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About The Pearl

I am a scribbler spending a year or two in Shanghai.

The Girl On The Trike

Posted on August 28, 2015 by The Pearl

I had not noticed this before and maybe she has been there before now, but Charlie and Ella spotted her on our way to the supermarket the day they left China on their way back home to the UK.  Since … Continue reading →

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A Return to the Hot Pot Restaurant Hai Di Lao and The Ya’an Zhong Lu Park

Posted on August 27, 2015 by The Pearl

With Charlie and Ella in Shanghai for 2 weeks at the beginning of August we tried to cram in as much as we possibly could.  This was especially difficult in the hottest weather of the year.  It also meant that … Continue reading →

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The Maglev Train

Posted on August 26, 2015 by The Pearl

I was first introduced to the idea of magnetic levitation by Professor Eric Laithwaite in A Royal Institution Christmas Lectures To Young People in 1966.  I must have been 5 at the time. I still remember the black and white … Continue reading →

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Goni Gives Rain

Posted on August 25, 2015 by The Pearl

It rained a bit in Shanghai over the weekend, but particularly overnight on Sunday/Monday – typhoon Goni has been heading north from the Philippines, past Taiwan and now on up towards southern Japan.  Shanghai, right on the edge of the … Continue reading →

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The Air Conditioning Unit Fails

Posted on August 24, 2015 by The Pearl

It has been some time since I have written anything for you.  We have been very busy. Just over a week after I got back from my trip to the UK, Charlie and his girlfriend Ella arrived as our first … Continue reading →

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Two Japanese Department Stores

Posted on August 3, 2015 by The Pearl

As we live in an area of Shanghai that is home to an number of Japanese (and Koreans) it is not surprising that there is a Chinese branch of a famous Japanese Department store close by.  This is Takashimaya. Takashimaya … Continue reading →

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Shanghai is Exhausting

Posted on August 1, 2015 by The Pearl

Shanghai is exhausting, not just because of the heat and the humidity at the moment, and not just because of the streets, shops and metro teeming with people who have a different sense of personal space than we westerners – … Continue reading →

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I Fly in July

Posted on July 31, 2015 by The Pearl

It’s been quite a while since my last blog post, a month in fact.  There are a number of reasons for this.  At the beginning of July our landlord appears to have started work on renovating the apartment upstairs.  We … Continue reading →

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The Paulaner Bauhaus

Posted on June 30, 2015 by The Pearl

Last Thursday I arranged to meet up with some of my new-found friends at another Brits Abroad function – Breakfast at the Paulaner Bauhaus in Pudong and from there go on afterwards to visit the Aurora Museum which is just … Continue reading →

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The Hongqiao State Guest House

Posted on June 30, 2015 by The Pearl

Last weekend we decided to go for a walk from the apartment.  It had been raining, but the water was no longer falling from the sky.  My most recently purchased guidebook highlights a few places to visit in our neighbourhood, … Continue reading →

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