Oh yes, it’s true. I will CHANGE a lightbulb today. 3 of them actually. Do you know why? Because I CAN!
(10 minute dramatical pause during the lightbulb changing ceremony…)
Damnit! Well, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad. At least I have the knowledge that the third isn’t the lightbulb, but an electrical problem (which I’ll tackle at a later date).
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The Ministry of Weather, after being snubbed by its request that the moon not eclipse the sun, had ordered a rainstorm over Shanghai for the morning of July 22nd. At around 5am this morning, the storm clouds moved in as requested, blocking out the view Shanghai would’ve had of the historic Astronomical event.
Anonymous sources inside the Ministry has stated that the “harmonious, stable and strong China cannot allow such an event to occur, lest it show that China is under the influence of extra-terrestrial powers.” The ministry also stated emphatically that “There shall be no eclipse as long as Kirk lives!” It is currently unknown as to who “Kirk” is.
When asked why the storm didn’t affect other parts of the country, the Li TianQi, the Ministor of Weather, issued the following statement:
We are baffled as to why the moon hasn’t withdrawn from the sky, and have since sent notice for the moon to justify its actions. The Ministry of Weather is righteous in its request. Its non-compliance can only be seen as a slap to the face of all Chinese. We’ll be looking into taking further actions against the moon.
Other sources state that reasoning behind this decision is not fully known, but it’s speculated that the Vice-Minister, Li TianQi had contacted the moon to “stay clear of the sun” as he and the Minister had boating and fishing plans that day.
When interviewed about whether or not the moon can be swayed to stay clear, the sun simply said, “BOOM! CRACK! SSSSSSSSS!“. The moon had no comment.
In other news, the Ministry of Time may had indeed discovered time zones, but the related documents had been misplaced somewhere on Lower Tongren Road.
New Apartment is coming along nicely!
Despite the fact that some buildings don’t really like to stand, ours so far has, and the development of the commercial parts of the Bayside Gardens complex is starting to come along nicely now! We’ll be moving in in probably March now, according to the wife. After looking at 5 hours worth of tiles for the apartment last sunday, I’m about all renovated out, and we haven’t even started yet.
Shanghaiist yesterday posted this fantastic little clip on their site, and the first thing I thought was… Swiss James NEEDS to see this. So, James… enjoy!
Star Trek on DVD & Blueray
Star Trek is so far ahead of time, that it can be both DVD-9 AND BlueRay all at the same time!
Our new apartment! Sorry for the bad scan. Will try to get a better one next time we’re in Jiuting.
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But here it is! This is what we just bought here in Shanghai. 132 sqm (1420 square feet), the place will be ready in another 9 months. The building, as well as a third of the apartment complex is still being built. When it’s finished though, it’ll be a rather beautiful place to live, both the apartment and the surrounding areas.
Yesterday, we spent the day in Jiuting again, looking at various places, our fourth trip there. We saw one place that we liked, in a building already finished, but the asking price was too high. Some people there, who bought their places before the economic meltdown, paid a much higher price, and are now suddenly desperate to sell. Sell for a loss though, it’s not going to happen. We passed on those ones, and someone from Bayside Garden told us of a special deal in the apartments near the main gate.
The people at Bayside were helpful. We told them that while we have the money, they’re in accounts that if we pulled them out early, we would lose the interest earned on them. They however, came back and told us that they can match the interest. After a bit more negotiating, we got the price per sqare meter down to something more manageable (an effort to secure a lower rate of interest from the amount we still have to borrow) and afterwhich, we paid the deposit and signed the papers. On Friday, we’ll go back to pay the down payment and arrange for the loan.
