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Different Views on Typhoon I was here in Shanghai during the typhoon. I've never been through one. It was quite scary--not at all pleasant. Growing up in the Bay Area and having gone through several major earthquakes, I'm NOT use to the duration of hurricanes or tornadoes. Earthquakes last for a minute at most. All these other natural diasters last a long time. I didn't appreciate the howling winds all night long and the continuous deafening thunder. I know Shanghai didn't feel the true impact of Matsu, but for me personally, it was scary enough. I really don't want to experience that again. Angela and Annick: you two are way too sensitive. Chill out! 7 people dead of Typhoon Matsu is nothing. I gaurantee more than 7 people die naturally in Shanghai each and every day. Life and death go hand in hand--like Ying and Yang. If people don't die, the world will over populate. And China of all places needs to dramatically reduce population, not increase it. |
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MSN Messenger Virus BR2002 Everyone go here: http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=msn&slcid=US click on msn.messenger then click on NEW POST and post ur question about msn messenger or hotmail and a techie will answer u in 2 hours. They do NOT email u the fix. They POST it in the newsgroup. so go back to the newsgroup in 2 HOURS and there'll be a reply. Make sure u tell them exactly what ur problem is and ur operating system. |
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Basic Geographic Knowledge about China - Part II "The most beautiful area in China are in the southeast and Xinjiang (for example, Daocheng and Kanas)" Is that right: southeast? That would be Fujian province. Don't you mean southwest, like Yunnan and GuangXi? I personally really like Hainan Dao. |
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If I were a Visitor to Shanghai Shanghai Girl, at least WJS isn't whoring himself out to some white dude trying to dig gold. Your anger is better directed towards all those sluts/whores trying to dig gold at places like Park 97 or Zapatas. It is so pathetic when I see all these "local" girls hanging themselves off of white dudes' arms. It is that image and that lifestyle which is certainly not normal of the general population of Shanghai. It is that image which is vulgar and superficial. Please go preach your surmons to those sluts/whores. Carsten, you are definitely a visitor and it's showing. Local Shanghainese do not stroll through Nanjing Lu. Only visitors crowd that street. Locals prefer to stroll and hang out on Huaihai Lu. Shanghai has gotten bigger and there's Pedestrian Row of Nanjing Lu and Xujiahui district now, but the absolute center of Puxi Shanghai and the absolute city proper is still Huaihai Lu and LuWan district. |
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Why I Don't Have an English Name Karina, you bring up the best point--which I forgot to mention in my previous post--and that is the ability to distinguish sexes by the name. For the life of me, I can't tell the sex of foreign names and most Americans/Westerns couldn't tell whether WangJianShuo is male or female. Equally, I could tell Nirmalya was male or female, but I tried to guess it was female. I guessed wrong. That is another extremely important reason why someone should use an English name when dealing with native English speakers, so that they can recognize the sex of the person when seeing the name. If I were to write: Dear Ms. Wang Jian Shuo. I don't think WJS would be too happy. If he referred to himself as Jason Wang, I'd know immediatley this person is a male and I will refer to him as a Mr Jason Wang. |
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Wendy Started to Learn to Drive WJS, I'm sure you've ridden on the SH metro during the peak hours of off-work time 5-7pm. Have you tried going from Line 1 to Line 2? Do you feel the oppressively crowded nature already? If they move 40% of traffic to metro, they better understand how to build more interchanges so that not everyone has to funnel through only 1 or 2 little interchanges. It's like routers routing through enormous amounts of data through a 10mbits switch. It simply does NOT work as it is now. And the metros close so early at night: 11pm all of them go offline. That time should at least be extended to 2am. I can understand having fewer cars moving after 11pm, but they shut off completely currently. There is much to be improved for SH's metro system if it is to be a world class transit system. |
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Why I Don't Have an English Name I disagree with Nirmalya greatly. She has a certain perspective because her own name is not very "Western". It's not just the Chinese who choose to have a more Western name if they do business or associate with the International world. All the Eastern European immigrants Americanized or Anglozied their names into a combination that's much more easily digested by Americans or Western European. The Jews did it. The Greeks do it. Why shouldn't the Chinese do it as well? I went to the US as a toddler, so my name is completely English. Only my family/surname is Chinese because of my family heritage but both my first and middle name is very English. It makes it so much easier for everyone involved to pronounce my name. There are a lot of African Americans who are choosing to use extremely weird names which I can't pronounce. What is the point? Just to drive the point home that they are different? in JSW case, where he is a Chinese citizen, I can understand his desire to keep his Chinese name, but for Chinese who immigrant to other western countries where English is the primary language, I would highly suggest they legally change their name to something the natives of that country can easily digest. No point in purposely making oneself stand out like a sore thumb. |
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Nice Meetup with Hailey and Roddy Haha.. anti-japanese sentiment? The Chinese should be so lucky to emulate the Japanese. I'll take the Japanese culture over the Chinese culture anyday and I speak from being ethnically Shanghainese. The Japanese people are infinitely more polite and courtious. Shanghaiese are known throughout China as the rudest and that's not an unjustified stereotype. I have to agree. So impatient and rude about everything. Having said that, I'd still be in favor of Shanghia over Beijing. Beijing is land locked. If it wasn't for the fact that it's the capital of China, it wouldn't be much. Almost all famous international cities are port cities by the water. Shanghai falls into that camp. Beijing will forever be a wanna, only famous it is the capital city of China. |
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Three on the Bund I must say I'm very sad to see that photo of the Bund without the lighting. The Bund without lights is just not the Bund. :-( If I was a tourist, I would rightfully be quite disappointed. It would be like visiting Las Vegas without seeing all the tacky neon lights at night time. With hope, the lights will soon shine again and the temp will decrease to something more tolerable for humans. See you soon WJS. I will arrive at the end of this week. |
