Pickle Deli Square

Mar 31

Mar 31 Post-Quarantine Week 4: Getting ready for the big lockdown

Scrambling in the slivers of time outside of working hours to get enough food and daily necessities for the impending city-wide lockdown

Mar 27

Mar 27 Post Quarantine Week 3: Empty shelves as first lockdown ends, and another one begins

Kai

Shanghai

2+2+2+… goes into 4+??

Mar 20

Mar 20 Post-Quarantine Week 2: Start of mass testing and first lockdown

Kai

Shanghai

Mar 13

Mar 13 Week 1 Post-Quarantine: Very slowly getting back to "normal," while the "normal" was slowly slipping away

Kai

Shanghai

I finally got my green health code 2 days after leaving quarantine, so I could go back to the office. But the effects of Shanghai’s growing outbreak were becoming apparent.

Mar 7

Mar 7 The Snacks of Quarantine

Kai

Food

So needed this time in quarantine

Mar 6

Mar 6 Quarantine Diary Day 22: Back to the normal world!

Kai

Trip Report

A full day in the +7 quarantine hotel, and then back home.

Mar 5

Mar 5 Quarantine Diary Day 21: Last PCR, Last Snacks, Last Supper?

Kai

Trip Report

Hopefully, the last full day in quarantine.

Mar 4

Mar 4 Quarantine Diary Day 20: A Standout Lunch

Kai

Trip Report

If only they had a printed menu…

Mar 3

Mar 3 Quarantine Diary Day 19: An Even Better Food Day!

Kai

Trip Report

The day started with breakfast filled with cute shapes, and ended with a dinner full of longtime favorites.

Mar 2

Mar 2 Quarantine Diary Day 18: A Good Food Day

Kai

Trip Report

A good food day, started off by the fun breakfast “formula.”

Mar 1

Mar 1 Quarantine Diary Day 17: Special Delivery - Fresh Fruit!

Kai

Trip Report

Yay for fresh food deliveries!

Feb 28

Feb 28 Quarantine Diary Day 16: First Day Looking Out at the Sky

Kai

Trip Report

I’m basking in this big upgrade in room and environment!

Feb 27

Feb 27 Quarantine Diary Day 15.5: A Complete Turnaround in Fortunes at the Tian Lin Hotel!

Kai

Trip Report

From feeling powerless in a below-average quarantine facility, to a big step up in living conditions!

Feb 27

Feb 27 Quarantine Diary Day 15: The Worst Day Yet

Kai

Trip Report

An endless day of waiting and not knowing what was going to happen and when.

Feb 26

Feb 26 Quarantine Diary Day 14: PCR Testing of Body...and Environment??

Kai

Trip Report

The day started with the most comprehensive PCR test, and ended with a scarily red piece of pork.

Feb 25

Feb 25 Quarantine Diary Day 13: From Highs to Lows

Kai

Trip Report

A delicious Shanghaiese dish for lunch, to a disaster at dinner: as someone commented in my flight/hotel WeChat group, “这饭真是越来越离谱了,” or, “The food is getting more and more ridiculous.”