China05 Oct 2009 06:07 pm
I could also have called it: lost in translation – big time! Anyway, something funny went on, when the signs below were designed.
the most extraordinary type of Chinese rural dwellings in the mountains of Fujian province.
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China22 Sep 2009 08:30 pm
Happy Mid Autumn Festival (ä¸ç§‹ç¯€)
Well, happy might not be the appropriate term here, particularly when someone sticks a hard boiled egg in the middle of what might otherwise have been a rather delicious, funky looking Chinese desert.
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Personal19 Sep 2009 01:08 am
Subtropical Shanghai in Summer
I do love Shanghai, I really do … every time I go there, it feels as if I am returning to a place that I have lived in for many years.Â
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China09 Sep 2009 05:04 pm
Déjà vu, but with a different looking glass
Went on another trip to Hangzhou, last week. And although I’ve been there a few times now, going in summer was a much nicer experience than before.Â
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China06 Sep 2009 09:14 am
This time from my travels around Ningbo … could be a seasonal thing: it’s currently 32’C on average during the day and unbearable unless you are in the shade, which lends itself to lazy and dozy days under a tree or at work. Am just wondering how they ever get anything done, considering that all of these photos were taken during the day and several on weekdays.
Personal29 Aug 2009 04:50 pm
Before setting off on my return journey to the Middle Kingdom, or what it is also known as: rice country, I’d like to pay tribute to one great man and his ingenious feat: Friedrich der Grosse, Koening von Preussen.
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