Here & Now

Here and now is all there is, especially these days for danio! He can often be caught stating, "There is nowhere else I'd rather be right now than here at home in Shanghai!"

And speaking of his home, we have precious images of his impressively luxurious apartment!

You have to wind around a little after passing through the Yong Jia Rd entrance gate, and when you get to his building, you have to walk up to the second floor. When you walk in, this is what you see:


Indeed, a kitchen - a very nice one! By walking into the next room, you get another view of said kitchen, along with the front door:


The second room is of course the livingroom:






If you go back to the kitchen, you'll also see the comfortable bathroom:




And then, of course, there's the marvelous bedroom:



(Notive the space in the back looks out on a beautiful though tiny park, and serves as a drying spot for clean clothes, as there aren't really driers in China.)

This closet is quite a beautiful piece of furniture:


and it opens too!


Behind the bed is the office, a prime spot in the apartment, as it catches someone's wireless internet access from somewhere in the area!


Across from the bed is the most important piece, the nightstand, adorned with the necessary items for survival (mainly prayer books):


You might even encounter said danio, if you come at the right time:


When I arrived, the furniture was actually all very differently arranged. The couch in the back of the livingroom is made from a bonus mattress which was found behind the cabinet. Said cabinet, with shelves behind glass panels, is now decorated with some books, my new go board, and other stuff, like the many teas I have purchased:

From left to right: orange peels, roses, jasmine, three common flowers that mix well in teas, some green tea on the bottem, and those black balls are nauseatingly stinky dried fruit-looking things which, when put in hot water, make the most delicious, sweet tea (you just have to take a breath before drinking it...)