I was invited to attend my cousin’s wedding but I was not able to attend. Over chatting, I told her I was sorry and that I wish I was there. She said she’ll upload some of her wedding photos so I can have a glimpse of what it was like. After a few minutes, the photos were live and I was viewing them. It was a lovely wedding. The motif and the wedding accessories used were really pretty and unique. We chatted more about her wedding and after the chat, I felt like I was there and that I didn’t miss a thing.

FB is cool. I am always updated with what’s new back home and this is something I consider really important.

For the friends who are having the babies, maybe there’s a chance that I can attend their baby showers because girlfriend number 1 is just in Italy (around 6 hours train ride from here) and girlfriend number 2 will move to Austria soon because she wants to have to baby here.

This got me thinking, who will come to my future baby shower when all myfriends are so far away?

You might have heard already that I made some enemies but that’s okay because I still have my real friends and another exciting thing is that they are coming to visit me here in Shanghai soon. I can’t wait to see my girlfriends!

I am glad that I am going out more often now and that I am developing friendship with people other than the colleagues and friends of my husband. In short, I now have my own circle. I don’t have anything against the colleagues and friends of my husband because most of them are really nice persons too and I am glad that we could spend time with them sometimes but having my own circle of girlfriends with pretty much the same interest as mine is different. I really miss my girlfriends back in Changchun and in the Philippines but I am glad that after 5 months of staying in Shanghai, I am starting to really feel at home here.

So anyway, after having a dinner at the nearby Jin Mao Tower last Monday evening, we impulsively decided to go and see the new skyscraper. It’s just too bad that none of us brought a camera. I suggested that we do it on another time but Marcus and two of his colleagues insisted to see it because the weather was clear and there was no queue anymore (at 9:00pm). The view from the building’s view decks is really spectacular. If you look up at the SFTC building and the nearby Jin Mao Tower  from the street, they look like they have the same height but when you’re on top, you’ll see that there is a huge difference between the two buildings’ heights. It’s really too bad that we didn’t have real cameras so I didn’t have a choice but to use my phone’s not so good camera.

So anyway, Emily called me and asked if we could have a coffee together sometime because according to her, she really enjoyed my company the last times. That was so nice of her to say but that’s something I didn’t expect. Emily has a managerial position in human resource of some British-Indian company and she is like 54 years old and she often talks about very intellectual things so you can just imagine my surprise when such person display interest in spending time with me.

I am no intellectual. I am just a simple woman who is living a simple life but being married to Marcus also means that sometime, I’ll be going to parties, dinners, and gatherings where I’d be spending time with people who have much wider knowledge and way more eloquent than I am. I always try to talk to these people and not just smile and be pretty (in short, look stupid) but sometimes I can’t help but feel tiny.

Tina is like a bird. She can’t stop to tweet and she got this really high pitched voice that can be irritating to hear but I like listening to her because she has a really good sense of humor. So anyway, while we were having our break from shopping, I asked why Emily said something like “I work in UK and I live in Dublin”. Isn’t Dublin a part of UK? Isn’t Ireland a part of UK?

And then Tina, said …. “Oh no,no, no. Vienna, if you have to learn one thing, learn this. Ireland is its own country. Forget everything else but that.” And she said that in a really funny way with all the face and eye expressions. And she kept on and on about how the Brits took a big portion of their land, copied their culture and their language, killed a lot of their leaders, etc.

It was an interesting day with them. I had fun and I learned some things. I do hope I can spend more time with them but they are flying back to Ireland in a few days. They did invite us to visit them in Ireland and I think it would be cool if we can go there someday because Ireland is definitely an interesting place to see.

Following are the new blogs hosted by Blogxi and I am really thankful to the authors for giving Blogxi the honor to host their blogs.

I Love Sterndal
Journal Logger
Scrappy Thingy
The Brain Hailing Job
Mariandrea

To the authors, I promise to make Blogxi better and thank you once again for giving Blogxi a chance.

“D Brain Hailing Job” is also one hell of a personal blog and though I know the author is not a student from UP, he really sounds to be so. I think he can write for the “Young Blood”—a compilation of cool writings from college students.

Another frank and honest personal blog is the “Journal Logger”. Here you’ll read about the life of “Abby”—a mom to “Princess Vav” and a wife who works overseas. Be lost in her insightful views of life, be entertained, and be uplifted.

Ruthi, who you surely already know, also has a blog in Blogxi. “Scrappy Thingy” shows her collection of Haikus and scrap books. That woman has around 10 blogs! I don’t know how she manages everything. All I know is that she can manage everything well.

Blogxi’s blog should also be updated soon—that’s my job and I am really sorry if I can’t update it as often as I like. “Penny Wise” should also be updated soon! Urg! I have other blogs in line needing new entries and I don’t know where to start! I mean really?!? Ruthi must be a superwoman!

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