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October 2003 Archives

It is Personal Website Age Oct 30, 2003
My Friends Goes .COM, .NET, .Biz... I found more and more of my friend begin to register their own domain names and begin to host personal website. I owe a "friendly link" to every one of them. It is becoming...
Houses in Shanghai Oct 29, 2003
It is approaching the three year anniversary of my purchase of my current house at Vanke Waltz Garden. I have been paying the mortgage of the house for three years and have lived in the house for two years. During...
JW Marriott in Tomorrow Square Opens Oct 28, 2003
When I am talking about JW Marriott Hotel in Shanghai, most of my friends has never heard of the name. Not to mention the new JW Marriott Hotel in the Tomorrow Square, the name of Marriott is not that famous...
Invalid Login on My MovableType Oct 27, 2003
As some of you may have noticed, my site experienced technical difficulties yersterday. The comment system didn't work. You will see Entry with ID "xx" does not exisit or page not found or other error messages. This lasted for about...
Traffic Control in Shanghai Oct 26, 2003
To continue my story about the traffic ticket I got yesterday; I am going to tell the story of traffic control in Shanghai. There are obviously many interesting ways to keep the traffic, making the roads in the city a...
Drove to Songjiang University City Oct 25, 2003
Songjiang I heard about the University city in Songjiang. Driving along the Caobao Rd., Husong Rd, I get there after one and half hour - actually, it should only take 50 minutes, but the terrible traffic jam at the Zhongchun...
Cold Shanghai and Hot Hotmail Oct 24, 2003
Cold Shanghai Shanghai became cold from yesterday. Compared to the hot weather this September, it is hard to believe it is the same city. I wore T-shirt for the whole summer and just changed to shirt yersterday. However, the sudden...
Hand-Made Map of Pudong Area Oct 23, 2003
Pudong Map The result of last Saturday's driving experience raises my interest in the Pudong Area. After I get off the Dapuqiao Tunnel, which is one of the 10 tunnel/bridges connecting the Pudong and Puxi, the roads become wider and...
Why I Added Google Adsense to My Blog Oct 22, 2003
You may discover that from today (Oct 22, 2003), the Google Adsense begin to appear on my website. It is typically a banner like the one shown under the Ad section on this page. Experiment I am just doing experiment...
PVG: Location of Maglev Station Oct 21, 2003
Maglev is really hot recently. I can tell from the number of emails I received asking about the operation of Maglev. There is no such kind of good information on the web yet. In the last few months, I have...
Kecak.com - (No Longer a) Comment Spammer Oct 20, 2003
Update October 24, 2006 Waking up this morning, I saw Yunata's comment about the changes in Kecak.com. I applause for the change in management, and Yunata's commitment to create a good company. As you may noticed, this entry was posted...
Went to Shanghai Community Church Oct 19, 2003
Believe it or not, this is only the second time I visit a Christian church in my life. 5 years ago, I have been to the church at the Chendu road. It was a Christmas and we rushed to a...
Happy Birthday to Me Oct 18, 2003
Happy Birthday to myself. It is my 26th birthday. There is no special programs today, just rent a car and drove the family around the Pudong Area to look for new apartments. After 8:00 PM, I even drove to Sheshan...
First Day Driving Experience Oct 17, 2003
After started to learn to drive for 3 months (counting from my first entry on this topic on June 28), I finally rent a car and drove it onto the road, by myself. The car is so so - a...
My Painting Oct 16, 2003
© Jian Shuo Wang Don't know why, I begin to draw some painting. :-D This is one piece from a series of "paintings" I created....
China Sent a Man to the Space Oct 15, 2003
At 9:06 AM local time, the first manned space vihecle was successfully launched. Good luck to the astronaut....
Taxi, Currency, Credit Card and More... Oct 13, 2003
Got an email with questions about Shanghai. I am going to answer the mail in public. Also, I removed all the personal information from the mail before I get confirmation from the sender that he wants his name appear. The...
China is Sending Man to Space Oct 12, 2003
The news of the launch of manned space vehicle was sealed so good that it was announced within two week before the launch. Today, I saw the news report on TV confirming that the first manned space vehicle will be...
PVG: Maglev Started Carry Passengers Oct 10, 2003
Breaking news! Maglev will begin real transportation from tomorrow. It is still the trail operation, but the difference is, from tomorrow, the train will open its door to drop passengers for the first time at Pudong Airport. Before, the Maglev...
Joined A Club to Rent a Car Oct 9, 2003
I joined a car club named Coco today. I did got some email asking me about the car club I mentioned in my previous article Eager to Drive Soon. The price of 160 RMB per day for a Volkswagen is...
English Research Oct 9, 2003
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a...
Travel Tips to Hui Zhou Oct 8, 2003
People are interested in my photos and travel experience in Hui Zhou. JL wrote to ask for the details of the trip (transportation, accommodation, main attractions ect.). Well. Not surprisingly, I am willing to share with you about the trip....
Returned from Huizhou (Huang Shan) Trip Oct 7, 2003
We finally returned to Shanghai today after the four day trip to Hui Zhou. We planned to go to Huang Shan (the Yellow Mountain) but changed our route to visit the villages near Huang Shan instead. The places I visited...
Mandarin or Shanghaiese? Oct 3, 2003
Question from Mike looks like this Hi there Shanghi blogger ... My name is Mike and I am very seriously considering moving to China for a year or two. I had decided to move to Beijing but am now considering...
PVG: Meeting Place in Pudong Airport Oct 3, 2003
If you and your friend arrive in Pudong Airport on different flight and you want to meet him/her/them, but you don't know where is the best place to wait because you may not be able to use your mobile phone...
Going to Huang Shan Oct 2, 2003
In the next few days, maybe four days, I will leave for Huang Shan - or the Yellow Mountain in Anhui Province in China. We have been there serveral years ago, but it was raining and frogy....
PVG: Has Maglev Started Operation? Oct 2, 2003
Dear Mr. Wang: I came across you website and found it quite helpful. Thank you for all the information. You mentioned that the Maglev train to airport will be operating in October 2003. 1. Do you have any updated...
National Holiday, 2003 Oct 1, 2003
National Holiday night is always the most crowded time in Shanghai. In 2001, I still remember the unbelievable night on Oct 1. At that night, Wendy and I went to the bund, but was only be able to reach the...