Tomorrow is my birthday. I am happy to turn 34 (or some people say, to be 35).

I just felt that I have passed the age to make birthday resolution now. It has been great year for me – experienced many ups and downs, and grew a lot. I just feel I am surrounded with great friends and mentors each year.

Happy birthday to me.

P.S. I realized that I posted a “Happy Birthday to Me” every year since I started in this blog – from 2002, to 2010. It is almost a behavior art to write the same thing every year – for 9 years in a row.

1. Happy Birthday to Me October 18, 2010
2. Happy Birthday to Me October 18, 2009
3. Happy Birthday to Me October 17, 2008
4. Happy Birthday to Me October 18, 2007
5. Happy Birthday to Me October 18, 2006
6. Happy Birthday To Me October 18, 2005
7. Happy Birthday to Me October 18, 2004
8. Happy Birthday to Me October 18, 2003
9. Happy Birthday to Me October 18, 2002

It turned out today is my birthday today.

I didn’t realize it is already October 18, well, Beijing time.

It is the first birthday spanning on both sides of the Ocean. Although I haven’t enter Oct 18 at this side of the Pacific, when I am there, the day will end.

PS. Based on the boarding information I have, when I arrive at PVG, I will conveniently skip the day and will be 2 am the second day.

Anyway, as always, I am always delighted to say Happy Birthday to myself first.

I am turning 33 today. Another birthday and a sunny Sunday.

Had a nice dinner at Lapis Thai.

I am 31 now.

Look at this entry: Happy Birthday to Me. At the time I started blog daily, I was only 25. I cannot believe it.

It was a busy week. I could hardly stop a little bit to think about my birthday, and really take time to do some reflection to the past 31 years, and write something. I didn’t get the chance to stop and rest a little bit yet.

Wendy, Yifan, me and my parents are going to Xishan in Suzhou (not far, just one and half hour drive) for two days. Will be back on Sunday.

Work hard. Play hard.

That is me…

Happy birthday to me.

P.S. Thanks Wendy for preparing the trip for me, and Jia for sending the first birthday greeting to me.

Anil from MovableType team wrote an entry about my 5 years of blogging and put my blog as featured bloged on MovableType.com

Screenshot in courtesy of MovableType

What a surprise, and they have been so considerate to hold the post until my birthday!

Ginger also put her entry here.

How nice it is to have some friends in this great team. Thank you for the anniversary cake, the wonderflu party, and the blog post!

Today is my birthday. Happy birthday to me. Here are some of my photos in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.

Jian Shuo Wang in 2003, Xiamen

Jian Shuo Wang in 2004, Shanghai

Jian Shuo Wang in 2005, Shanghai

Jian Shuo Wang in 2006, Australia

Jian Shuo Wang in 2007, Cambodia

Jian Shuo Wang in 1998, Beijing

Jian Shuo Wang in 2001, Shanghai

Jian Shuo Wang in 2002, Seatle

Happy birthday to me. It is my 29th birthday.

Thanks for Henry, Grace, Xiaofeng, Hengge, Robert, Xiaoxiong, Edward and Wendy to be at dinner with me. Wonderful friends, and wonderful gathering.

P.S. I found every birthday, I started the entry with “Happy brithday to me. It is my ??th brithday”, and the number just changed from 25, to 26, 27, 28 and 29…

Happy Birthday to Me in 2002

Happy Birthday to Me in 2003

Happy Birthday to Me in 2004

Happy Birthday to Me in 2005

Happy Birthday to Me in 2006

Happy birthday to me. It is my 28th birthday. Mean time, happy birthday to my friends who enjoy the birthday these two days: Dengjia (tomorrow), Joanna (yesterday), and burcu from Turkey…

Night.

At McDonald of Hongqiao Airport. Wendy is flying back from Beijing tonight, but the flight was delayed till 21:55. No surprise at all. The flights are always like this. It is the right time to sit down to look back to what happened in my life in the last year.

