There is a lot of building activity up here in Shanghai and I have the privilige of experiencing it up close. In previous posts I showed pictures of nearby construction sites.
See the posts Shanghai Construction & Always Building in Shanghai
It’s time for an update. It still isn’t finished as at times […]

It’s been some time since I added a review of a restaurant despite the nice category Shanghai Restaurants.
Last weekend I got inspired again though as we went to Ikea, around 10:30 on a Saturday. I visited this place already a couple of months ago to see what is was like. It was like […]

Is it panic slowly creeping in? I don’t know but slowly I am getting the feeling that Bird Flu might become a bigger problem than I at first envisioned.
Sure, the media don’t really help when now it’s daily in the headlines. It also isn’t very comforting to live in a country where bird […]

Hooters apparently exists already a year here in Shanghai.
Still haven’t visited the place and chances are it will take a lot more anniversaries before I will even contemplate actually going there.

No anniversary without a special evening including the unavoidable National Miss Hooters Competition which is more or less the Shangai National Miss Hooters […]

Pick your acre…

Property is hot here in China. I wrote before about the real estate bubble in Shanghai so I won’t repeat.
The moon though is the newest property you can invest in. One acre of Moon sets you back a mere 298 RMB, about 37 US dollars. Not much considering you get an […]

Update 3
It was wishful thinking. Access Wiki using a pr*xy and here in Shanghai it’s a nice white page.
The only question left is, which site is next..
Update 2
There might be some hope… but it’s a long shot. I just went to wikipedia using a pro*y detour and noticed they have technical difficulties.
Although I don’t […]

The price of metal is still rising.
Apparently a unique incentive for metal scrap dealers in Shanghai to help functional, good working metal become scrap by stealing phone booths, traffic lights, manhole covers and wiring.
Watch where you walk and have your mobile phone at hand.

Picture: Galen Frysinger
Source: Reuters