Monthly Archives: September 2009

everybody’s working 9-to-5

inspired by one of andrew’s posts about his commutes in beijing, and probably of zero interest to anybody who is not me, this is my daily commute in shanghai. (also starring my sony cybershot dsc t-9 which has recently been … Continue reading

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laos

in honor of heading back to south-east asia in two weeks. this is in luang prabang. i think this was taken on my old minolta.

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somewhat tilt shift

taken earlier this summer. looks like tilt shift, don’t it? is it?

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fighting h1n1 – shanzhai style

a couple of months ago, the office handed out these mini bottle of antiseptic hand gel. obtesibly to combat the spreading of germs, specifically h1n1 influenza. today, we were handed giant bottles of antiseptic hand gel, and taking a closer … Continue reading

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more food from taipei

yong he da wang – or yong he “big king” is a chain of chinese fast food restaurants here in china. they’re actually owned and operated by jollibee. the food there is okay, they have an okay set of noodles … Continue reading

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twitter updates disguised as posts, #2

no one in the history of the world has never been as sleepy as i am right now.

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jerks: a multi-cultural phenomenon

fellow shanghai blogger woaizhongguo has a pet peeve (actually doesn’t everyone?) against “loser laowai”. in his words: Regular readers will know I have a pet hate for what I call “loser laowai”. Foreigners who back home are total losers with … Continue reading

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toilets in very high places

last month, when i went to taipei, i had to use the restroom near the top of taipei 101 . so in a continuing quest to use bathrooms up high, i went to the park hyatt, shanghai yesterday for drinks … Continue reading

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ms. li sizhe ??? of ics shanghai

for some reason i’m addicted to ics – international channel shanghai. as one of the two english language channels i get on my television, and the one without a large supply of horrible news programs, it gets a lot of … Continue reading

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thoughtful user oriented design

spotted last night at the south beauty sichaun restaurant on yan’an lu between tongren lu and shaanxi nan lu (beautiful restaurant, by the way) note that there’s both english and chinese reading material available.

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