good-byes

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May 4 - 12:22pm - Shanghai

we have finally recovered from our RoJo Bye-Bye Shanghai party!!! what a super fun night of great friends, good conversation, and of course the infamous jamon!

we are going to miss everyone dearly! thank you for being part of making shanghai such a great place and important time in our lives...

besos!

first of many...

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April 28 - 11:13am - Shanghai

oh my!!! if last saturday was any hint of what is in store for me bachelorette-wise, then i am one lucky bride! hahahaha!

a very special shout out goes out to diana and krystle and all my ladies who planned a super evening for me! we had games, surprises, prizes, and some other fun stuff (of which i cannot get into the details! ) the evening lasted way into the wee hours...i can't even remember the last time i got home as the sun was coming up!!!

great girlfriends like these ladies are definitely going to be one of the things i will miss most about shanghai! thank you girls! i felt very, very special and loved .

here are a few photos from saturday...i can't post all of them after all!



a few of my 'pink bunnies': noor, ching, elaine, and dianita...

and we can't forget the glowing new mom: alejandra...

eunice, elaine, and ale...and diana's gorgeous orchids in the background...the ladies put me in the hot seat to see how well i know rodrigo! hahahaha...let's just say i'm glad no money was involved!

heidi (another bride-to-be!), krystle, and rosa...krys already holding the next game's 'prop'!

project runway bachelorette style! hahaha...with limited resources to create my dream dress! these girls and their imaginations...

heidi's designers won the challenge!
auf wiedersehen to my girls!!! boo!

my 'veil' didn't hold up!

most of us made it out to m1nt, where we certainly raised a few eyebrows with the bunny ears and all...

ayyyyyyyyyyy! what fun!!! needless to say, sunday i was completely useless! but at least i was able to rest well for monday! the movers came and packed all of our earthly belongings into 25 very large boxes (!) and whisked them away to be shipped to mexico...

so we have an almost empty apartment and 2 more weeks to pack what's left before heading to manila for a couple of weeks...

this saturday we have a little good bye party here at home, so we have to prepare for that too...the next few days are going to fly by...we are running doing last minute errands, seeing friends, and breathing in as much of shanghai as we possibly can...

besos!

get ready!

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April 21 - 11:10am - Shanghai

so this weekend will mark the beginning of what i am sure there will be many of: despedida de soltera a.k.a. bachelorette party: shanghai edition!!! hahaha!

who knows what's in store for me this saturday, but i'm super excited to spend some time with a bunch of lovely ladies who have all been part of making living in shanghai soooo wonderful...so i can't wait! woohoo!!!

details and photo evidence to follow...

besos!

*i'm sure rodrigo will get up to no good as well...

gigil!

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April 18 - 1:04pm - Shanghai

the weather in shanghai is all over the place. one day it's 30 degrees out and the next it's back down to 12. this is really messing with my wardrobe, especially since i'm packing and unpacking our winter clothes constantly. in a week we won't have a choice since the movers will come to pack everything up and we'll be left with just a few basics...

rodrigo and i are getting really anxious to go already...sometimes we feel like we have one foot here, and the other already in mexico, and that is preventing us from getting anything productive done...hahaha

can i just say that i am getting really excited about the wedding!!! hahaha as if you couldn't tell...some friends are already talking hotel bookings and flight reservations, and i'm getting really GIGIL yehay!!! i love you girls!!!

this weekend is shanghai F1...so we are going to see our last live race...one of the many things we'll miss about living here...

be back soon...

besos!