At least they worked with the tree, instead of chopping it down.

It finally happened!  They unwrapped the tree!  Spring is here!

This is what I imagine Meili looks like under her fur coat.  I found this guy in the Cloud 9 shopping mall up the street from where we currently live.  The Chinese really dig Transformers, and I am not particularly sure why.  At least, I don’t understand why they like the movies where the evil-looking blue guy came from.  The cartoons were so much better in so many different ways.

I think that this picture proves that we evolved from monkeys.

Listening to the workers yell out, “Welcome to O MY G!” as I walk past always makes me giggle.

This gave me a good laugh.

I laughed out loud when our courier from Mealbay handed me our receipt.  True to his name, he was very, very quick.  He was probably the fastest Mealbay courier we’ve ever had.

Another interesting vending machine, but this one isn’t nearly as cool as the one that made me fresh squeezed orange juice.  I walk past this vending machine four times a week, and every time I do, I want very badly to switch away and me around.

The most awesome vending machine in the entire world.  It slices and squeezes fresh oranges right into a cup for you to enjoy.

Underneath that wrapping paper of a cover is a tree.  It, like the other smaller trees in my community, has been covered all winter.  The smaller trees have been uncovered, but this one still needs protecting from the cool nights, I guess.  As soon as they unwrap it, I’m going to do a happy dance, as it will signify that spring is finally, officially here.  And then, a week later, because it is what Shanghai does, it will be summer.