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  <subtitle>I was just another expat in Shanghai</subtitle>
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    <title>At A Loss For Words</title>
    <summary> Not much is happening right now - except for work. This may explain the lack of &apos;interesting&apos; posts of late. Interesting by my standards at least. My desire to participate in the life of this city is falling away,...</summary>
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      <name>Tim</name>
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<a href="http://www.beckenham.id.au/images/ecto/dsktop_4_800.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.beckenham.id.au/images/ecto/dsktop_4_800.jpg','popup','width=800+20,height=600+20,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false" class="floatimgleft"><img src="http://www.beckenham.id.au/images/ecto/dsktop_4_800-tm.jpg" height="200" width="266" alt="FatPizza.jpg" title="FatPizza.jpg" longdesc="" /></a> Not much is happening right now - except for work.  This may explain the lack of 'interesting' posts of late.  Interesting by my standards at least.
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My desire to participate in the life of this city is falling away, and even the thought of hitting the streets of Shanghai is dwindling right now.  I'm really enjoying heading home each evening and doing mundane, standard life events.  Like cooking dinner or watching a DVD.  Its a nice escape from the pressures of each day.  Lin will dispute that I have done nothing of the such lately, as I haven't cooked this week and I invariably fall asleep while watching TV!
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Expat life isn't all glamour - its finding <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">select</span> the best pieces of your old life and jamming into the best bits of the new one.  I've been really lucky in my move to China, as most of the desirable items of my former life can be readily accessed here in Shanghai.  Who knew I could buy '<a href="http://www20.sbs.com.au/pizza/" title="oh my gawd pauly!">Fat Pizza - The Movie</a>' from a street vendor.
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Now that's fully sic.  Gee I miss SBS.  And the cricket.  I could go on.
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<em>Check out more wallpapers (like the above) at the </em><em><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/" title="oh my gawd pauly!">SBS</a></em><em> </em><em><a href="http://www20.sbs.com.au/pizza/" title="oh my gawd pauly!">Fat Pizza</a></em><em> website!</em>
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