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February 2004 Archives

Bye Bye, Pudong Feb 29, 2004
There is something that I didn't disclose in this blog. At the end of last year, we planned seriously to move to Pudong -- the green land. We bought a new house with very big garden in Pudong and planned...
Rent an Apartment in Shanghai Feb 28, 2004
There are basically three major types of apartments in Shanghai. They are service apartments, newly built communities, and old simple apartments. Service Apartment For example, the Chang Fa Garden (map) at 290 Pan Yu Rd. has good location. They have...
What's On in Shanghai Feb 27, 2004
Oh. The recent two film posters (one, two) reminded me of the old question my foreign friends asked me: "Is there any English film in town?" Yes. Yes. There are many English films in the city with original voice and...
Fanfan is on Film Feb 27, 2004
Image Courtesy of Europacorp Fanfan is the nick name I call Wendy. We were surprised to see the new film Fanfan La Tulipe uses the same name. So my name is on advertisement everywhere in Shenyang and Wendy's nick...
Film Mona Lisa Smile Feb 26, 2004
Wendy and I went to the UME theater at Xintiandi. The film is named Mona Lisa Smile by Julia Roberts. Late Movie It was the latest show of the day. It started at 11:10 PM. I am lucky to live...
Reviewed by ChinaHerald.net Feb 25, 2004
Fons posted a review of Wangjianshuo's blog on Chinaherald.net. It is the first formal and long review of my site. I guess I am the most interested person in the world to read this article. It gives me some feedback...
LookatChina.com Feb 25, 2004
John started the Lookatchina.com website after his trip back to Shanghai (he was born in Shanghai) after staying in U.S. for six years. (I am not sure whether John from lookatchina.com is the same John who won the Top Commentor...
The Devil's in the Details Feb 24, 2004
I heard of the English proverb "the devil's in the details" in a presentation delivered by my friend Peng Gao when he talked about project management. It was about two years ago. I didn't realize how wise the proverb is....
Server Down and Up Feb 23, 2004
I hate to talk about it but I have to update about the technical difficulties in the last two days. The server was not accessible at around 0:00 AM of Feb 22. It lasted for about half day. Around 2:00...
Pudong or Puxi Feb 21, 2004
I am facing the hard decision to move to Pudong or stay in Puxi. The decision leads to two completely different lifestyles. Pudong is very attractive as an ideal place to live - the green lands, the fresh air, wide...
Link to Your Site Feb 21, 2004
Want to have a link back to your site on Wangjianshuo's Blog? It is easy now. As you may have noticed, the WWW category is open for public submission now. Just go to a sub category of WWW directory and...
Benz Taxi in Shanghai Feb 20, 2004
Hey. Take a look. I finally saw and took a shot of the hot Benz taxi in Shanghai. It is reported that 50 Benz taxi were put into operation but I never seen one. This morning, when I arrived at...
Foggy Shanghai Feb 19, 2004
Heavy fog hit Shanghai this morning. Outside my window, it was all white. It is among the heaviest fog I have experienced in Shanghai. Visibility is less than 20 meters. According to Sina Shanghai Channel, elevated highway, Hong Qiao Airport,...
Professional English Feb 19, 2004
I write this article to thank John, from Sinosplice, to send me emails to correct typos and grammar errors in my previous entry. As I listed in my About Page, I am not a native English speaker. I have never...
Receiver Pay SMS? Feb 19, 2004
During my recent talk with George, I was surprised to know, for the first time, that most other countries use the receiver pay SMS business model. China is among the few countries in the world where only sender is charged....
About Jian Shuo Wang Feb 18, 2004
Welcome! I guess you have read at least one article of my blog before you arrived here. If you want to know more about the person behind these sentences, keep reading. About Jian Shuo Wang I am Jian Shuo WANG....
Wifi Hotspot Competion Becomes Hot Feb 17, 2004
I was tired tonight, so I leave the office - air in office building should be rated as the worst in a city. :-( Xujiahui is a good place with so many good places. I wanted to go to Starbucks...
