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Tahiti I think its the sofitel...its on Moorea..or it could be the intercontinental on Tahiti, as the the 5th photo down is def the intercontinental |
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Train from Beijing to Shanghai Hi Jian Shuo, I'm looking to to get tickets from beijing to shanghai on the sleeper bed like the one Wendy is relaxing on (the photo). could you please let me know how to get those tickets from Australia? |
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Standing in a Train? No... Hi, I'm doing some research on taking a train from Beijing to Shanghai in December, most likely December 13 evening, arrive in Shanghai, 14th morning. Do you think I should buy tickets in advance online? It is about US$10-20 more expensive if I buy in advance, but I guess it's safer, guaranteed seats, since my dates are not flexible? Thanks for any advice, Jen |
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Shanghainese Girl Marrying Foreigners This is indeed an interesting topic in several ways. Firstly from a Western female perspective - many of us in China are also rather successful and well educated people - just like the male expats. We work hard and have grand visions that push us to move overseas to places like China, seeking many things... This often challenges men in Western countries, and I see no reason why it would not be challenging to Chinese men as well. As we have ventured outside of our own countries, we are by default rather independent and assertive females. When I lived in Taiwan I often heard of Taiwanese men who would travel abroad to find wives that would be more 'traditional' in the sense that they would be submissive to the man - ie. generally less educated, more willing to put up with being controlled by a man, loyal without question or expectation of the husbands fidelity and obedient to both the man and his family... These wives (which make up one fifth of marriages in Taiwan) are from mainland China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand. These men either did not want, or felt they could not get (ie the women did not want them) - a more modern, and rather educated Taiwanese wife. Anyone seem the Bollywood movie "Bride and Prejudice"? There is an Indian man who has "made it" in the USA, but comes back to India to find a 'traditional wife', largely because he has no intention of treating them with the respect and allowing them the independence that women (even Indian migrant women) have in the USa. This happens all around the world in many migrant groups - move to a more liberal society, enjoy the lifestyle - return to conservative homeland where women will think you are great, are less educated then you and will therefore be content with you (the man) and less of a challenge to you. And often also are excited by the prospect of moving overseas. Meanwhile with the Chinese female - Western male combination, you have a generally more submissive female with a person who perhaps is not interested (for whatever reasons) in being attracted to more assertive and in control women. This can and does indeed cross genders, but it is interesting again as the gender roles are blurred when dealing with same sex relationship. I for one had a Singaporean girlfriend who I was very much attracted to but the relationship failed due to her need to assert control over me, and my belief that my independence in not negotiable. So these roles and conflicts in them can indeed cross into the queer realm. and of course these are still generalisations - and that there are certainly assertive chinese women with both chinese and western men, just as there are certainly some western women with both western and chinese men. anyway - hope this contributes to the debate and gives everyone something more to think about. |
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Suggest a Topic Hi Jian Shuo, Topic suggested: bi-lingual schools for children of expatriates, without the high costs of international schools. You being single and still child-less, you may not have direct experience searching for schools but perhaps your friends or readers could post suggestions on good local bilingual schools in Shanghai. Other suggested topic: good local hospitals or medical centers to go to, again without the high cost of expatriate medical centers. |
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Where are You? Hi there, I am amazed at your blog. How do you find the time to post all those replies and details on so many different topics? First time I stumbled upon your blog was when I was searching for a place to stay for a visit to Shanghai, in 2004. I now live in Shanghai with my family. Your blogs have been helpful in providing information about Shanghai, information that comes from real people, regular people. Keep it up! |
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How to Tell if Someone Block You on MSN Messenger how do you delete a contact on msn messanger |
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Actual Speed of Maglev is 64 km/h Enjoyed your blog. Your Maglev versus taxi senario will make a great math problem for the 4th graders! Thanks. |
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Hotmail Blocked in China None of these options have worked for me. I cannot access Messenger either. |
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MSN Messenger Virus Jitux.A Why are all of the " i "'s highlighted yellow on this page |
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Protect China - Not Only Against SARS I think the racial separation is always there, being in Canada you might slightly notice people keeping their distance but I must say the same thing happens in China. I recently went to Shanghai and I am hispanic, apparently I look like something they have never seen because people would just stare. Everywhere we walked we would be stared at. |
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Shanghai is Cooling Down Hi there, I appreciate your blog. I'm preparing to relocate in China and I have a choice between Shanghai and Beijing. I've not been to Shanghai before, but I was terribly struck by the perpetual smog/fog in Beijing. Is it the same in Shanghai? Thank you! |
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DB_File Error When Installing MovableType does anyone know why i get this error when i try and run mt-load.cgi: Content-Type: text/html Loading initial data into system... Loading weblog... An error occurred while loading data: Tie 'db\blog.db' failed: Invalid argument thanks, jen (mikeandjen@filipak.com) |
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DB_File Error When Installing MovableType hi Jian Shuo, i e-mailed my hosting company and they said they made my domain a separate application, so i had to ask them to install DB_FILE for me on the server, and it worked! |
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DB_File Error When Installing MovableType hello Jian Shuo, i have upgraded to Windows XP Pro..and i have followed your instuctions carefully. when i run http://localhost/mt/mt-check.cgi, it says that DB_FILE is installed.. but when i run http://www.filipak.com/mt/mt-check.. it says DB_FILE is NOT installed. i wonder what i am doing wrong? also, when i run http://localhost/mt/mt.cgi, it says that user name melody and password nelson is not valid.. i'm very confused :) thanks! ~jen |
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MovableType Successfully Installed on Windows XP hello, i have followed this tutorial up to this point: In Inetmgr.exe, right click MT folder and select Properties. Click Create button in Application Settings area on Directory tab. Now we have created a seperate application. i can't find the location of Inetmgr.exe on my windows xp home computer. is it possible for MT to be installed on xp home? please e-mail me at mikeandjen@filipak.com. thank you! ~jen |