My daughter has started going to school, for 3 weeks or so now. The experience has been good so far, though the change for her…
It turned out to be a fun weekend this time. I needed to go to my daughter’s school to pay the fees, and since the…
Finally I started my mandarin lessons, 3 days a week, 100 minutes each. First 2 classes were about sounds (called Finals in the book), and…
Buying medicines was tougher than I thought. We asked in various govt hospitals but couldn’t figure out what they were saying! Later we were told…
Shanghai has 2 week-long holidays, one during Chinese New Year (end of Jan) and one during National Day (Oct 1). It is always fun, and…
Getting a bank account was painless, as some sites mentioned (see one of the shanghaiexpat threads). I spent more time researching the right bank. Basically…
On Sep 6, 2008, after an uneventful 6 hour flight from Delhi, we landed in the Pudong airport of Shanghai, which must be one of…
So finally we are embarking on our journey to Shanghai. However, it looks like the path to a Z visa stamping will continue to be…