it's coming...

Phew!  Today has been my first real day where I haven't had to be anywhere doing anything since I arrived in Asia.  A nice breather...though there's lots to do yet.  We recently wrapped shooting and post-pro is in full swing.  I've started seeing clips here and there and let me just say that post-pro people are magicians!  It's coming soon...so tune in, Shanghai!

I'm hoping somehow episodes starting May 3 will make it onto Tudouso friends back home can watch!

My sisters came out last week for a visit and basically ate/shopped their way through the city.  Always fun hanging with them as we rarely get to these days.  Two words for them: Fabric Market.  We got away to Suzhou on a day trip and saw Shanghai properly since our first trip as a family in 2000 "didn't count."  You know how it is when you're with the 'rents. 

The timing on everything worked out great.  It was crazy.  Selena arrived at the Pudong airport right when we were shooting something there.  I can't tell you the odds of that happening, but it was way too randomly awesome as I got to pick her up personally and she got to ride back with us.  Then when both Steph and her left, I was leaving at the exact same time for Taipei and Hong Kong this past weekend so we all went to the airport together.  None of this was planned.  On our cab ride, we got a driver who kept falling asleep at the wheel.  Man, I had to keep coming up with questions to keep him awake.  "Sir, have you a brother?"  "Sir, have you a child?"  "Sir, what's your favorite colour?"  I guess this could happen anywhere, but for some reason, the fact that this happened in China...well, it just adds to the craziness of this place.

And so when I arrived in Taipei where the air is better, the people friendlier, the food better, the cabs newer, well, let's just say I really really fell in love with it all over again.  So much so that I'm now thinking about moving there!  It was a whirlwind weekend, but every step of it was a joy.  I went on food crawls, discovered new spots, got great spring weather, found a sweet jogging route around the Sun-Yat Sen Memorial Hall, and hit the town at night to some spots I could get used to.

Had a quick jaunt to HK and caught up on some business and with friends - and now back in SH.  Guess it's back to the grind...if you can call it that!  ; )