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20 Backed Up All My Documents

After I started to use google docs 1 year ago, I found I don't need to backup any document when I reinstall the system.
Posted by Charlie at 2008-01-23 10:58:40. More

19 Microsoft GTEC's 10 Year Anniversary

A nice workplace. Happy birthday to GTEC!
Posted by Charlie at 2007-11-05 09:10:25. More

18 Google Beijing Office Picutre

Interesting!

There is no mountain in Mountain View. Mountain View is the view from mountain.
Posted by Charlie at 2007-08-05 09:12:47. More

17 Avoid Hong Qiao Airport on Friday Night

Why not use the shuttle bus? It's much cheaper. I have tried that for several times. It is comfortable.

BTW, another complaint! When you want to take a taxt from BJ airport to Microsoft Mill Building, almost every taxi driver will reject to drive you. They said they didn't know the path, but actually they knew.
Posted by charlie at 2007-04-14 14:49:58. More

16 Wendy's 5 Years in Microsoft

Congratulations!

It there a banner?
Posted by charlie at 2007-03-29 00:43:56. More

15 Lujiazui is Full

That a harmonious TGIF.

终于和谐了
Posted by charlie at 2007-03-24 11:52:39. More

14 I Found a Bug - in my Soup

In my experience, almost 99% resturants are not clean enough. Just let it go, do you remember your college resturant? :-)

If I find a bug, it's reasonable to get the money for the lunch. I think most resturant owner will afford that. You can even ask him to return the double money, but no more.
Posted by charlie at 2007-03-23 00:07:55. More

13 Living Cost in Shanghai - Driving

The cost to have a car is like the cost to have a baby.
Posted by Charlie at 2007-01-24 10:42:08. More

12 The Scar in People's Heart

:)

You BLOG will be banned/unplugged soon. Oh my CROW MOUTH!
Posted by Charlie at 2007-01-21 13:15:43. More

11 Where are the Train Tickets?

Although we have already known the fact years by years, JS is the one who posts it in BLOG. In my heart, it is just a common case, not a special story.

I think that most people are like me instead of JS. That may be the worst point -- we have accepted this environment.
Posted by Charlie at 2007-01-21 12:20:15. More

10 Some Blogs about V2EX

As I remember, there are also some pure technical sites blocked by GFW.

kernelnewbies.org, it is a linux kernel learning site, I can access it in Microsoft corpornet but not at home(ADSL).

At the beginning of 2006, www.freebsd.org was banned. It is said that the reason is to prevent people comparing FreeBSD and the Kirin OS, which claimed to be a great research project but in fact a copy of FreeBSD...

Posted by Charlie at 2007-01-16 12:34:29. More

9 Some Blogs about V2EX

If google fails in China finally, can I regard it as "MUST DO EVIL IN CHINA"?

If so, I shall leave.
Posted by Charlie at 2007-01-16 12:26:31. More

8 Life in a Crowded World

My mentor told me a tricky way to this problem.

Please pay great attention to the ground and the garbage bin. There is chances that you can find a very close number. :-)

There are always people who has not the patience to wait in the bank and throw away his service ticket.
Posted by Charlie at 2007-01-14 20:35:32. More

7 Standing in a Train? No...

Huangniu
Posted by Charlie at 2007-01-14 20:31:38. More

6 V2EX's Network Cable was Unplugged

I read this news from keso's blog. That's very very sad.

ps. I was going to post a reply in your blog. but it was blocked, because is was recoginized as spam.
Posted by Charlie at 2007-01-13 16:37:01. More

5 Z Series Train in China

The Z-train belongs to Shanghai Railway Office are Z13-14、Z5-7、Z7-8.

These six trains provide a free lunch.
Posted by Charlie at 2006-10-13 12:57:12. More

4 Where to Study Chinese, Beijing or Shanghai?

Hi Everybody,

Have you noticed that most of people from Beijing say that Beijing is the best place to study and live, and people from Shanghai say the same about their city!!!
I think that there is not perfect place at all. All of them have advantages and disadvantages. Its up to you, if you want to be closer to western style (but also living the taste of China) then go to Shanghai. If you want to be closer to Chinese culture then you should go to Beijing. It depends more on the personality.
Cities like Hangzhou are nice. Hangzhou is close to Shanghai, some parts are beautiful (some others are also busy and crowded) but in general is much more quiet and calm. Some people love it, for me Shanghai is much better.
I have lived in Beijing, Hanzgzhou and Shanghai, and I have studied Chinese in Hanzhou and Shanghai.
II's true that in Beijing people speak almost the Standard Chinese, but if you move to another city in China you still will have problems to understand their accents. On the other hand if you get used to the accent in Shanghai (for example) you will find very easy to understand people in Beijing.
I think that most of universities still have to improve a lot their teaching methos, if not all of them.
I think the key point is that everything depends on the student. Some people have the ability to learn faster. Some people learn very fast the speaking part and some others the writing.
You can find everywhere people who have studied in the same university, one can speak fluently after one year while the other one can't. Because the teaching is not good enough (in most of universities) and also Chinese is a hard language to learn then you have to dedicate a lot of time to it. The more you dedicate to learn and practice then more you will speak, no matter in what university you are.
Posted by Charlie at 2006-03-12 16:52:02. More

3 Houses in Shanghai

I have a department for leasing, which is located in Jingan district, near Najing Road, Shanghai, named Shanghai First Block.
The department is well decorated and the completion of construction is one year before. There are two bed rooms and one living room, 27th floor of 34, with a good view of East Pearl. The building is located nearby the Shanghai TV Station.
I have taken a lot of photos of the buildings and my department. If you want to rent, you can contact me for the detailed information. I am not an agent. My email is elementsservice@hotmail.com, and my contact telephone no. is 13621842841.
Posted by charlie at 2006-02-27 17:30:17. More

2 Traveled to Beijing with China Eastern Airlines

hello, i will go on holiday to SHANGHAI and then proceed to BEIJING this comming october '05. can anybody HELP me find the cheapest airlines and its respective schedules?
Posted by charlie at 2005-09-04 12:05:06. More

1 SARS Update in Shanghai

Dear all,
firstly it is fine to hear that everything has began to turn back to normal in Shanghai. In 1 month I will be in Shanghai and want to have more details about the current situation of that so-called disease. Do you think that for a foreigner visiting your country still some precautions should be taken ?

Waiting for your response.

Many thanx...
Posted by Charlie at 2003-06-16 13:27:44. More