Archive for June, 2007

A Chinese Phonecall

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Ring, Ring.
I pick up the phone, say my name.
Is W. there? I hear a female voice on the other side
No, she isn’t, I answer
Where is she?, is the new question.
And you are?, I ask
Where is she? is the reaction.
Tuut, tuut, is the sound she hears after I hang up.
Over the years my chinese phone […]

Jin Mao Spiderman

Friday, June 1st, 2007

The Jin Mao Tower in Pudong has been climbed bare-handed for the 3d time. This time Frenchman, Alain Robert, climbed 420.5-meters, dressed in a spiderman costume.
Previously Guizhou Province native Han Degui reached the 86th floor of Jin Mao Tower. He was taken into custody for 15 days. On February 18, 2001, shoe salesman […]

Stock Market in China, Sell the 7th of August 2008

Friday, June 1st, 2007

I’m no investor and I can still get confused between put and call so the following is definitely not based on any knowledge nor take it as an advice.
The stock market in Shanghai is going down a bit as investors seem to think new measures will be taken by the government.
When I read papers, […]

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