独一无二, 无尽的爱

As Avatar continues to rake in money across China, in both 2D and 3D projections, Chinese authorities have moved to take the movie out of the circuit, so that Conficius, a movie about the Chinese philosopher, can go out without real competition. Avatar was due to be shown until the end of next month, but [...]

So another year comes to an end. And along with it fresh hassles regarding visa renewals. Since 2010 will be Expo year for Shanghai, the authority will be more strict and annoying than ever, probably worse than Beijing at its pre-Olympics period.
I hope everyone had a good Christmas and getting geared for the New Year. [...]

Ok, I’m tired of being blocked from accessing all those sites. The ‘harmonious’ society is making me very unhappy. I’m thinking of buying a VPN for a few months. Say a 3mths trial period. The free VPNs have already been blocked by the Great Firewall, and I’m not sure if paying ones will still work [...]

Although I am no longer living in Beijing I still frequently check one of its expat-based forums for news about life up there. So I was kind of taken aback with the pictures which give yet another indication of how bad the air quality is in the capital. The quote is from someone who used [...]

As from today, the taxi fares in Shanghai have risen up. The initial fare has gone up from 11 kuai to 12 kuai. Similarly, every additional km will see the fare go up by 2.4 kuai instead of the 2.1 kuai we used to have. It’s going to be quite expensive for me since when [...]

Dan 48 ere la Sin pu fet so 60an. Guverman p mari kontrol tou gonaz. Dan rezion gnaijniX (lir depi drwat a gos) zot fin aparama koup tou sort kominikation. Pna internet, pna telefon, pa kav avoy sms …. nwar komple. Ena sipa 2 zour de cela zot ti p fer repetition fet dan Pkin. [...]

Actually, I’m not that happy. Yesterday we had a meeting to tell the staff that SH office is being closed and that they’re all being fired. Haha! Well, it’s more or less the truth. We gave them notice of closure yesterday, and today we have already started moving office furniture out of the office building. [...]

My temporary housemate finally left the apartment a little over a week ago. I now have the apartment back to myself. I can get back to showering or doing my needful in the toilet without closing the door, leaving the TV on late at night, farting when I feel like it, etc …..
After overdosing myself [...]

Didn’t post anything these days because not much happening. It’s rainy season here, meaning it often rains. Got caught in a couple of them recently. The highly expected eclipse was a dud in Shanghai because it was raining that morning. And I got soaked right to the bones on my way to the office [...]

Just to let you know that my blog cannot be accessed freely in China right now. As part of the crackdown that’s been going on the last couple of days or so, my boring blog got filtered out, probably due to the word ‘blog’ in my html address. I can still access the main site, [...]