Always-Red Pedestrian Signs Feb 17, 2004
Hey. The traffic signs are still not working! I talked about pedestrian signs at Cao Xi Rd. North 漕溪北路 and Nan Dan Rd. 南丹路 were already read in four directions in this article: Traffic Rule in Shanghai. Click here to...
China Internet Market Analysis Feb 17, 2004
Vicent from New Yorked sent me a set of questionair about Internet in China. I have answered the questions. I am sharing the questions and answers to help you get some idea of the current status of the market in...
Beijing Impression Feb 16, 2004
Beijing impresses me so much every time I visit. This visit was a business trip. The only time I got was to take Metro back to where I stayed after a business meeting. I decided to take metro to experience...
Transit of Beijing Metro Feb 15, 2004
I will never complain the transit station of Metro #1 and #2 - People's Square Station, in Shanghai after I see the transit station of the Dong Zhi Men Station, where people transit to Metro line #13 from #2. The...
First Class On MU5106 Feb 14, 2004
Finally, I managed to go back home at the Valentine's Day. The airport (both Beijing and Shanghai) were very crowded. I was informed at the counter that the tickets for my flight MU5106 at 11:00 AM were over-solded. There was...
Valentine's Day Rose Feb 14, 2004
Love is in air today. Look at the Valentine's Day Rose. It seems Wendy was very happy with the flowers. :-D © Jian Shuo Wang © Jian Shuo Wang...
Voted as Top 10 Blogs in China Feb 12, 2004
I am honored to be voted as Top 10 Blogs in China 2003 (Chinese site) in the English blog category. Logo in courtesy of wesnapcity.com I'd like to congratulate those ten blogs in Chinese blog category, since the competition is...
Fun, and Silly Activities Became Fashionable Feb 11, 2004
This is an age of innovation. Recently, more and more people are devoted into activities that is fun, infeasible before, requiring combined effort of many people, but not SO useful. Example 1: Degree Confluence Project The goal of the Degree...
Business Trips Feb 11, 2004
Stayed in Beijing for 3 days. I visited Beijing in the year of 1997 with Wendy, with a budget of a little bit over 1000 RMB for two persons and 7 days. We stepped to most of places in Beijing....
Photo Index of My Blog Feb 11, 2004
I have created a photo index of all the pictures shown on this site, so you can check the site by photos. Year of 2003 Year of 2004 I hope you enjoy the pictures I took. It can also be...
Newsletter Switched to Yahoo! Groups Feb 11, 2004
In the following week, I will send out emails to the 300 subscribers of Wangjianshuo's Blog Update to nofity the change of the newsletter. Dear Reader of Wangjianshuo's Blog, I am writing to notify you about the recent changes in...
Watch Out Bad Taxi Drivers in Beijing Feb 11, 2004
No only Shanghai has bad taxi drivers. My friends arrived in Beijing airport yesterday and took taxi to San Yuan Qiao. I know the destination is near and does not worth the long time waiting for the taxi driver (see...
Buying Computer Parts in Shanghai Feb 10, 2004
royston's comment: You mentioned that we can purchase a computer from between 3000-6000 RMB. Do you have any idea how much a flat-screen computer monitor costs in Shanghai? Or a CRT type? Do you have any recommendation as to where...
Individual Entry Archive Template Feb 10, 2004
Below is the Individual Entry Archive Template for my site. It is the code behind the page you are looking at. Share with MovableType funs. Please note: Changes always under way but the major elements will be stable for a...
Server IP Address Change Feb 9, 2004
I got a short notice from my ISP (CompanyCN.com) that the server has to change its IP address and I will update my DNS record (hosted at www.net.cn) to the new IP address. Since these two actions may not be...
Hello From Beijing Feb 8, 2004
I am in Renaissance Beijing Hotel now. The trip was pleasant and the 1100 KM or two hour flight from Shanghai to Beijing wasn't boring. The flight attendants of China Eastern Airlines were interesting this time. They seemed very happy...
