Our new apartment! Sorry for the bad scan. Will try to get a better one next time we’re in Jiuting. From Shanghai, China- Miscellaneous Pics 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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘China’
New Apartment!
Posted: 22nd December 2008 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Apartment, China, Jiuting, Shanghai
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No more Olympics!!!
Posted: 23rd August 2008 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Beijing, Bubba's, China, Golden Tee, KoL, Olympics, Shopgirl, Sports
Wow, I should really post! Been to Yangshuo but the wife has all the pics on her compy. Went through a summer term working days for a change, company‘s growing and all that, saw pics of Sienna in her knickers (her fault. she blogged them!), quit smoking again, started smoking again, quit again, joined a [...]
Happy Int’l Workers Day!
Posted: 1st May 2008 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: China, Communism, North Korea
Here and in other communist/socialist states, today is May Day, also called International Workers day. According to the wikipedia: In the United States, Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September instead of on May 1. This Labor Day was a creation of the 1880s Knights of Labor and was adopted officially in [...]
Yep, I’ve temporarily abandoned yet another blog, but it’s all good. I’m back with a vengeance! What’s new? Let me think… the locals are protesting LV and Carrefour. Carrefour is dealing with it while LV has come out and said the protesters boycotting LV can’t afford their products anyways. They’re probably right. Grace has suggested [...]
Wenzhou University Guard smacks the shite out of a dog
Posted: 24th January 2008 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: China, Strange, Wenzhou
This video is making its rounds around the local internet. Yet another reason why it’s time to get out of this place. A guard at a university in Wenzhou, despite cries to stop from onlookers, beats a dog literally to death. Provocation hasn’t been mentioned, but judging by the size of the dog & the [...]
Eric D’s Efficiency Tips #2: Congratulations, Century Mart!
Posted: 14th January 2008 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Century Mart, China, Efficiency Tips, Shanghai
You’ve made the lines at the checkout 5 times SLOWER than what they were before! How did you do it? By offering a 5 RMB coupon for every 200 RMB spent at the cash register! How this works: Say you’re out shopping with the missus & the little ones. Fill your cart up nice & [...]