Thanks for the wonderful greetings from my friends around me. I love the photo album yiyi and the team created so much, as well as the flowers and the cards. Henry and Run even changed their display name to “Happy Birthday to Jian Shuo”. Thank you very much. Mr. Xu, the life ensurance broker also dropped a SMS message to me. He has kept sending us flowers, SMS, greeting cards on all our birthdays, wedding anniversaries and other important days of Wendy and me. I am very moved by his professionalism and care. Thanks everyone. I’d love to thank RC as a good friend and as a mentor. What I have learnt in the last two days is a great gift for my birthday – I love to grow up as fast as I can. My expectation is my experience grows faster than my age…

Here is a list of events that happened from my last birthday in 2004.

October 2005

• Call a Taxi on the Phone? In English? October 17, 2005
• Kijiji New Community October 16, 2005
• Mao and Hengge in my Home October 15, 2005
• Closed Trackback October 14, 2005
• Four Must-See Roads in Shanghai October 13, 2005
• Chongming Hotel October 11, 2005
• Two Side of the World – Where Should I Stay? October 10, 2005
• Hit by Caribe.sis Virus via Bluetooth October 09, 2005
• Where to Buy Digital Cameras and Phones October 07, 2005
• Super Girl Concert in Shanghai October 07, 2005
• MU2043 from Luoyang to Shanghai October 06, 2005
• Luoyang Trip Report October 05, 2005
• OOB for Vacation in Luoyang October 03, 2005
• Some Hot Keywords in Google October 02, 2005

September 2005

• Back from Donews Shanghai Meeting September 29, 2005
• Back to Tong Ji Univ. with Jun September 27, 2005
• Shanghai Weather in Oct September 26, 2005
• Comment System is OK Now September 26, 2005
• Do You Believe in Living Cost Index? September 25, 2005
• 100 Anniversary of Fudan September 24, 2005
• Is this Water Safe to Drink? September 23, 2005
• Not Perfect English is Fine, So does Correction September 20, 2005
• Removed my Email from Blog September 19, 2005
• Happy Autumn Festival September 18, 2005
• 87 Entries Included in Google Blog Search September 17, 2005
• Shanghai World Financial Center September 16, 2005
• China Internet Conference September 15, 2005
• Tips to Get a Taxi September 13, 2005
• eBay China Job Opening – Part II September 12, 2005
• Three Years of Blogging September 11, 2005
• Chinese Blogger Conference September 10, 2005
• Short Time Flight Ticket September 09, 2005
• My 17 “OR” Articles September 08, 2005
• We Filled Our Lives But Lost Our Souls September 07, 2005
• Cheng Shan Road Opens September 06, 2005
• Price Increase of Shanghai Metro September 05, 2005
• OOB These Days September 04, 2005
• When Nothing to Blog September 03, 2005

August 2005

• Baidu Post August 31, 2005
• Dinner with Friends from Six Apart August 29, 2005
• Watching Super Girl Finale in Donews Office August 27, 2005
• eBay China Job Opening August 25, 2005
• Super Girl is Super Hot August 24, 2005
• What Happened 365 Days Ago? August 23, 2005
• eGuo One Hour? August 21, 2005
• Yu Garden August 19, 2005
• This is the Top 356 Blog? August 18, 2005
• More Lugu Lake Pictures August 16, 2005
• I Watched Super Girl, Finally August 14, 2005
• Different Views on Typhoon August 12, 2005
• Typhoon Hit Shanghai August 07, 2005
• Taxi Driver Got Compensation? August 05, 2005
• Ability to Make Impact is the Cause of Pressue August 03, 2005
• From Shanghai to Hangzhou August 01, 2005

