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March 2004 Archives

Byebye CompanyCN Mar 31, 2004
I have said bye-bye to CompanyCN, the host provider for home.wangjianshuo.com in the last one and half years. I'd like to thank the company for providing services to this site, although I have to leave due to the stability of...
Sorry for Server Outage Mar 29, 2004
There are some problems with the comment system and the MovableType publishing system in the recent two days. I called CompanyCN, the hosting company I chosed and they told me a site on the same server with mine upgraded their...
Car Expenses Mar 28, 2004
It is not as expensive as I thought to own a car. The parking package under the Metro City is 600 RMB for 24x7 in a month. Otherwise, it is 10 RMB per hour. The packing at the new residential...
Puxi is not Car Friendly Mar 27, 2004
I drove my new car in Xujiahui and felt very happen when I was on the road - the traffic is not as bad as working days. However, I am so frustrated when I attempted to park the car. I...
In Fuzhou Mar 25, 2004
I am in Fuzhou, Fujian province as business trip. Fuzhou is a beautiful city. I love it. There is no any sign of the nerverousness regarding to the recent Taiwan issues....
Stealing in Xiang Yang Market Mar 24, 2004
ST's experience of pickpocket in Xiang Yang Market. Hi! I just came on 20 march to shanghai for holiday. Just found your site and it is great! Will like to share an incident that happened to me the other day....
Big Drop in Price of my Car Mar 22, 2004
Bugs posted a piece of news under my entry Jian Shuo Got His Car. Obviously, it was not good news for me. The news said: Starting from March 18, Palio, Siena, Palio Weekend's price will decrease by 12%. Average price...
Car or Bicycle? Mar 22, 2004
Blanc from France asked me a series of questions regarding using cars and bicycles in Shanghai. Finally, I have some questions about you car and your life? Do you know how often you will use your car, on a regular...
Shanghai Car Plate = 43000 RMB Mar 22, 2004
The latest car plate price came out. The lowest price for car plate is 43000 RMB and average price for the plate is 43300 RMB (5216 USD). 4800 plates entered the bid. As you may know, Shanghai uses the bidding...
Sanya Travelogue - on the Beach Mar 21, 2004
This is the perfect image of a beach in my mind. So it becomes real. I call it a vacation. I do mean vacation. It is the life to lie on the beach and do nothing. It is not...
Sanya Travelogue - The Holiday Inn Resort Mar 21, 2004
I was happy that we chose to stay at the Holiday Inn Resort YALONG BAY SANYA. It is located near the beach and has its private sands. The room rate is not bad - 77 USD per night for...
Sanya Travelogue - Flying to Sanya Mar 21, 2004
Our flight from Shanghai to Sanya left Pudong Airport at 16:20 on our Anniversary. I was waiting for Wendy to pick up the flight ticket in the newly opened BreadTalk in Metro City. It was freezing in Shanghai, and I...
Back from Sanya Mar 20, 2004
Just a quick update that I have returned from Sanya safely from the long (four days?) vacation. It was wonderful trip with many beautiful pictures. Since the flight arrives at about 11:00 PM at Pudong Airport, it is already midnight...
OOB for Wedding Anniversary Mar 17, 2004
OOB = Out of Blogging Today is the one year anniversary of my marriage. On March 17 last year, Wendy and I got our marriage certificate. As some may confuse, the date of getting the marriage certificate and the wedding...
FIAT Siena 1.5 HL Pictures Mar 16, 2004
Yesterday, I drove my car home. I was too excited with the new car and didn't upload pictures. This morning, I wake up half an hour earlier and rushed down to take pictures of the new car. Here you are....
Jian Shuo Got His Car Mar 15, 2004
Breaking News: Jian Shuo Wang drove his first car home tonight. It is one of my quickest decisions in my life. I rushed to the car dealer of Yong Da tonight and drove my FIAT Siena home. It is brand...
March 14 Activities Mar 14, 2004
I don't like to record what I did everyday so the blog entry will be very boring. This is an exception. Buying FIAT Siena I spent several hours in the car store of FIAT. I still didn't make up my...
Blogcn & BlogDriver Shut Down Mar 13, 2004
Two more blog service provider were shut down after blogbus.com. Now, all of the top three blogs stoped their services now. This is not astonishing at all. To be safe, I don't want to make any comment on this. It...
BlogBus.com Blocked Mar 12, 2004
After I wrote the title, I realized it is not blocked. It was ordered to be shutdown. As one of the three blog service providers (others are blogcn.com and blogdriver.com, blogbus did very well job to innovate and add more...
Using Contact Lenses Mar 10, 2004
My glasses were broken the night before the last. I put it on the bed (what a stupid action) and put my arm on it (this will happen in the future if not today). It broken from the middle. Now...
Old Houses in Shanghai - Part III Mar 9, 2004
This is to follow up the hot discussion under Old Houses in Shanghai - Part II. In that post, I put one of the 35 private villas in Lane 120 of Tai An Rd. JH commented: I believe that all...
Old Houses in Shanghai - Part II Mar 8, 2004
Old Houses in Shanghai continued. Wendy and I wandered along the Tai An Road (map) and entered a lane numbered 120 on the road. We were quite impressed. There are more than 33 stand alone old houses in Shanghai. They...
Just Few Steps Away from My New Car Mar 7, 2004
I am picking up the plan of buying a car in Shanghai again. I thought I have dropped the plan already when I started to seek for apartments in Puxi again. It is disappointing. I have to re-consider my plan....
March 20 Taiwan Election Mar 6, 2004
Take a look at this TV Comercial from Taiwan: TW_320.WMV (1M in size). What is your comment? I was shocked when I see this. I begin to realized my previous perspective of the strait issue is not complete....
Dynamic Traffic Display Board Mar 6, 2004
© Jian Shuo Wang. The dynamic traffic display board on the elevated high way of Yan An. Rd. near Jiangsu Rd. From the display board, drivers can clearly see the traffic condition of the ways ahead and choose one...
Automatic Door in Metro Mar 5, 2004
Did you notice the automatic door in Hengshan Road Metro Station? © Jian Shuo Wang. The automatic door experiment of Hengshan Rd. Station of Metro Line #1 It has been installed for almost one year I remember, but very few...
Learn Photography - Seriously Mar 5, 2004
I was greatly influenced by my elder brother. He bought a second hand Huqiu (虎丘) camera when he was in university. It was back to 1989. I doubt whether this brand of camera still exists. It was the camera inspired...
Benz Taxi Accepts Credit Card Mar 4, 2004
Benz Taxi accepts credit card and the price is the same. I took a picture of the Benz taxi yesterday. From the picture, you can see the taxi begin to accept credit card. It is not news in U.S.,...
Continue to Seek for an Apartment Mar 2, 2004
After I decided not to move to Pudong, I continued to seek for an apartment near the Hua Shan road. I cycled around the decent area of nice old houses today (taking annual leave). The more apartments I saw, the...
How Interviews were Conducted Mar 1, 2004
I received a series of photos disclosing how an interview were conducted. It seems the picture were taken in a small city. I was curious when I was in Luoyang that why everytime some major conferences or policy change, there...
Hardship of Living without Twix Mar 1, 2004
Image courtesy of Twix. Twix logo is trademark of Mars, Incorporated nostaljia's blog described her boy friend's life in Shanghai without Twix: He's American, and he really likes Twix. The times I was in the United States before, I...