February 2012
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December 2011
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Dec 25th
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November 2011
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Happy Thanksgiving?
First downside to working in Shanghai? The fourth Thursday in November is completely insignificant. It is currently 8:24 AM and I am at the office, dreaming of cider-brined turkey and Stove Top stuffing and Grandma Bonk’s stuffing and watching live football that does not have a kickoff time of 1:30 AM on Friday and taking a nap in the afternoon and pumpkin pie and sweet potato pie and pumpkin...
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Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
October 2011
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Goodbye Brooklyn, Hello Shanghai!
In the past seven days I watched my sister get married in Chicago, attended three “going away” parties, saw one Broadway play, packed up the entire apartment, and ran about 10,000 last minute errands before hopping on our flight. I also managed to eat about a dozen slices of pizza, a buffalo chicken cheese steak from Wogies (seriously the item I will miss the most), a fried chicken sandwich from...
Oct 30th
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September 2011
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Sep 12th
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Sep 12th
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One-way ticket to Shanghai
A few weeks ago my boss asked me a very interesting question: “Are you truly open to moving anywhere? Because if so, things might start to move very quickly.” I think that could be the understatement of the year. No more than a few days later I got a call presenting me with an opportunity to move to Shanghai to be the head of recruitment for L’Oreal China. That same week I was on...
Sep 11th