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July 2003 Archives

PNR on United Airlines Ticket Jul 31, 2003
There is a PNR record on all the United Airlines ticket. Typically, it is printed on the upper-right corner on every page of the ticket. I always wanted to find out the secret behind the 6-digit alpha-numeric code. PNR seems...
I Got My Income Tax Rebate Jul 30, 2003
It is still hot today with reported temperature of 37 degree C again. It is the 11th continous boiling day in Shanghai. Maybe it will break the high tempature record of 18 continous high-tempature days in 1930's. Just on this...
Returned on Delayed Train K284 Jul 29, 2003
I return by train K284. The train was delayed for 10 hours. What a bad trip it was to have waited in the hot train station for 10 hours and journey itself took 19 hours. Train in China It is...
Shanghai is Hot - Part II Jul 25, 2003
Note: I will be OOB (Out of Blogging) from tomorrow till next Tuesday (namely SAT, SUN, MON). I am going out town this weekend so I will access Internet during the time. I will update you about the trip when...
Typical Rush Hours in Shanghai - Part II Jul 24, 2003
I described the rush hours of Shanghai in the morning yesterday, not surprisingly, the rush hours in the afternoon are also interesting. Here we go. Definition of Rush Hours in the Afternoon The rush hours in the afternoon are not...
Typical Rush Hours in Shanghai Jul 23, 2003
As always, I waked up at about 7:50 AM. The sun had already climbed high into the sky. I have the thick three layer curtain (that kind with plastic opaque in the middle of the two layer of cotton) to...
Reversationless Conference Call Jul 22, 2003
Conference Calls Today, I see a new idea about Conference Call - the Reservationlesss Conference Call from MCI. Counting the four years at work, I may have attended 100 conference calls. All of them are in either of the two...
Shanghai is Hot Jul 21, 2003
Oh. My God. The weather these two weeks is crazy. Very hot - It is reported 35 degree C recenlty. The actual Feel-like temperature should be even higher. There is no way to walk outdoors. In my memory, Shanghai hasn't...
Websites About Shanghai Jul 20, 2003
I always feel lucky to live in the city of Shanghai. It is a charming city. It is attractive not because it is perfect. On the contrary, it is definitely not perfect. But the energy and the miracles inside the...
Happy Times Jul 19, 2003
Happy, happy, happy, very happy - I am very happy. Hahaha......
Living Cost in Shanghai - Part II Jul 18, 2003
After I posting Living Cost in Shanghai last November, many people asked for more information related to house, tuitions, salary, even the cost of deliver a baby. :-) I can understand that all such kinds of information are very critical...
Growing Old Together Gracefully Jul 17, 2003
This is the forth month memorial day after Wendy and I got married. It is always sweet to look back to the long road we have come along. I happen to see the picture in Dan Washburn's article - Build...
Disaster - Mud-rock in Danba Jul 15, 2003
This is the unpeaceful season again - bad news comes after bad news on TV. I am feeling very sorrow for all the victims. Mud-rock in Danba, Sichuan, China Last weekend, the mud-rock in Danba killed more than 50 people...
PVG: Book Domestic Flight in China Jul 14, 2003
Wendy sent me email asking about how to book China domestic flight. Thanks for your great website. I am taking a trip to Fuzhou via Shanghai. I think I probably need to spend a night in Shanghai as I will...
World Airport Website Report - Terminal Map Jul 13, 2003
As the third part of Word Airport Website Report, it will cover the terminal map and airport information section. As always, I will choose some typical websites and analysis how well they deliver the information to airport travellers. SFO -...
World Airport Website Report - To & From Airport Jul 12, 2003
This is the second part of my World Airport Website Report. The topic of this article is To & From Airport. SFO - San Francisco Airport Driving Direction The driving directions is not directly located in the SFO airport website...
World Airport Website Report - Flight Info Jul 11, 2003
Before I work seriously on the informational website PVG.CN (the next version for my Pudong Airport page), I want to conduct a simple survey on the existing airport website. The report will include the following chapters: Chapter I: Research scope....
The World is a Book - Back from Beijing Jul 10, 2003
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. - Saint Augustine This sentence is written on the first page of the welcome book of Renaissance Hotel Beijinng. I love it so much! I...
Domain Name PVG.CN Registered Jul 9, 2003
With the continous increase in hit rate for my Pudong Airport website, and more and more compliments I got for the work done, I feel it is neccessary to give the site a better and shorter URL than the current...
Bugs in the Great Firewall Jul 8, 2003
To surf on the Internet at home is becoming painful recently. I have to say, I has been driven mad for all the strange behaviors in the great censorship plan. When I click on some of the result website in...
Use GPRS in Shanghai Jul 7, 2003
I received query about GPRS today from Boris in Germany: I like your weblog, lots of interesting information in it :-) Thanks for that! I have read your messages about mobile phones in china. Now I am interested if you...
Run Your Blog with Your Own Domain Name Jul 6, 2003
A lot of people are very interested to know how to run the same website as mine (http://home.wangjianshuo.com). The questions are: How to get a domain name with my own name? What do I need to do after I get...
Back From CultureXChina Party Jul 5, 2003
I just returned from a party hosted by CultureXChina at Club de Eagle near the Galaxy Hotel. There I met nice guy like Jack, Jason, and Alex. They came from France and Hong Kong. Also I met a lot of...
Alcatel OT715 Software Jul 4, 2003
Many people are seeking Alcatel OT715 software, as can see from the hot discussion under my previous OT715 page. I have bought OT715 and enjoy the wonderful OT715 phone and the software. I'd like to introduce this model of business...
Tongli - Beauty at Night Jul 2, 2003
The most impressive spot on my journey from Shanghai to Taihu is the small town of Tongli 同里. The accient town, Tongli, may seems quite boring at day time if you have visited lots of similiar town like Zhouzhuang, Luzhi........
EndAds and BlockMessenger Jul 1, 2003
hlb felt very painful when he was hit by the EndAds spam. I keep getting pop ups from endads.com telling me how to get rid of pop ups. But I only get pop ups from them so I'm certainly not...