Vegetarianism in Shanghai Feb 7, 2004
There is a special restaurant on the 4th floor or Metor City (map) - Larbre de Provence. They only serve vegetables and they always have a lot of customer. Why not have a try? I didn't yet. :-D © Jian...
Twin Tower Rise in Xujiahui Feb 7, 2004
© Jian Shuo Wang. The twin tower of Grand Gateway is under construction. View outside the window of my office I am lucky to have a wonderful view out of the window of my office in Metro Tower. I...
Signed Life Ensurance Feb 6, 2004
Got my life ensurance today. There is a big progress in the insurance industry that people in Shanghai no longer treat it as lier. Mr. Xu is a very good agent and I will be happy to recommend him to...
37 Killed in Beijing and 40 in Moscow Feb 6, 2004
Oh, My God. What happened to the world? 37 people was killed when they were celebrating the Yuan Xiao Festival last night and 40 people were killded in Moscow metro fire. Since SARS, I found more and more news headlines...
Shanghai Map Viewer 0.71 Released Feb 6, 2004
New Feature / Bug Fix Changed the wording of claim to profile. Remove del button from the map and move it to the point profile page. Bug fix: now the Place Name field can be modified in Profile.asp. In 0.7,...
Loooong Domain Name - Pi Feb 5, 2004
Guoqiang shared (Chinese page) a long domain name: http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/ Wooooooooooooooooooow. I did a lot of stupid things when I was young. Besides robbing girl's magic cube, I also devoted quite some time to recite long numbers. Pi was my favorite....
I am a RUBIK Cube (Magic Cube) Solver Feb 5, 2004
Something you may not know about me. I am a Magic Cube Solver at my age of 13. I can turn any one of the 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 magic cube possiblity into the solved status (having a single color on each of...
Jian Shuo is In Real Estate Business Feb 5, 2004
My good friend Alex sent me some photos of the advertisements of a property near his home in northeast China. I was so amused by the photos. They have exactly the same name as mine: Jian Shuo (建硕) Photographed by...
Shanghai Map Viewer 0.7 Release Feb 5, 2004
Shanghai Map Viewer 0.7 Released New Features / Bug Fixes: Added LocationReminder so people will always return to the last map location after performing actions, instead of jumping to the home page Title for each page fine tuned with descriptive...
Does Hotmail Work in China? Feb 5, 2004
Dick asked: "As you see, I have a Hotmail email address. Is there any problem in using this account in China." Sure. Hotmail works in China. Althought there is a short preiod of time of block of hotmail (who knows...
Free .TK Domain Available Feb 4, 2004
Do you know there is a country called Tokelau on our planet? I didn't know it either before blogopoly mentioned that I can get free top level domain from this country. It is small island some where in the world...
Shanghai Map Viewer 0.6 Released Feb 4, 2004
Today, I released Shanghai Map Viewer Version 0.6. Key features (including the features previously avaiable). Scroll the window to eight directions. Thumbnail and one-click move. Mark points with click and add description Record the marks into database All points available...
Cross Bank Money Transfer Now Possible Feb 4, 2004
Believe it or not, it was impossible to transfer money from one bank to the other easily before. No matter how huge the amount it is, you have to withdraw cash in one bank counter, bring it to the other...
ICBC - A Customer's Experience Feb 3, 2004
Update: Fraud Alert! October 06, 2006 Warning: If you happen to be ready to contact a person named Wang Yang Lee or other persons in ICBC that you have won a lottery, please STOP now! It seems to be a...
Service Quality of Banks in China (Shanghai) Feb 3, 2004
I told a short story of the service level of banks in China yesterday. In the story, a foreigner argued with the teller that the teller should help to fill in the form for him. Many people commented on the...
PageRank - Higher Position in Google Result Feb 3, 2004
Charles asked: "How did you get your website to be on top of the list when I searched google?" He is not the first to ask me about it. The secret is the quality of the article and proper title,...
Shanghai Map Viewer Feb 3, 2004
Hey, check my newest Shanghai Map Viewer. It shows the details of every street and every park. I marked my home, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Fudan University on the map. You can mark yours very soon when the back...