July 2005

• Driving in Hangzhou July 31, 2005
• Hangzhou’s Entrepreneur Spirit July 30, 2005
• Wiki is Weak-y July 28, 2005
• OOB July 27, 2005
• Real Name Requirement for QQ July 25, 2005
• Taxi Driver’s Life Tougher – Part II July 23, 2005
• RMB Finally Goes Strong July 22, 2005
• Kai-Fu Joined Google China July 21, 2005
• Donghai Bridge July 17, 2005
• On Time Management July 16, 2005
• The Heart of the City is in Theatre July 15, 2005
• Hotmail Backlogs July 14, 2005
• When the House Prices Goes Down July 14, 2005
• Back from Beijing Trip July 13, 2005
• Pudong Starbucks is Nice July 11, 2005
• eCommunity Center in Shanghai July 08, 2005
• Web 2.0, With Whose Name We Gather July 07, 2005
• Shanghai Under Stress Test July 04, 2005
• Registration? Claim of Buggage? July 01, 2005

June 2005

• Shanghai is Hot June 29, 2005
• Pressure is About Expectation June 28, 2005
• Spotlight from Top of Jin Mao June 27, 2005
• US Credit Card Fraud Infected China (and Me) June 23, 2005
• OOB Today June 22, 2005
• Blink – The Power of Thinking Without Thinking June 21, 2005
• Kathleen’s 5 Rooftop Restaurant June 20, 2005
• How to Win Free Cross China Travel? June 18, 2005
• My Site is Almost Legal in China June 18, 2005
• Tea House vs Coffee Shop June 15, 2005
• Some Technical – AJAX June 13, 2005
• Bought iPod Mini as Gift for Wendy June 11, 2005
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) June 10, 2005
• Blog Registration in China June 10, 2005
• Second Day of College Entrace Exam June 09, 2005
• Complicated Paying Process June 07, 2005
• Celebrating 1000 Days of Blogging June 06, 2005
• Cheap Place to Stay in Shanghai June 04, 2005
• I Love Shanghai! June 04, 2005
• 996 Day of Blogging June 02, 2005
• Moved to Zhang Jiang June 01, 2005
• Visited Internet Cafe Again June 01, 2005

May 2005

• Sorry for OOB May 31, 2005
• Do You Have a Calendar? May 27, 2005
• Waiting for More Metro Lines May 23, 2005
• Thinking in English or Chinese May 22, 2005
• Attended FT Charity Dinner May 20, 2005
• Language Exchange Partners Wanted May 17, 2005
• Work Life Balance May 16, 2005
• Hire a Taxi? Avoid Rainy Friday May 14, 2005
• I Paid for Flickr Pro May 12, 2005
• Traveling in Beijing May 11, 2005
• Trusted Tourism Agency May 10, 2005
• Black Day for Shanghai Stock Market May 09, 2005
• Vacation Ends May 09, 2005
• The Boat in San Francisco May 05, 2005
• My Lijiang Photos May 05, 2005
• Ancident Music from Lijiang May 05, 2005
• I Draw my Own t-Shirt May 03, 2005
• Lugu Lake – Part II May 02, 2005
• Lugu Lake May 01, 2005

April 2005

• May Holiday at Lijiang April 30, 2005
• Thanks Everyone! April 28, 2005
• Sailing in the Bay April 24, 2005
• Meetup in San Francisco, CA April 24, 2005
• The Silicon Valley Spirit is Back April 23, 2005
• I Meet Mena and Ben from Six Apart April 23, 2005
• I Feel Like a Rabbit when I Eat Salad April 22, 2005
• When Jian Shuo Leaves his Car (in CA) April 22, 2005
• Gift to Selim Freiha April 21, 2005
• Actual Speed of Maglev is 64 km/h April 19, 2005
• Trip to SFO April 18, 2005
• Blogging about the Exhibition – Part II April 17, 2005
• Spring Comes to Shanghai April 14, 2005
• Second Run Way for Pudong Airport April 13, 2005
• T.I.C Moments April 11, 2005
• Nice Meetup at the Exhibition April 11, 2005
• Inside Jin Mao Tower April 09, 2005
• Meet the Photographer Event April 09, 2005
• Is 10,000RMB/Month a Ridiculous Offer? April 06, 2005
• Met with Dr. Weigend April 05, 2005
• Jian Shuo Wang at Kijiji China April 04, 2005
• First Day of the Exhibition April 02, 2005
• Blogging about the Exhibition April 01, 2005

