Shanghai Thanksgiving

Buddies, lol

Destroying food
Roomies, go red team!
Mmmmm Turkkeeyy
Patrick chopping it up in the kitchen

I had a good Thanksgiving this year out here in Shanghai. I got together with about 15 friends of mine and had some really good food. It was great. There was so much food. I tried not to go to crazy with it but I was feeling nice and full by the end of the night. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

A few fresh flics

Corner of my block

The moon peaking
Hair salon lights

Eat up

ugh

RAIN! The weather is so wack right now! It rained non stop today. On top of that it's getting cold out. Weather authorities said that if it stays this cold for another week they are going to declare winter next week. The earliest winter Shanghai has had in 10 years. So wack! Here are some views from my balcony of the nasty weather...This is not making me want to go to the gym, but gotta stay focused man! Race is in two weeks . .

Friends and family

Xinjian black beer. Always hits the spot

Hao chi (delicious) 
Grand Gateway..buildings right near my apt.

Luke!
Alan and Brian feasting

This last week was cool, I had visits from both my brother n law Luke and my friend Alan from college. I got to show them around a little bit, show them my life here in Shanghai and what I'm up to. Luke is off to South Korea on business and Alan and his friend Brian are off to Beijing to continue on their trip..

pics

The weather had been nice for like the last month. It rained all day today. It'll probably be like this for a while now. . 

Charlotte's Birthday

It was my little cousins birthday today in the US so my family Skyped me and I got to video chat with everyone. It was nice! Mac lets you take a picture of whatever you have on your screen so I saved the moment haha. It was really nice to see everyone. I felt like I was at the party for a little while.  I don't know if anyone who doesn't know my family will appreciate these photos but I thought they were cool and also really funny. Hehe

On another note I did 10 miles today. Training for the half marathon is fully underway, and it will be dominated soon. Nov 29th, lets do it!

Time is ticking

I signed up today for the Shanghai half marathon. I'm still not ready to do the full. I haven't been training for something like that, but I think another half will be fun to do and this time it will be through the streets of Shanghai. The pictures seem cool, there are lots of people out on the streets dancing and cheering you on. I have a few more weeks to train but think I will be ok. I did 7 miles yesterday and will go for 8 or 9 tomorrow. Once I hit 1o its pretty much smooth sailing from there.