November 2007 Archives

1. Whole Day in Nanjing Nov 30, 2007
   There are some bulletin of ideas for today. Whole day in Nanjing, half day in Nanjing Dongjiao State Guest House, and half day on Mouchou Lake. Full day off-the-record....
2. Train from Shanghai to Nanjing - CRH (D) Nov 29, 2007
   They have a nice handle that you can use your foot to press, and the foot holder will restore to the original position. That is very helpful if you...
3. Diesel Shortage Caused Traffic Jam Nov 26, 2007
   Wendy and I was stuck in the middle of a traffic jam for about 10 minutes. It is due to the continued diesel shortage in Shanghai. Large trucks are...
4. Yifan Starts to Sleep Alone Nov 25, 2007
   From tonight, Wendy and I arranged Yifan to sleep alone (with nanny). After Yifan fell asleep, Wendy said: "Is the nice time Yifan sleep with us over?" I know...
5. Gas Station Explosion Near my Home Nov 24, 2007
   Just before I want to close my laptop and go to bed, I saw a piece of astonishing news on Sina: Gas Station Explosion Killed 4 and Injured 40...
6. Shanghai Guide in a Page Nov 24, 2007
   This is what I sent to the YLF participants. I just realized that I need a short simple page of necessary information (not a list of all my 2000+...
7. Panyu Lu or Fanyu Lu? Nov 22, 2007
   George has a question regarding name of road: Jian, For the longest time I have seen people reference PauYu Lu as FanYu LU and vice versa. Some maps and...
8. Chinese Middle Name for Erik's Baby Nov 21, 2007
   Erik is a very good friend of mine in eBay. He is a typical American young man in my eyes - handsome, passionate, smart, professional, interested in many things,...
9. Trans-Bank System Finally Available Nov 19, 2007
   China's bank is always far behind its peers in other countries, while businesses in many other industries are quickly catching up the international standard. I am so bored of...
10. Movie Lust, Caution. Good! Nov 18, 2007
    Went to see the movie Lust, Caution. Very good movie. Highly recommended. However, it may be very hard for people who don't know the recent Chinese history to understand...
11. Yifan Fell Asleep in IKEA Nov 17, 2007
    Went to IKEA with Wendy and Yifan, again. This time, we just get there to buy a mat. This one: I was an IKEA fan, at least the first...
12. MovableType 4.01 and Bluehost CPU Exceeded Error Nov 16, 2007
    To run MovableType with a lot of entries (2000+) on Bluehost is painful, since Bluehost has CPU limitation. It checked the CPU a user account is using in 5...
13. Why Classified is NOT Popular in China, Yet Nov 15, 2007
    Today, when I talked with EnjoyChina's founder Daniel, I mentioned about my observation about why classified is not popular in China yet. It may also provide some hints to...
14. Paying Bills with SHFFT.COM Nov 14, 2007
    This month, I started to handle the bills - Wendy shifted her duty about this apart to me - after doing it for 8 years for us. Paying bills...
15. Toughest Time for Me and Wendy Nov 13, 2007
    Recently, from the family perspective, it is among the toughest time for me and Wendy. After entering the 30s, and especially with the newly arrival of a baby (Yifan),...
16. The Topic of This Year's YLF Nov 12, 2007
    The topic of this year's Young Leader Forum is: Challenge. After I got the exciting invitation for Young Leaders Forum of National Committee on United States-China Relationship. Haisong was...
17. Hospital in Shanghai Nov 10, 2007
    I just want to update my readers why I paused blog in the last three days. I was in hospital to take care of my mother-in-law. She had a...
18. My Readers are Primarily Older, more Asian, and Male... Nov 7, 2007
    This is Quantcast's description of my site: This site reaches approximately 18,009 U.S. monthly uniques. The site appeals to a primarily older, more Asian, slightly male slanted audience.The typical...
19. Bobo's Playing Two-Section Stick Nov 7, 2007
    YouTube Video uploaded by York After practicing for more than one month, Bobo finally made this video. Now, more and more Kijiji guys join to practice this interesting...
20. More Detailed Shanghai Future Metro Map Nov 5, 2007
    This Saturday, someone called me by my name when Wendy and I was walking near the Shanghai Jiaotong University. It turned out the lovely young man is one of...
21. Wangjianshuo's Blog Template Archives 2007 Nov 5, 2007
    These are the templates I am using for 2007. In case you are also using MovableType and want to create a blog like this, this may be of help....
22. Microsoft GTEC's 10 Year Anniversary Nov 4, 2007
    Happy Birthday to GTEC (Microsoft Global Technical Engineering Center)! It is the 10th anniversary today. It is the first organization I have worked with, and feel strongest connection with...
23. Photos of CNBloggerCon Nov 3, 2007
    Sitting at home (actually not in home today), and cannot attend the cnbloggercon (Chinese Blogger Conference), I have to rely on friends' Flickr photos to get some idea about...
24. Cannot Attend the 3rd Blogger Conference Nov 3, 2007
    I attended the first Chinese Blogger Conference in Shanghai in 2005, the second in Hangzhou in 2006, and planned to attend all the rest, but this time, I have...