If you are working at Zhangjiang High Technology Park and also have to work 14-24 Feb 2010 (hope not because it is the Chinese New Year Holiday week), this information would be relevant.
Because of the Metro Line 2 Extended Route Construction, Zhangjiang High Technology Park Station will be closed 14-23 Feb 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
The Lotus Supermarket was closed for refurbishment a couple of months ago. Personally I found it was inconvenient because after the exhausting shopping of clothes, shoes etc in the mall, I usually would like to buy some groceries at the end and cook a simple dinner when I return home. Read the rest of this entry »
When I went to Andy’s office today, I found the desktop of his computer was a girl’s picture which looked very familiar…
Mmmmm… that was weird! As I know, Andy is a very professional guy, why he uses a pretty girl’s picture as his computer desktop background and apparently the girl was not his current girlfriend because it was Michele Lee, a Hong Kong actress. Read the rest of this entry »
As promised, I took my 5 year old nephew to Shanghai Zoo to see the EXPO pandas last weekend.
I can’t remember when was my last time in the zoo. 20 years ago?! Read the rest of this entry »
I didn’t know today (22 Jan 2010) is La Ba Jie until I watched the morning news.
La Bameans the eighth day of the 12thmonth in Chinese Lunar Calendar. The whole month is regarded as the coldest time in the year and in Chinese we put La in front of some other word to indicate this special time, for example La Yue is putting La in front of the Yue (month) means the coldest month. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s news said that visitors now can go to Shanghai Zoo to see the 10 EXPO Pandas. The 10 pandas arrived in Shanghai from Sichuan early this month and specially for 2010 EXPO visitors. Read the rest of this entry »
Have you seen the map of Shanghai Metro? Read the rest of this entry »
As I blogged before, it is a really bad idea if you need to travel around China before the Chinese New Year. Students, migrant workers, people who work out of their hometowns are all going home. Everyone is on the road!
Official news has announced this year peak season starts from 30 Jan till 10 Mar. Read the rest of this entry »
I am searching the best deal for flight to Chengdu during Chinese New Year now. (If you are going somewhere during Chinese New Year in China, you’d better to start searching now!)
Many friends recommended me to have a look at Taobao.com (largest e-Commerce website in China. Chinese eBay). I did find some good deals there but just didn’t know if I can trust those agents. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the Chinese property website released those figures. Let’s have a look to see how true it is. Read the rest of this entry »
When millions of Chinese netizens are still hot talking about Baidu, Chinese internet search engine, was hacked yesterday, today the news about Google to end its operations in China quickly caused even hotter discusssions on the internet. Read the rest of this entry »
In recent days, people in Shanghai has changed ‘how are you’ to
‘ Have you watched Avatar?’
In front of Peace Cinema in Raffles City, which has the only IMAX screen in Shanghai, there are always people queueing up for a ticket to watch IMAX 3D Avatar. Read the rest of this entry »
It was raining all day yesterday in Shanghai. So nasty. Too wet and cold to go anywhere.
Even worse. I didn’t have any food left in my apartment. So I decided to order some pizza online.
Thank God. I still have the Internet connection. Read the rest of this entry »
Today after some fruits, fishes, vegetables shopping in the wet market, I went to the rice shop nearby.
When I handed a 20RMB note to the owner, he had a quick look and then returned it to me asking:
‘Can you give me another one or 2 Ten?’ Read the rest of this entry »
What is the hottest in town?
No doubt! Read the rest of this entry »
Probably in western countries, after the Christmas and New Year, everything is gradually back to normal, party is getting to the end. But in China, no, no, no….. Christmas and New Year is just the warm up for the biggest event of the year, Chinese New Year!
Every year, Penny, my friend who is working in an American non-profit organisation feels like to have two months off at work. Read the rest of this entry »
I just can’t believe tomorrow is the last day of 2009! The time is really flying……
Anyway I almost decided I will join the countdown party in Lujiazui this year to celebrate the coming 2010 tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »
If you are going to spend your 2010 New Year in Shanghai, this might be a good news.
In order to celebrate the 2010 New Year and the coming 2010 World EXPO, Shanghai Pudong Commerce Commission will organise a half price campaign day in Pudong on 31st 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve heard the pubs in Tongren Road were closing down a couple of weeks ago. I thought that was few cases or temporary closure due to the Christmas holiday or something else. But from today’s news, the pubs in Tongren Road are closed because they don’t fit government new city planning. According to the new planning, the pubs will be replaced by some high end restaurants to fit with the ‘high end and elegant’ West Nanjing Road CBD area. Read the rest of this entry »
Wujiang Road is always branded as the most famous food street in Shanghai. But it seems that it is more than that.
When I was passing Wujiang Road today, I saw this notice: Read the rest of this entry »
