For the last three days, the weather here in Shanghai is really bad. It is cold, smoggy and we are getting rain showers every now and then. They said that autumn is here in Shanghai but I can’t see it anywhere just yet. The temperature is low but the maple trees are still green. I wonder how “Century Park” will look like when all turns to autumn colors because until now, it’s all just green. And the temperature switched from 27 degrees to 15 degrees in just one day. Three days ago, I am going to my class in my usual T-shirt/jeans combination but now, I can’t leave the house without a thick jacket.
September to late October is I think the best time of the year in Shanghai. Temperature is perfect in this time. It’s not cold but it is also not like you go outside and sweat immediately like it was in the summer.
I’ve heard that the cold season here is not long. That’s something I like because, if you remember, I really don’t like it when it’s cold. I had always cursed Changchun for having long winter months. I remember writing about how I hate winter several times.
Here’s the free shirt I got from the recent 
I don’t know if you’ve heard the news about hundreds of babies in China dying because of consuming a certain milk formula. This news really shook me and made me think again about having a baby while we are here. Initially, we agreed to wait two years after our wedding for a baby and that was a year ago. It means, we only have another year to wait but the problem is… Marcus signed a two-year contract to work here in Shanghai. Technically, we can have a baby here. It will still go with our plan but hearing such news scares the hell out of me….maybe it is wiser to wait a little bit longer until we’re finally settled in Europe.
For the first time since we got here, we had a difficulty hailing a taxi!