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Hey guys, untill I get the site up and running I’ll give you all updates on my status. Three days ago I landed in Shanghai with my wife and we settled in. Immediately the next day I started work here at Bashari Diamonds. I hope to settle in as fast as possible and to quickly become a successful diamond dealer.

Shanghai is nothing like Changsha. This is a massive, modern and overpopulated city, Shanghai is said to have a population of around 20 million people. Unlike Changsha’s oily and spicy food Shanghai’s is sticky and sweet. Most important of all the language is something else entirely. Of course 99% of the people speak Mandarin when neccessary but amongst themselves the people of Shanghai speak Shanghainese.

Last night was Shlomit’s birthday so we went out for pizza and salsa dancing. I was amazed, this city has everything! The pizza was great compared to previous pizza I’ve had in China and the Salsa Bar was really nice too. It wasn’t the biggest but it had a great hardwood floor, good music, draft beer and some really good dancers. We had a very nice evening and hope to have more like these in the future.

So far although I’ve been working quite a bit, Shanghai seems great. I’m expecting that things will get even better with my son on the way and am looking forward to living here.

Keep you posted…

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