Hangin with the Swedes

I know many of you might think I am hangin with the Canucks in Vancouver by my post's name, but I am not, as these Swedes are actually not afraid drop the gloves (or at least that is my belief). Yesterday I went out with Chris and Henrik (the two Lars') and Henrik's parents, who are here to make sure there little boy is surviving in this crazy place. We started off by going to where all visitors want to go first, the fake market. The one we go to is massive, and the amount of vendors is just mind blowing. If it is new and designer, they will have a copy there within two weeks of it making its debut. The only thing that has ever caught my eye really is jeans, mostly because I have dropped over three inches from my waist since I got here. But just the walking through the place you could easily lose yourself for a day or two.

We have discovered a great little hamburger place not too far from the Swedes place, it is called Munchies, and is owned by a young American guy and his Chinese wife. Let's just say these burgers are frickin awesome, better than anything in Saint John or Victoria, and equal to Boogies burgers in Calgary. If you haven't tried Boogies, it is on Edmonton Trail, at around 7th Ave. The service at Munchies is like the West, this means there is only two waitresses for about 12 tables, unlike normal restaurants in Shanghai where there is five times more staff than a restaurant back home, with a quarter of the service. The burger though......mmmmmm.......burger, was absolutely delightful, and would have a good running against a Malone's burger here in Shanghai. They are a completely different fair though, as well, Munchies is over 50% cheaper than Malone's.

Not much else is new here, still trying to figure out when I will be able to come home, I am hoping for early June, so someone, anyone, please give me a lead on a job for a dashingly handsome MBA. Until next time.

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese!

Derek