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You may don’t understand what Chinese in photo means, but you may be stopped by some strangers near Expo park as a visitor.
“Used Expo Ticket, recyling paid in 5 yuan”. So same as me, you may wonder why they recycle used Expo ticket, for low carbon life promoted by Expo? for Better city, Better life? Read More…
Same time as last year, the 2010 National College Entrance Examination (Gao Kao in Chinese) will take place on June 7, 8, and 9.
So as usual, family having young candidates to take this big exam began to book hotel and taxi since last May. In Shanghai, it becomes a yearly routine. However, teenagers may not be lucky in this year because of Expo Shanghai 2010. Read More…
I am starting my Chinese New Year holiday today!
Just a couple of days to go before the Chinese New Year. Shops are packed with people now. Every Chinese is doing the final preparation for this special day. It’s the most important day for every Chinese no matter where he/she is. Read More…
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 More…
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 More…
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 More…
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 More…
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 More…
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 More…
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 More…