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Polution in Shanghai Carsten, how about making a small difference and getting people to stop smoking? Especailly the Dutch (Europeans) and marijuana. (Ok, I admit, the Yanks are crazy about marijuana too.) I hate industrial pollution as much as you, but I hate smoking even more. Smoking, including marijuana, directly affects my ability to even enjoy a decent meal or enjoy a drink. Let's clear the air first of cigarette smoke before we tackle the bigger problems of industrial pollution. Here in California, since 1999, there is absolutely NO cigarette smoking allowed in any public place. NOT even in bars or nightclubs. I can go eat, dance, drink and be merry whereever in public and never have to worry about injesting secondhand smoke anywhere. There is no division of smoking and non-smoking sections. There is NO smoking period anywhere. In my dreams, I'd like to see that in China one day. |
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Sanya Travelogue - Flying to Sanya WJS, you wrote: Its air quality ranked the second best among the whole world (which city is the best? I am also wondering). I've actually been to Sanya twice. The last time was Dec of 2003. I stayed at the Sheraton Sanya and I've been to the Holiday Inn Sanya for dinner. While I do appreciate Sanya very much and I expect to visit frequently to get away from the megalopolis Shanghai, I certainly can't imagine where you got that claim from. The air quality of Sanya may be pretty decent in China, but it certainly can't be the second best in the world. You've been to San Francisco and Seattle. What did you think of the air quality in Seattle? Have you visited Hawaii? I can perhaps believe that Sanya has the second best air quality in China, but I certainly can't believe it's the second best in the whole world. Glad you were able to visit Sanya and stay at the Holiday Inn. You truly live a very nice life for a Chinese citizen living in China. If all Chinese citizens in China could lead a life like yours, then I'd truly be happy for China and its people. |
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To Focus or Not? WJS, keep it your own style and keep it personal. Please don't make your blog site into yet another website full of ads. If you're trying to make more money, focus on your MSFT job. If you're trying to express yourself through this blog medium, then keep what you're doing. Your site is pretty unique actually. I've never seen another person give so much private info away on their blogsite as you have. And it's nice that you've been able to stick with it for so long. So many blog sites have come and gone--especially the ESL teachers in China--but your blog site has persisted for such a long time. Frankly I'm amazed you've stayed the course for so long. I'm always afraid one day I'd come to visit for some needed update on Shanghai and find your site gone. But so far, each time your site is still here and updated very frequently. Keep up the good work WJS! |
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Hot Hot Hot Shanghai I never said "Renmin Gongyuan" wasn't correct pinyin spelling. I just have never seen it stated that way. Even in my official Shanghai Tourist maps given to me by Grand Hyatt and 88Xintindi, the park is depicted as "Renmin Park" and not as "Renmin Gongyuan". It's the first time I've seen "Renmin Gongyuan" used. That's why it took me by surprise. As you say yourself, Tibet Lu is depicted as Tibet Lu on tourist maps and not as "XiZhang Lu". A Chinese taxi driver may understand Renmin Gongyuan, but most foreign tourist is not going to know what Renmin Gongyuan is. |
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Drive-Ins in China WJS, LOL! Your site is really pretty funny. You talk about everything and anything that comes into your life. The only thing missing now is a dog and 2.3 kids and your life will be that of an average American. Drive-ins... what a concept. I've been driving for 17 years and I've never once been to a drive-in. In the San Francisco Bay Area, I don't think we have any more drive-ins. I honestly believe teenagers go to drive-ins to try to make out. They don't really go for the movies. :-) |
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Hot Hot Hot Shanghai William C said: "Remin Gongyuan" Hahah.... that's the first time I've seen it referred as that when romanized to English. I've always known it as Remin Park. It took me a few seconds to register "Remin Gongyuan" in my head. Why does it have to be so hot now? Just when I'm about to arrive. I'm so afraid of the heat PLUS humidity. Taking showers is a useless endeavor in such a humid place. Anytime one steps foot outside of an AC enviornment, one will immediately start smelling like a pig. And with a population of 20+ million people in greater Shanghai, those 20+ million "pigs" do stink up the whole place. |
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PVG: One Million Passengers for MagLev It's absolutely ridiculous how much money the Chinese government spent on the construction of the MagLev but spend almost nothing on the marketing thereafter of the MagLev. It just makes no sense to me whatsoever why there isn't a very detailed website marketing the MagLev in English. Is there like a Shanghai Taxi Association Union which is blocking the success of MagLev? Is this Taxi Association afraid of some competition from the MagLev/Subway link to Puxi? |
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Group Drive to Yang Cheng Lake George wrote: Are all the highways / motorways free in China? Answer, absolutely not. All toll highways. You pay when you get on and get off at certain stops. |
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Exciting Shanghai Night Life I've been to M on the Bund in Nov of 2003 and the view was indeed awesome. But the food was not at all on par with the price. I spend 800 RMB for the dinner for two and there was no alcohol involved. (I gave a 100RMB tip. Should I have? I debated for a while but in the end I tipped. I'm still confused whether tips are expected at Western joints like M on the Bund.) Great place to take a girl for a date but the food is nothing to write home about. I'm going to Shanghai again at the end of this month and this time it may be for a long period of time. I'm looking forward to checking out 3 on the Bund. Last time I stayed at the Grand Hyatt (76th floor) and 88Xintindi. This time I'd ideally like to stay at the JW Marriot Exec Service Apartments, but that can get really costly. Comment on night life for the locals. It is indeed so sad that most of the native Shanghai/Chinese people are not being able to enjoy the benefits of these new nightlife attractions popping up left and right. It's like Shanghai is a serving ground for the Western foreigners. I don't like that. |