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Tha guys from Ba Hao Lou (building no. 8)

Since I started my semester at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, I got to know a lot of people in my dorm, which is building no. 8. Since it is common to mix Chinese into all the other languages, like English, here, we always say “ba hao lou”. I never heard someone say “building no. 8″ or something like this. The same for example applies to “lao shi” (teacher), “kao shi” (examination) or other words.

Since I left Shanghai about one week ago, I want to post some pictures for reviewing the nice time I had there and give you some impression of it. So first, let me show you some pictures of one Saturday night, where we sat outside to chat, drink German beer and smoke Shisha (water-pipe) :-)

Nagi, Monaf, Masawi, me and four bottles of finest German beer ^^Nagi and MonafMusa telling tha main story to all tha guys!Shiit! THIS guy NOT serious!!Masawi and meMasawi and meMasawi, Nagendra and Musa

Here is another big event when all the guys came to celebrate Sinusis birthday… And made this guy from Chad a white man :-P

Kelly and MasawiMusa joking with the cook and ordering some food… for 30 peopleNagendra and Sachin (from Nepal) and Vitali (from Belarus)“You are my African Queen…” *singing* :-)Joaquin preparing his camera.. some guys watching himSome serious stuff.More serious stuff.Some less serious stuff.Heya!Masawi holding a small speach for Sinusi (2nd from left)Vitali holding his most famous speechTha guys obviously amused ^^

And this is sinusi becoming white on his birthday :-)

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Now, before we come to the highlight of this post, a few pictures of the day of our last exams and Nagis graduation party! :-)
Aoali (tha boss), Nagi and MonafFranklin dancing in front of his roomMusa getting a new hairstyleGandhi vs. Edwin in soccer ^^

And now to the highlight, in the last week of my staying I met with Kelly and Edwin for a spontaneous Bob-Marley-And-The-Wailers-Jam-Session to enjoy making some music. Just look at the result yourself. By the way, with this I also held my promise to give you some sample of me playing my new bass :-)

First, the play-along. Here we tried to feel the vibe of the song for adapting it in our own interpretation :-)
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Now tha main stuff. Some interpretation, without the song in the background.
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There will soon be some pictures of Wuxi and maybe a guest post ;-)
Howdy!

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