Similar to the circle of life (cue Lion King soundtrack), I have found myself flung around the circle of jobs. I found my full-time employment, and it is with Credit Suisse, the same company with whom I began my working life almost 9 years ago back in New York.
And actually, I'll be doing very similar work, as VP of Strategic Transactions, I'll be lending money to real estate owners, only this time it will be for Asian real estate. It looks like I'll be busy; my first few deals will probably be a newly built casino in Macau (China's answer to the Vegas strip), an office building in Beijing, and a retail mall here in Shanghai. So hopefully I will get to do some traveling, but regardless, I can now happily claim to be gainfully employed, and no longer "the intern", otherwise known as Tiffany's charity case.
Last night, to celebrate my emancipation, Tiffany brought home a wonderful gift: Stouffer's vegetable lasagna. Now while you might think that to be an insignificant gift, here in China, it's worth its weight in gold. Literally. The demand for lasagna here is apparently so low, that they can charge whatever they want, $25 to be exact. We've been eyeing that lasagna for months, but never had an excuse to spend so frivolously. Erica, I hope you're happy. (Our friend Erica works for Stouffer's at their Cleveland headquarters and we just boosted her sales margins by 50%.) Anyway, we were both ill last night after our lasagna binge. Yummmm.....
Tonight we dined at one of Shanghai's finest restaurants, Jean-Georges. I had raved about my dining experience at Jean-Georges in New York to Tiffany and she surprised me with dinner reservations! While we're not sure it was worth the 4,000 dumplings that it cost to eat there, we enjoyed every minute of living the high life, and it was a fitting celebration to mark the end of what has been a tumultuous 5 months!
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