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July 2006 Archives

Shanghai Metro Line #4 Jul 31, 2006
Shanghai Metro #4 has started operation for quite some time, but I still didn't get a chance to use this line yet. Here is the information about this new Metro Line. Overview of Metro Line #4 Metro Line #4 is...
Top Commenter of the Month (2006H1) Jul 30, 2006
I have "Top Commenter of the Month" award on this blog in early days of this blog. At that time, the blog is small, with not many people coming in. I was so happy that there are always some good...
Too Many Entries in a Blog Jul 30, 2006
Wendy complained to me. She has a friend relating to Shanghai. She wanted to share some information about Shanghai with him. She thought my blog is a good place to get started, but later, she found out there are just...
Mission Impossible III Jul 29, 2006
Just be back from Super Brand Mall. We went to see the movie Mission Impossible III. Long movie - 9:45 PM to 11:45 PM. Image in courtesy of Mission Impossible III Official website The jump from the Bank of China...
Unsubscribe if You Don't Like Newsletters Jul 29, 2006
I posted a mail to Wangjianshuo's Blog Update subscribers (see the newsletter section at the bottom of this page, that is the mail list), to ask people who are not interested in continuing receiving update to unsubscribe from the list....
Fake Market in Shanghai? Jul 28, 2006
On my way back from my friend's new apartment, I heard interesting conversation between a foreign women and her friends. They talked about the "fake market" in Shanghai. They were very excited, that obviously, they found the new fake market...
How Many Hotels in Shanghai? Jul 26, 2006
How many hotels in Shanghai? It is a question without accurate answer. I just searched on expedia (EXPE), and it has 350 hotels in record. (25 per page, and 14 pages) (BTW, in my recent study in the B2C business...
OOB for Two Days Jul 22, 2006
RC said, it is important to take break from time to time to do some reflection on what we did in the last long period of time. It is true. Let me do that, and OOB for a short period...
Stanford Dream Jul 21, 2006
From the March of 2005, many Stanford people entered my life and became my good friends. Many people in eBay graduated from Stanford, either from Computer Science, or from MBA program. The list is just too long to name one...
Pan Thinks about Wireless SOHO? Jul 20, 2006
I like Pan Shiyi's blog. Full of thoughts. He is successful in real estate industry, and he is also advanced in IT. In this blog entry: Notting Hill Famous for Film, and SOHU Famous for Intenet?, he was inspired by...
Sensitivity to Numbers Jul 20, 2006
Be sensitive to numbers is what I learnt most from running a business. Numbers have magic power to tell a story more complete, and more vivid than an article, if you know how to read numbers. Without the skill to...
China's Low-Cost Spring Airlines Jul 19, 2006
Spring Airlines is amazing. They started its first flight from Shanghai to Yantai on July 18, 2005, exactly one year ago. Within one year, they successfully broke even in Feb this year, and turned to be very profitable now. It...
Lion King Comes to Shanghai Jul 18, 2006
Passed the Grand Theatre tonight. All lights went on. The Disney broadway musical the Lion King went on show tonight. July 18 is the first day of the continuous 100 shows in Shanghai. The Lion King is the best Broadway...
Common Sense Jul 15, 2006
We had wonderful night with Mr. and Mrs. Huang. During the dinner, we talked a lot about "common senses" and "behaviors". Everyone has different common senses. Common senses determines why you are who you are, and why I am who...
Second-Generation Identity Card Jul 15, 2006
Second-generationl Identity Card - the National ID card. I finally took pictures at the Security Office, to get my second generation ID card. I having used the plastic ID card for 10 years, since 1995, now I am forced to...
Dinner with Middle School Friends Jul 14, 2006
11 years since we graduated from high-school. Or to be more accurate, 11 years from the "Black July" - I mean the Entrance Exam for Colleges. Shen Jie, Xiaogong, Ziheng, Dingding, Zhiming and I, 6 of the 10 classmates in...
Interesting Photos of Pudong Jul 13, 2006
I randomly browsed the Pudong Area using Google Earth, and found interesting image of the area. Pudong is more interesting in Puxi in Google Earth than Puxi - the combination of morden and traditional. Yuan Shen Stadium Nice villa in...
Kijiji New Platform Went Online Jul 12, 2006
Kijiji China platform http://www.kijiji.cn went online today. We had the wonderful celebration party for the months of hard work of everyone. Very excited about that. We went to hot spot today, for the important date, and drank a lot. Great...
The World of Different Rules Jul 11, 2006
The Story of the Mason Three years ago, I re-modeled my apartment. I hired a mason, who helped me to install floor tiles and wall tiles in the kitchen. The guy was a 40-year-old skillful mason. We couldn't get along...
World Cup is Over Jul 10, 2006
World Cup is Over World Cup is over. I didn't watch many games during the World Cup, so I decided to stay late last night (or to be more accurate, this morning) for the World Cup Final. It was 8:00...
Lunch at Papa John's Jul 9, 2006
Papa John's kept opening store in Shanghai in a speed higher than many people's expectation. After I saw the first Papa John's store in Biyun International District of North-East Shanghai, more and more stores appeared - in Xujiahui, and another...
Badminton Made Me Feel Good Jul 8, 2006
I am just back from badminton with Wendy at the Youyou Badminton. Image in courtesy of Google I haven't had sports for quite some time. So did Wendy. It made us feel very happy. The good thing is, the venue...
Back to Blog of My Own Jul 7, 2006
Get Back to My Own Life. I get a little bit tired of the recent "discussion" on my blog. I just found the effort to setup a communication bridge is not that easy. I am not comfortable some of the...
To Save a Young Life Jul 6, 2006
I received an email from Haisong. He is very warmhearted and responsible. The message is about the life of a young man in Fudan University. I am going to donate and help him and want to spread the word to...
On Vision Jul 6, 2006
Nearly everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world. A few do not. (Join them.) Arthur Schopenhauer, Source: The other 90%. How to unlock your vast untapped potential for leadership and life, Crown...
OOB Today Jul 4, 2006
I am in Shanghai, but I don't want to blog today. Let me OOB (Out of Blogging) for one day. P.S. May 2006: 350K, June 2006: 400K...
New Jersey Government Shutdown? Jul 3, 2006
What is the best joke I saw today? It is the shutdown of the New Jersey government. I sent the Chinese version of the news to Wendy immediately I saw it and shared the news with my friends when we...
Slight Changes in "China" Jul 2, 2006
Recently, I feel slight positive trends in China. Resume from U.S. 3 years ago, if you'd asked me, "do you think it possible for foreign university graduates to apply jobs in Shanghai?" I would say "you are crazy". But recently,...
Xiang Yang Market Shutdown Jul 1, 2006
This is confirmed news: at 9:30 PM, June 30, 2006, all the gates of Xiangyang Market was closed, and no customers are allowed to enter the market from then. Soon, the buildings will be cleared and the site will be...