TOMS

For every pair purchased, TOMS donates a pair to a child in need. Check out their video that documents the first TOMS Shoe Drop in Argentina in October 2006. Their next batch of shoes is going to Malawi. Check them out!

Wo Ai Shanghai

Chairman Mao

I went to Shanghai the past week to eat really good, spicy Chinese food; use as much kleenex as I could (kleenex is the most luxurious item ever in the developing world...cause you can't even find it!); get driven around the city like someone important; and do some mad shopping while getting ripped off like a dumb tourist. Enjoy the pictures.


Susan and I with our reward for lining up for one hour - 16 dumplings. Love Chinese food!


Chinese style buildings


Hanging out with some good friends

*thanks to my cousin for his awesome photos.

The Most Potent Smelling Fruit on Earth

I went to the fruit market today and bought the most potent smelling fruit ever created - the durian. Man, I love that fruit, but the smell is just as dangerous as the it looks, what with all its spikes and everything. My driver nearly had a heart attack when I put it in the trunk. haha.

And I am Telling You

I just saw Dreamgirls this past week, and the music blew me away. It has been such a long time since I have seen a new movie, so watching Dreamgirls was really exciting. And then hearing songs sung with so much passion and emotion. I can tell that there will be many lonely days in Malawi where I will turn on the soundtrack and just sing the songs to the wall...it sure beats just staring blankly at the wall.

Anyway, I went all over Shanghai looking for the soundtrack, and no one had the cd. And I was pretty bummed out, because I didn't want to have to be fast forwarding and rewinding the dvd just to catch the songs. And then my sister told me she had all the songs on disc. w00t!