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My Journey To Shanghai – Part Deux
Monday, May 25th, 2009“Angel is good. But when Angel is bad, it’s a big bad.”
It was a warm Monday morning in Shanghai. Flora and I were about to head out for our first full day together when she stopped us short at my hotel room door.
“Wait wait,” she said, “Your hair is-a messed. Let me fix.” She grabbed [...]
My Journey To Shanghai China
Thursday, May 7th, 2009“You are Satan. I am Angel. Therefore, our story will be one of Satan and the Angel.”
From day 1, she had it all figured out. Flora, the impossibly cute Chinese girl who would be my guide for the next week in Shanghai, sized me up in an instant.
Looking back at her through my trademark big [...]

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