En vrac
April 7th, 2008
Wow it’s been a while since my last post. Shame on me ! The thing is that I don’t spend much time at my place and when I’m home, well, I have to admit I’m a bit lazy. Cheap dvds don’t help either :]
Last weekend was a 3 days long weekend so I decided to go out of Shanghai with some friends. We went to Zhujiajiao, a lovely small water town not far from Shanghai which looks like Venice in a chinese style. It’s a nice place to visit, although a bit crowded. But which place is not in China?
The week before I’ve been to Attica, a famous local night club, to attend a Ministry of Sound’s party by Sébastien Léger. The french DJ played a great set compared to what I’ve heard here. There were some really good tracks like Daft Punk’s “Around the world” or “A new cage” by Sono, but the one I will remember is definitely Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the silence”. Yeah, that was good ! \o/
Well, except from that, I spend a lot of time eating and shopping. Cost of life is kinda low here so you can eat for pretty much nothing compared to France. That’s the good thing here! I miss french food though.
Ok, that’s it for today. Take a look at my pictures on my flickr page. And here’s bonus track for you : Symbolone - Love Juice.
First days in Shanghai
March 3rd, 2008
Finally, I found the opportunity to report you my beginnings at Shanghai, 3 days after my arrival.
After 11 LONG hours, my plane landed in Shanghai Pudong, the local airport. First surprise at the airport’s exit, a man carrying a sign with my name of it, classy ! Actually Ubisoft called the craziest taxi man of Shanghai to bring me to my hotel, I think it may be the local Samy Naceri. The guy was driving insanely fast, could’nt stand in a line more than 2 seconds. He just lacked the hidden spoiler and 20 inch wheels.
I then discovered my room at the hotel, a nice 30-35 square meters with everything you need in XuJiaHui district, a place full of shopping centers, especially for electronic stuff. I didn’t stay long at the hotel, and went out with my friend Jeanne to discover the city. I don’t remember well the name of the places I’ve been, but most of them were shopping areas, not sure there’s anything else here anyway :]
Well, my first impression of Shanghai is that it’s huge and full of chinese people ;] I gotta get used to the life here !
That’s all for today, take a look at my room’s pictures in the full post.
I have a date
February 22nd, 2008
No, I’m not dating (I wish) 
I ‘just’ have the date of my going to Shanghai. I’m supposed to begin on the 3rd of March which is a Monday. I asked to leave on the Friday just before so I have time to move in and have some rest before my first day of work. I don’t realize yet that I’m going to leave next week ! The coming days are going to be very boring. I have to move into my new house at Bussy Saint Georges (77) this weekend (you can imagine the mess), open a chinese bank account, extend my mutual insurance to international cover, renew my contract with Ubisoft and other joyful things.
Nothing’s better than a bit of headbanging to destress so I’ll share with you my artist of the moment : Facteur and my favorite track ‘Kill Mr D.A’ (the others are really good too btw). A must have for those who like Electro music.
Facteur - Kill Mr D.A