Welcome to Year #2

I was 22 when I moved to Shanghai, exactly one year ago this month, and had been offered a job as a "Research Analyst" at a small American investment firm headquartered in China. I knew nothing about finance, and despite having grown up in Hong Kong and being confident in Chinese, at the time the decision felt HUGE.

A lot has happened in one year. Shanghai is a massive, fast-paced city, and I feel like everyday I encounter something new and exciting. Often puzzling. I've started taking a lot of things for granted, as well, which is in large part why I have decided to start blogging. In August my sisters and I decided to start a joint blog with the goal of trying one new thing every week and reporting back. I wrote one entry entitled Due Diligence: No, I will not eat the dog that gives a little more background on my life here and describes an action-packed 4 day business trip to Yunnan province, but after that all three of us lost interest.

So I've decided to give it one more go.

I am completely settled now, have an amazing network of friends, a growing list of activities, and more ridiculous stories from this past year than I can even begin to recount.

This year, I promise to let all of you come along for the ride.