Köttbullar in Shanghai
IKEA, the best furniture superstore in the world if you don't mind timeworn products and long lines. However, it's a furniture giant which logistics and operations were rich subjects while I was studying in Sweden, close to where the founder of Ikea, Ingvar Kamprad was born. Sweden has a rich...
How many men does it take to change a lightbulb?
Posted under asides on Saturday, 13 March 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
How to Twitter to a local number with your mobile in China
Setup a zuosa account (Chinese twitter clone)
Verify your mobile number
Sync zuosa with Twitter. Done!
When I started to use Twitter in 2007, there was an option to tweet with text messages (SMS) It makes sense because a SMS is also short and it's more interesting to see tweets on...
Koreans work the most, the Dutch the least?
I'd recommend to try out Google Public data, it's great! It's the result of Google's partnerships with the World Bank and other statistics gatherers to present an array of data in visual form within Google Labs. You know I am a number freak right, this will entertain me for a while! I was...
Shanghai Concert Hall
Posted under China on Sunday, 28 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Attended a tribute to Beethoven in the shanghai concert hall with Pawel yesterday. I was there for two reasons: to hear the music and to see the concert hall from the inside. The western style building looks amazing from the outside.
The music was good, and I was surprised with the mixed...
Who needs a music collection anyway?
I obtained an average music collection in the past, working at vinyl, cd store's and later a music studio to fulfill my musical needs. But the days of music collections are counted, music needs to be ad-hoc; fitting to the exact moment. 2004 was a tipping point, as online music recommendation...
For Tiroler ski, Muju Korea is Austria’s top export project
Posted under Entrepreneurship, Korea, Netherlands, travel on Saturday, 20 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Last week we spent some time at Muju (무주) Ski resort in S-Korea. An Average area, with 25km of beginner and advanced ski slopes - aimed to host the 2010 winter Olympics, including four ski jump's, fun park and half pipe. But that wasn't what struck me most. It was the export of culture in this...
Korean Sausages Work Well as iPhone Stylus [Video]
Phones with Multitouch displays, like iPhone and Nexus one, require gestures with fingers. Most strongly remaked by Steve Jobs, as the 'iPhone would be the end of the stylus'. He did not realize that Chinese characters are actually writen at much faster phase with a pen-like stylus. Steve, unlike...
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[Video] Chinese new year, streets of Shanghai
Posted under China on Sunday, 14 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Chinese New Year's, something to look forward to, but also something to fear. As Chinese New Year's is the biggest holiday of the year in China, it's hard for a foreigner to get into the same spirit. After all, christmas and New Years are far behind us already. It's kind of fun to spectate the...
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Beer in China
Posted under asides on Saturday, 13 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
China has been brewing beer-like drinks for over 9000 years, usually made with rice, honey and grapejuice, but the alcoholic beverage lost popularity during the Han dynasty. It were the Russians that made beer popular again, when they setup a brewery in the country during the 19th century.
Today...
Expensive cars rotting away in a Shanghai Police depot
Posted under China on Thursday, 11 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
These cars are obviously being put to good use. Close to Xinzha road Shanghai, there is a police depot filled with (confiscated?) cars. Whilst the particular car in the picture doesn't fit my taste, it should be quite an expensive car, but it has been there for months (obviously) and is covered by...
Illegal Chinese medicine
When I was walking to work this morning, I spotted some items being sold on street by a merchant. When I had a look, I noticed they were Chinese medicine. I'm not afraid to take legal Chinese medicine, perhaps to cure a sport injury or fight an upcoming fever, but these items are quite something...
Weekly groceries at a Chinese market place
Posted under China on Sunday, 7 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
We visit a local market weekly, based efficiently underneath a highway. You can buy everything here, from kitchen equipment to fish. We usually buy our vegetables (biological!) and eggs here. This week I decided to take some pictures. You can find these markets everywhere across China. This...
Shopgirl Shanghai
Posted under asides on Friday, 5 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Suna and I ran into Shopgirl Shanghai, Siyan (middle) yesterday. She has an interesting blog, too bad we missed her Barbie birthday party, perhaps next...
Shanghai metro getting overcrowded
Posted under asides on Thursday, 4 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Traveling by metro today and I notice that its really crowded. I was waiting at the station and saw the train coming, but got dissapointed when I noticed that there was no space to stand. First I wanted to wait a train, but the train that had arrived just wouldn't move. I decided to try a few...