March 2005

• Claire on the Exhibition March 30, 2005
• L’Invitation au Voyage March 28, 2005
• Peace in Discussion March 27, 2005
• Internship is Best Way for Good Job March 26, 2005
• I Didn’t Escape from Puxi March 25, 2005
• Sasa Enters Shangahi March 24, 2005
• Coffee Bean Club March 23, 2005
• Jian Shuo on Wired Magazine? March 22, 2005
• Does Shanghai have Beach March 21, 2005
• Luoyang Telephone Number Upgraded March 20, 2005
• My Blog Won’t Go Commercial March 20, 2005
• No Baggars Premitted on Metro? March 19, 2005
• Many People Got Cold March 16, 2005
• Happy Birthday to Goudaner March 15, 2005
• Donation in China March 14, 2005
• Beijing is Cultural Center March 13, 2005
• Route – Highlights of Shanghai March 11, 2005
• Suggestion to Friends’ Shanghai Trip March 10, 2005
• Dislike Doing or Starting to Do March 09, 2005
• Enjoy Doing or Being Able to Do March 07, 2005
• MSN Virus omg.pif March 07, 2005
• Best Afternoon in Shanghai March 06, 2005
• What does Happiness Depend on March 05, 2005
• Jia You, Shanghai Metro! March 03, 2005
• Comment RSS Feed March 02, 2005
• Helping by Hiring March 01, 2005

February 2005

• Life in a Low Cost Labor World February 28, 2005
• My Favorites in Shanghai February 27, 2005
• I can Recognize Orders Now February 25, 2005
• Shanghai Weblogger Meetup – Feb February 24, 2005
• Calling Card in Shanghai February 23, 2005
• Yes. It Snowed in Shanghai February 22, 2005
• Professional Web Hosting February 22, 2005
• Blogger Meetup this Wednesday February 21, 2005
• More Cats in My Garden February 20, 2005
• Is This London Undergrand? February 19, 2005
• A Chinese Blogger in America February 18, 2005
• Grassroot Art in Shanghai February 17, 2005
• Passion for Life February 17, 2005
• Talking with Friends is Great February 15, 2005
• Happy Valentine’s Day February 14, 2005
• Nice Afternoon Tea at Ambrosia February 13, 2005
• Welcome to the God of Fortune February 13, 2005
• World Time February 12, 2005
• Zhuo Zheng Yuan of Suzhou February 11, 2005
• Drive to the City of Suzhou February 11, 2005
• Visited Shanghai Circus February 09, 2005
• Happy New Year! February 08, 2005
• New Year is Approaching February 08, 2005
• Audio on Air and Photo to Print February 06, 2005
• How to Complain in Shanghai February 05, 2005
• Don’t Let Social Software Become Spam Ware February 04, 2005
• Meningitis in Shanghai February 04, 2005
• Jinjiang (Jin Jiang) Inn at Shanghai Pudong Airport February 03, 2005
• Night with Smiling Library February 02, 2005
• Do Chinese Move to Small Cities February 01, 2005

