http://lai-mauritius.com/blog Everyone is unique and everybody's life different. Just some thoughts as I go through mine. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:37:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2010/01/19/no-avatar-for-the-chinese-new-year/ 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 ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2009/12/28/2009-almost-over/ I was just wondering. If someone someday hacks your site and redirect the traffic to another site. Is it easy to regain control of the ip address so that people looking for you will successfully reach your site? http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2009/12/15/ip-to-proper-site/ 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 ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2009/12/10/vpn/ 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 ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2009/11/09/pollution/ 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 ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2009/10/11/taxi-fare-on-the-rise/ 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 ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2009/09/29/siper-kontrol-dan-la-sin/ 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 ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2009/09/24/light-note-2/ Just a small joke I saw on a Chinese site today. I translated it into simple English for you guys. :lol: Look at them, so romantic Why don't you learn from him? I'd love to, but I don't dare Pick up some courage, a man should dare to think and dare to ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2009/09/23/ok-something-light-today/ I've noticed this year that several of my friends seem to have picked up an interest in digital photography and bought a digital camera for their needs. After browsing around a bit, I've set my mind on a Nikon D90. It's expensive (quoted around USD1000), and at a time where ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2009/09/15/nikon-digital-photo-camera/