Holding the new South Korean 50.000 KRW bank-note
Posted under asides on Thursday, 4 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
The first 50,000-won notes (Today worth about 30 Euros) were released in 2009. Its yellow color may be confusing with the light brownish 5,000 won note, especially since the face figures don't feature any comma nor dot : Westerners would write 50,000 (fifty thousand) where Koreans read 5,0000...
wk 5: Clear days in Shanghai & Chinese new year
Posted under China on Tuesday, 2 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Clear days in Shanghai
looks like it's going to be a nice clear day today. This view makes me long to the city and always get's me out of bed. Shanghai experienced some smoggy days lately, reason for me to put the data from the last 10 years in a graph. Somehow, the last two days seem clearer then...
Chinese iPad clone released three months before Apple’s
Posted under Technology on Thursday, 28 January 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Without stealing Apple's hard needed thunder, we'd like to point out that a Chinese hardware manufacturer made an iPad clone ... three months ago.
In what may be the first case of a manufacturer trying to clone a product that doesn’t even exist yet, China company Shenzhen Dragon Brother...
Photo’s from China – Hot in Shanghai, Cold in Beijing and Chinesepod
Posted under asides on Wednesday, 20 January 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
What is this? I have settled on a simple experiment: I will capture various events with my mobile, but digest these photo’s to a weekly update. The frequency is important to me because I don’t want to broadcast a constant flow of single pictures. In sets however, I think they might be more...
Photo’s from China – Chinglish, Korean BBQ and Avatar queues
Posted under Quick posts on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
At ben jia korean bbq shanghai with @gamehero
If you like Korean food, go to Ben Jia in the Gubei district. It's authentic and you can eat for a fair price too! When your full, you head out and you realize you are in China. Until you see the Karaoke bars across the street and the Korean vibe...
Taking blogging to a new level – mobile!
Posted under Quick posts on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
New year and a new idea for the blog you are reading: I will share at least one blogpost a week with pictures taken with my mobile. Recently I've switched to a new mobile telephone giving me opportunity to walk around and share.
Twitter's developers mentioned long time ago, something along the...
Buying a christmas tree in Shanghai (howto)
To get into the holiday spirit, we've ordered a tree from rosagallica.com. A tip from Marc.
Whilst the trees are mentioned to cost about 200 RMB, a lady called Camille followed up on my order and notified me that they exclude the costs made for delivery. I've agreed on a price of 400 RMB, which...
Five fun things to do in Seoul
I was talking to my friends about my life in Seoul. Our New Delhi cab driver suddenly became excited; he was flying to there the day after! In return, I spend the rest of the drive about the things to do in this marvelous city. He was so grateful for the info that he didn't want any money for our...
In San Francisco bay area
I'm together with Silvia Man in San Francisco bay area for the week (My hotel is right in city center), I will be updating this post from time to time and share my experiences. Driving our rented Nissan from San Francisco to San Jose, we're crashing dinner parties, conferences and visiting...
Halloween 2009
Posted under China on Sunday, 1 November 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Americans celebrate Halloween. I don't understand what it is about, or what one is supposed to do. Being an outsider, I was surprised to learn that the spooky American tradition is known and celebrated throughout the International community in Shanghai as well.
It's bit different...
Taobao.com to launch Wireless SMS Price Comparison Service
Posted under China on Wednesday, 28 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Taobao, the internet shopping portal for B2B e-commerce group Alibaba has announced that they will launch a short message-based price comparison service.
The new service will allow mobile phone users to inquire about products available on Taobao, when they are shopping in traditional stores. By...
Long Shanghai summers, Ultracapacitors and picnics
Posted under China on Wednesday, 28 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
A few things that come to mind regarding pollution, climate and China: I've received an email telling that Chinese smog is threatening economy and health in Hong Kong, which is a terrible thing. After living in clean, clean Sweden, I do notice the effects that smog can have. At the time of writing,...
Boat trip, Leifeng Pagoda and Yakitori in Hangzhou, China
This weekend we made a small trip of 180km out of Shanghai to see the West lake in Hangzhou China, with 6.5 million people not a small town, but due to the beautiful scenery of the lake and the hillside, it's a favorite destination for many Shanghainese. For me, it was a trip down memory lane,...
Special visitor from Netherlands
Posted under asides on Monday, 26 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
I've got a special vistior from the Netherlands over this week. Giel Talsma is a former neighbor of mine and we've known each other for over ten years. I ran into him when I was in Holland during the summer and I invited him to China, he was excited immediately.
After picking him up at the...
Baidu signs China Carrier search deal for Next Generation Phones
Posted under Technology on Tuesday, 20 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Previously, Google signed a contact with China's biggest carrier to gain footprint in China, however, their number one competitor in this nation signed a deal that will add their search pre-installed on many of the next generation phones, starting with a side-by-side display on the launch of the...
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