Category Archives: Changning

Gubei’s Pyongyang Restaurant

Posted on November 2, 2016 by The Pearl

 As I think I have mentioned before we live in a predominantly Japanese/ Taiwanese/Korean area of Shanghai, with our own Japanese Department Store, Takashimaya, above our metro station and with a number of smaller shops and restaurants in the area … Continue reading →

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Our Daughter Hits Shanghai

Posted on October 22, 2016 by The Pearl

It was over a year before our daughter Rosalind made it out to see us in Shanghai.  For the first half of our first year that we had been living as expats in China Rozy had been doing her final … Continue reading →

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An Auspicious Day

Posted on October 20, 2016 by The Pearl

On the 8th of September last year I was on my way to Carrefour to fetch some shopping . The 8th of the month is a very auspicious day here in China.  As here the number 8, 八 (bā in pinyin) is consider … Continue reading →

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China Never Ceases To Surprise

Posted on October 18, 2016 by The Pearl

As I have not really published very much since this time last year, my stories of Shanghai, are now necessarily going to be sent to you out of date and most probably of all out of sequence.  So from now on … Continue reading →

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A Year’s Worth Of Books

Posted on October 17, 2016 by The Pearl

Followers of this blog will know that I have not written for a long time. Below is the last blog post I wrote, but never published.   It will go some way to explain why I walked away from writing online about … Continue reading →

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The Saga of The Not So Bold or Gold Fish

Posted on February 17, 2016 by The Pearl

When it became obvious that we were going to be asked to stay for another year in Shanghai I agreed with Richard that we should do a little bit more to make our apartment homely.  Arriving with three suitcases each … Continue reading →

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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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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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