Waddup world

Being sick away from home is so much wacker than being sick at home, where being sick sucks anyway. I thought, this is it..This is how they will find me. In a pool of my own sweat, in a dirty ass apartment in Shanghai. DEAD! It was bad for like three days. Fever, chills, all that good sickness. BUT, a lil Chinese virus can't stop me! I mean, it totally did for like a week, but I'm back in business. My friends took care of me, brought me food, did my laundry, washed me haha, that would have been crazy, but that didn't happen. My friends were great though and did help me get better, by offering to take my possessions upon my demise. It gave me the willpower to get better and not give anything to anyone muahaha! So as you can see by this post the virus is still lingering and I may have gone a little crazy from the high fever I experienced. 

I looked at 5 new apartments today. None of which really gave me that special feeling. I still have three weeks to find something which is like a year Shanghai time when it comes to finding apartments.  I'm probably going to look at places again tomorrow and Wed, and even Thursday if I can. Hopefully I can find something nice and affordable in the next week or so. 

What else can I say? Summer in Shanghai is tough. The humidity is no joke. Things smell, germs fester, and streets flood. August is here and the days are getting dark early already. At 6 it's still light but you can feel evening. This is my first summer out of NYC since I was a little kid and would go on vacation with my parents to Connecticut. No kelbasa bbq's or beaches for me this year. There have been a few rooftop parties, but Shanghai really can't do it like Brooklyn can when it comes to that.  

My hair is long and curly, which I'm not too sure about. I'm skinnier than I was in NYC. You just can't eat out here like you can back home, but I feel healthy and still sleep good at night. My style game really isn't on point out here. I don't put much effort into what I look like, good, or bad you get stared at just the same. I just bought the new J depp gangster film and am almost finished with kafka on the shore. I can't front, i am a slow reader, but I have been enjoying the book a lot and recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it yet.  When I was living in Tokyo (it's about a boy living in Tokyo and then other parts of Japan) my friend Josh recommended it to me and I finally got around to it here in Shanghai and am glad I have. It's very entertaining. 

Send me emails, send me stories, send me love.

-Nate

The Great Wall!

So, my parents came out to visit me in China. We traveled around a little saw some water towns close to Shanghai, but I think the highlight of the trip was The Great Wall for sure. We did the 10K hike which not many people do and we had the wall to ourselves plus our tour group. It was so dope. This was my second time to Beijing and I have seen the Wall before, but not like this. Last time I was running the half marathon and you couldn't see that much of the wall and most of the time you were just trying not to fall down the thing as you ran your ass off. This was so amazing for me and my parents. I only have five photos up, but if you have facebook friend me and check out the album, I put up 52 goodies. All in all I'm super happy my parents came out and I am proud of them for making the journey out here. China is as far away from NYC as you can get and having them out here was just as good as a slice of pizza from down the block. It really made my last two weeks. Enjoy the photos.

Parents visit

I have so many pictures ( as usual ) and since the internet in China is still very slow and is always telling me it can't upload photos, I'm not going to push my luck. The ones up so far are from Shanghai and a few in Beijing. I have some great ones from our trip to the Great Wall which I'll put up later tonight or tomorrow. Enjoy!

more pics from my parents visit

Sometimes you just need a rest. I feel you homie!

Map of the great wall hike. 1oK kids!

Tiananmen square
Speaks for itself. . .
Just getting out of the private G4 before heading to the great wall

initial pics of the rents in China

Ma getting back to her roots in Beijing

Daddio and Big Mao outside the Forbidden City

Family shot at the Forbidden City

The parents in Shanghai!
Qi Pu Lu. This area is too crazy. It is a must see however

yo

I knowwwwwww I knowwwwwwwwww....updates have been few and far between, but to be honest things have been at a standstill lately for me. The scholastic project has been postponed, bosses are on vacation, there have been some legal issues with the company we were working along side with and yada yada yada..It's gettin real hot out here in the Hai. I mean I'm outside one minute and I'm sweating..yea man, it's humid and nasty..but to nothing has been going on, it's been a lazy month. I'm in limbo, waiting for this project to start back up and have some time on my hands, but not enough time to sign up for much or that kind of thing..Just gettin back on my reading game and trying to hit the gym hard..My parents will be out in Shanghai for two weeks which I'm gearing up for..It should be a fun time..other than that, your boy Nate is good. I'll try to get some good pics up to show you the heat of Shanghai, but troopin around outside is not what I call fun right now..Blog is still here..Nate is still here...I'll get some goodies up soon..Shanghai! Come visit me!

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