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What happened in my life this month through 10 pictures

1-2: I went to watch I, Daniel Blake with Ari, Liza, Niamh, and Lennart. It was part of the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF). My review on Letterboxd: I, Danial Blake

3: We celebrated the birthday of our favorite half-Chinese student, Friederike. She turned 21, and I wish her nothing but more languages to learn.

4-5: Mariana’s goodbye gathering. She will return to Italy to finish her master’s degree. It’s such a loss for our movie night gang, and her absence will not be replaced with anyone, as we don’t know many cool Colombians in Shanghai.

6-8: Ari returned to Italy as well. Gerardo rented a car, and we took her to the airport and listened to the most random mix of songs.

9- I finally watched Backrooms with a great group of friends who seemed to enjoy the film more than me. My review on Letterboxd: Backrooms

10- Finally moved to a new place. Artur and Gerardo helped me through this annoying process, and I’m glad to have amazing friends who can offer me free labor because I went broke after ordering stuff for my apartment.

My friend Felix was playing for our university team in finals, so I had a chance to finally watch a full basketball match for the first time in my life.

Found a decent Hong Kong-style restaurant in our campus thanks to my Costa Rican and South Korean friends, Nico and Kihye.

Beyzai's "Bashu, the Little Stranger" was screened in Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), and I had a great time biking back home as there were no metro after 11 pm.

To be fair, I'm not a huge fan of rain in summer.

Finally visited a mosque in China as a non-muslim, and watched the new Spielberg which unfortunately was super boring.

Bought a second hand "BenQ DC C1060," which takes decent pictures considering its very low price.

Unfortunately, Niamh is returning to UK by end of this month. She asked me to take some pictures of her before her departure, and the result was great. However, here you can check some of thr pictures from that day without her physical presence.

I wonder if I grew an interest in bird-watching, or I'm just procrastinating.

While the movie wasn't as good as its predecessor, we still found a way to have some fun (Italian food and Japanese alcohol).

Never thought I might see a portrait of James Joyce in person, but here we are.