January 2005

• Kung Fu Hustle is Great January 31, 2005
• Picture News of Shanghai 2005 January 30, 2005
• Keep Doing, and Doing, and Doing January 29, 2005
• Featured in That’s Shanghai January 28, 2005
• Maglev Extends 2 Hours? January 28, 2005
• Got Cold Again January 27, 2005
• In China, His Pay is Hers to Spend? January 26, 2005
• Chengdu Impression January 25, 2005
• BlueZone’s Xinjiang Impression January 25, 2005
• Chun Lian Started to Appear January 24, 2005
• On Ethic January 23, 2005
• Seoul Changes Chinese Name January 22, 2005
• Rainy Crazy Friday Night in Shanghai January 21, 2005
• Spring Festival in 2005 January 20, 2005
• Space January 20, 2005
• Daily Build Script Sample January 19, 2005
• Is the Real Estate Cooling Down? – Part III January 19, 2005
• Nice Shanghai Blogger Meetup January 18, 2005
• Kabb in Xintiandi January 18, 2005
• Converting RMB to USD? January 17, 2005
• Is the Real Estate Cooling Down? – Part II January 16, 2005
• Donation Needed for Zhan Xiao Feng January 15, 2005
• Yes. I Expect the Flight Delay January 14, 2005
• Visa Card on ATM in China January 14, 2005
• To Tip or Not to Tip January 13, 2005
• Top Two Differences in China January 12, 2005
• Taxi in New York City January 12, 2005
• Flying and Flying… January 11, 2005
• Vote Me as Bloggies Best Asian Blog January 10, 2005
• M.I.T and Harvard January 10, 2005
• MagLev May Extend to Hangzhou January 09, 2005
• Congratulations to Zong Rui’s Wedding January 09, 2005
• Phantom of Opera Shanghai Schedule January 08, 2005
• New Press Report on my Blog January 07, 2005
• Grassroot Art in Seattle January 06, 2005
• Bandwidth Crisis – Part Two January 06, 2005
• Things to Prepare for Visiting U.S. January 05, 2005
• Life in New York is Tough for Me January 05, 2005
• Subways in New York January 04, 2005
• Skyscrapers in New York January 03, 2005
• Is the Real Estate Cooling Down? January 03, 2005
• Heavy Snow in Shanghai January 01, 2005

December 2004

• I am in Shanghai December 30, 2004
• Cold New York December 28, 2004
• New York Pictures December 27, 2004
• Christmas Eve in New York City December 25, 2004
• Merry Christmas! December 24, 2004
• Chinatowns in U.S. December 24, 2004
• At Harvard December 22, 2004
• It Snows in Washington D.C! December 20, 2004
• I am in Washington, D.C December 18, 2004
• New York – Day 2 December 16, 2004
• I am in New York December 15, 2004
• Chicago is Amazing December 13, 2004
• Hello Chicago December 12, 2004
• Back from Geek Diner in Bellevue December 10, 2004
• Art Story 2: Lion King in Paramount Theater December 09, 2004
• Art Story 1: Dale Chihuly and Shareton December 09, 2004
• Incredible Prosperity of Art in Seattle December 09, 2004
• Getting Shore Pass (Temp Visa) for Japan December 09, 2004
• Dec 6 – The Longest Day in 2004 December 08, 2004
• Arrived in Seattle December 07, 2004
• Starting the Journey, Again December 05, 2004
• Rejected by ANA and Postponed Travel December 04, 2004
• Thinking about Sony F828 December 02, 2004
• U.S. Trip Update December 01, 2004

November 2004

• Cheat-Sheet of Shanghai Road Names November 30, 2004
• Interviewed by my Favorite Magazine November 30, 2004
• UA858 PVG – SFO November 29, 2004
• United Airlines in Shanghai November 29, 2004
• Xiang Yang Market Again November 28, 2004
• Hong Qiao (SHA) v.s. Pu Dong (PVG) Airport November 27, 2004
• Edward’s New Satellite TV November 25, 2004
• Area Around Xin Tian Di (Xintiandi) November 25, 2004
• Sleeping Cats November 25, 2004
• Casual Talk on SJTU Min Hang Campus November 24, 2004
• Wendy Passed Driver’s License Exam November 24, 2004
• Road Report between Home and Xujiahui November 22, 2004
• Shanghai International Tennis Center November 21, 2004
• Top 10 Places to See in New York City November 20, 2004
• Top Three Innovation that Failed in Shanghai November 19, 2004
• Boston for Dummies and More. November 18, 2004
• I Got Wallop Invitation November 17, 2004
• Alexa Cheatting November 17, 2004
• The Cats Story November 16, 2004
• Metro Line 1 Extends Northward November 16, 2004
• I Got my U.S. Visa November 15, 2004
• Budget Travelers are the Majority November 14, 2004
• My Functional Spec November 13, 2004
• Jian Shuo Wang is Going to U.S. November 12, 2004
• Going Back to China? November 11, 2004
• Basic Geographic Knowledge about China – Part II November 10, 2004
• Basic Geographic Knowledge about China November 09, 2004
• Auto Industry Enters Winter in Shanghai November 08, 2004
• Homepage Version 3 November 07, 2004
• Youth Hostels in Shanghai November 05, 2004
• Two Cats in my Garden November 04, 2004
• Top Commenters of Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct November 03, 2004
• Planning to Travel to Tokyo November 02, 2004
• Winter in Shanghai November 01, 2004

