria one of these days and having it there.

Picture: Phone: Food: Deep Fried French Toast

I took this picture of a piece of deep fried french toast with butter on top at the locally-infamous Shanghai Xin Wang Cha Canting on Changle Rd. in March of 2006. The restaurant had a special on this particular item between 2 and 4 in the afternoon, at which time it was 13 RMB (at the time, around US$1.50) for a piece of french toast and a cup of tea and I used to go eat it every day to keep myself from wasting away to nothingness.

In this particular picture, my friend is poking the french toast with his fork while opining something to the effect of 'I'm surprised you haven't died of a heart attack yet."

Picture: Phone: Food: Yuanyang Hot Pot

This isn't much to look upon but it doest the job of making you warm and full. The left side is peppery spicy and the right side is boringly mild. I took this picture on an extremely cold day in December of 2006, most likely at a restaurant on Huaihai Rd. in Shanghai.

Picture: Humor: Always check your acronyms

February 17, 2008

Dear Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group,
Regarding your choice of acronyms...

Pictures: Phone: Shanghai Taxi License #9736

January 14, 2008, 10:18 AM --- by the looks of it this picture was taken under the Yan'an Rd. The driver had three stars.

Picture: Phone: Shanghai Taxi License #6242

Sunday November 11, 2007, 3:08 pm --- I was just out for a Sunday afternoon perhaps.

Picture: Phone: Shanghai Taxi License #4710

Febuary 16, 2008, 3:18 PM --- This driver not only has a very low number, but also managed to get a red license, meaning that his grade was at least 3 stars, but the amount of stars was masked out by the white sticker.

Picture: Phone: Shanghai Taxi License #766

December 8, 2007, 12:18 pm --- I think this was a privately-employed driver who said that he drove a taxi because he thought the life was freer- he had worked in an office but quit because he couldn't stand his boss.

Picture: Phone: Shanghai Taxi License: #741

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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007, 4:45 PM --- I've no idea where I would have been going but most likely it was work-related.

Picture: Humor: Finger Curry

During a work lunch in 2007, I happened to see this menu- someone has written 'Yubi Karee' - 'Finger Curry', instead of 'Ebi Karee' - 'Shrimp Curry'. Only 38 RMB!

Picture: Humor: No Entry Allowed...

 'Cleaning work in progress' would have been a more appropriate phrasing for this sign, which was posted at an office building on Huaihai Rd. in Shanghai in 2006.

Photo: Party: CD Club and the World Cup

This picture was taken during the World Cup in 2006. Clubs in Shanghai often tend to show the World Cup and Euro Cup matches --- with the time difference most of the games are on at 2-3 in the morning. They are running the game scores (in Chinese) in blue writing above the green laser.

Picture: Car: Toyota Supra

This car has a Jilin provincial license plate on it, but was parked in the alley near my flat in Shanghai in the second half of 2005. It's probably a 20 hour drive from Jilin to Shanghai, although I was thinking that there may also be ferries going from Liaoning across the East China Sea to Shandong, from where it is much closer to reach Shanghai.
It's an automatic though- what a waste.