Blog · Dominik Mayer · Products, Asia, Productivity

The story of my life in China is here.

Xuhui

Luwan
Luwan

I’ve never thought these gray trees could ever get green.

Luwan
Luwan
Luwan
Luwan

Soldier in front of the U.S. Consulate General.

Luwan

Small house with large garden.

Luwan

I didn’t know that we were in the street of bonbon. It’ll take more time to get to know the city.

Luwan

Mr. Snoozleberg

Speisekarte

Someone had translated the menu of a restaurant to German. The last line reads: “Guten Appetit wünschen zwei der drei!” Only two of the three want us to enjoy our meal.

Noodles
Mr. Snoozleberg

“Good Night Mr. Snoozleberg” on a Korean friend’s atree.

Mr. Snoozleberg

Even the waitress and a boy were engrossed.

Mr. Snoozleberg

It took some time to figure out how to get to the next level.

Things at Night

Security

Security framehouse next to the university.

Tongji
Tongji

Does anyone have an idea what this is for? There are many bikes like this one around.

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Bank of China

Bank of China

I like the logo with the handwritten hanzi.

In Heping Park, Again

Heping Park
Heping Park
Heping Park

No idea what the man’s doing there. He was holding on to the shrub in a weird position without moving.

Heping Park
Heping Park
Heping Park
Heping Park

My bike outside.

DB(A)

Noise

Under 70: Hao.

Noise

Over 70: Bu hao.

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Urbanatomy

We found a great book about Shanghai with beautiful pictures and very interesting texts but don’t have the time to read. The midterms are approaching.

Urbanatomy
Urbanatomy

Down the Road

Huangpu

A church at People’s Square

Huangpu
Huangpu
Huangpu
Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road

At first we didn’t know where the music came from. Then we looked up. We were under the balcony, he was above us.

Nanjing Road

Nanjing Road Notice the dancing men.

Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road

In Huangpu

Huangpu

At daylight

Huangpu
Huangpu

Huangpu
Traffic assistant

Huangpu
Huangpu

Curry Rice

Five times curry rice in one week…

yoshinoya
yoshinoya
yoshinoya
yoshinoya
yoshinoya
Rice Boss
Rice Boss

German flag in China

Rice Boss
Curry Rice

Finding Flashcards

Finally:

Stationary
Stationary

A picture is worth a thousand words. And particularly useful if you don’t know these words. ;-)

Flashcards