October 2004

• Bamboo at Mt. Tian Mu, Lin An October 31, 2004
• M7 Started Construnction Near my Home October 29, 2004
• A Car Towed Away for Temp Parking October 28, 2004
• So Many Typos in Shanghai Metro – Part III October 27, 2004
• First Contributor of New MyBusStop Project October 26, 2004
• MyBusStop Project Reloaded October 25, 2004
• Why We Use English Signs? October 24, 2004
• PmWiki Reloaded October 23, 2004
• Reserve Every Byte October 22, 2004
• So Many Typos in Shanghai Metro – Part II October 21, 2004
• ShanghaiWiki.MetroTypos Created October 20, 2004
• So Many Typos in Shanghai Metro October 19, 2004
• Happy Birthday to Me October 18, 2004

There are much more in the previous two years after my birthday in 2003 and 2002

Birthday cake this year

Happy Birthday to myself. It is my 27th birthday.

I searched my old entries and saw this is the third entry with title “Happy Birthday to Me” already. The previous two are:

• Happy Birthday to Me October 18, 2003
• Happy Birthday to Me October 18, 2002

Update Birthday Cake October 18, 2004

Wendy bought me a very nice cake. It looks so nice. We celebrated my birthday at home.

© Jian Shuo Wang

© Jian Shuo Wang

Thanks Wendy.

I posted this article under name Typical Chinese Village” yesterday. Actually, this village means a lot to me. It is the village I was born and the village I lived before I move into the downtown area in Luoyang when I was 4 in age. The name for this village is Xin Zhuang (or New Village).

It is 15 km away downtown Luoyang. The yellow river flows by the village. More than 10 empirers were buried near the village, because it was regarded as a place with best Feng Shui. Now the village was abandended. People all move outside the village for easier transportation. No people live there now.

I visited the village again after being away from it for more than 10 years. Everything seems so familiar to me. Here are some pictures.

Entrance

Below is the gate to the village. The village was built on a hill with deep gaps around it. It is the only entrance to the village. It was movable bridge that can be hang up so enemies can not run into it. The solid defence protected the villagers from many wars.

There are holes on the pole. Stikes can be inserted into the pole to strengthen the door.

Caves

This is the cave near the village for shepherds. Anyone can easily dig a cave on the solid yellow soil and it never crashes during years.

Facade

The nice facade of Qing Dynasty. Generations of people once lived here.

Broken houses

Since there is no people living there, the houses started to crash, only living some facade and gates.

My Old House

This is were I was born and where I lived for my first several years in my life.

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 and returned at around 10:00 PM. The places become so near after I got a car. It was such a great accomplishment to cycle to Sheshan before. :-D

Today is my birthday – my 25th birthday. Thanks for Wendy, Julia, Linda, Eric, Steven, Eddy, Grace, Hong-wei, Francs and all other’s warm greetings, gifts, birthday cakes and the fantatic birthday party.

The birthday cake I received today. Candle representing 25 is marked on the cake

Update

Thanks for Paulin, Cuanyu for sending me the happy birthday greetings.