A Tale of Two Proms
At the end of the school year, Scaramouchine has been invited to two international school graduation parties. One was for a Chinese division international school and one was for an […]
Category Archives: Daily Life
Dogs Who Stare
Scaramouchine in the ‘hood
Shanghai’s Fanciest Public Toilet
Scaramouchine went exploring and discovered this colonial toilet. Scaramouchine thinks, however, that despite the civilized exterior, there are still squats inside.
A Chicken In Every Pot
Scaramouchine had the good fortune to be invited into a local Shanghai house. These houses are rapidly disappearing. Scaramouchine thinks it is a shame. Not only are they better built […]
Swimming Pool
Although Scaramouchine has enjoyed swimmming here, I think she is close to changing her gym membership. The pool is poorly organized, people swim randomly in a roughly linear direction and […]
People Who Stare
Not only do they stare, but they take pictures. Where do these pictures go? Are they part of their holiday snaps? Posted on their fridge? Or their screensaver at work? […]
