Reading Time: < 1 minute Last Friday (August 10) we got married at Shanghai Xuhui District marriage license office. The place we received the certificate and pledge (swear?) our oath.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shanghai is an expensive city. I’m not talking about the red hot housing market, we all know the housing is getting very expensive here. I was talking about the relative income vs. spending. Income Yesterday evening an old friend of mine, who works for a investment research firm, told me a fresh graduate is paid
Reading Time: < 1 minute Got back to Shanghai in the weekend; my limit observations in past 2 days suggest those two are hot besides the weather. Don’t run and buy stocks solely based on this. Crocs: I saw people wearing Crocs near Zhongshan Park, at Hongqiao Parkson Shopping Mall and Jinjiang Chef (restaurant). Today my co-worker told me this
Reading Time: < 1 minute The local temperature is 29 to 38 Celsius, or 84.2 to 100.4 Farenheit. Stock market: Shanghai composites is edging up to new high (at 4398.79 as of 10:25 AM July 30 local time). I will talk about the craziness of “Crocs” in Shanghai later, and Sheng Jian Bao place. I think I will miss a
Reading Time: 2 minutes Went to nearby Hongkong (correct Apr.6: should be Hongqiao) shopping mall on Saturday. I did not realize it’s only one block’s away from my apartment. Here are some photos (to have a larger view, click on the picture). The fountain and front view:
Reading Time: < 1 minute I am in Shanghai now. The flight connection was not as smooth as I expected, finanlly I got here about 5 and a half hours late than original schedule. I got oppertunity to see the new Beijing airport on the way: very impressive infrustructure. I guess it’s ready for the big party in 2008. I will talk more
Reading Time: < 1 minute I will be in Shanghai this Saturday, and stay there for an extended period of time. I am going to do some bargain hunting, after the big drop in Shanghai stock market 🙂 Just kidding. Seriously, every time I visit China, I learn something new. This is not flattering. I hope this time I can learn more. If anyone who is interested
Reading Time: < 1 minute Wang Jianshuo, the famous (yet low profile) blogger in Shanghai, wrote an excellent series about living cost in Shanghai.
Reading Time: 2 minutes 1) If you decide to stay at home inn (Rujia), book early (2 to 3 weeks in advance), here is the web site and their phone No. 800-820-3333. I booked through their web site. Note their web site is designed slightly different from some of the US travel web sites. Couple times I thought I already booked
Reading Time: < 1 minute Thought it might be helpful for people new to Shanghai or have been away for a while. Get the money: exchange your USD for RMB at Pudong Development Bank in PVG airport. There is no transaction fee if you exchange more than $500. You can use the US debit card to withdraw cash (RMB only)
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