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Who’s reading my mail? – Hacked Gmail, what to do.

Posted under Quick posts on Sunday, 15 August 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

This morning when I fired up my browser to check my e-mail, I found a warning message from Google. They said that my account might have been hacked, and that I should check the log. I found a suspicious use of my account by an unknow access type and a unknown IP to me. It said...

Why a newspaper will always be a better read

Posted under Internet on Sunday, 8 August 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Reading a paper based newspaper is cool in its way, but can seem like a step back for the y-generation. Not only is the news arguably one day old, the whole delivery method is outdated as well. Also, paper based news papers are usually politically and nationaly flavored, giving me the feeling that...

Gokohai Shabu Shabu

Posted under China, tips on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

I'd like to tell you about a Japanese hotpot restaurant in Shanghai called Gokohai. While Gokohai seems like just another 'all you can eat' location in Shanghai, it has been a red wire through our life here in Shanghai. First time we visited, about one year ago I was invited by a colleague. We came...

Funny Chinese worldcup cartoons

Posted under Quick posts on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Found through SNS www.kaixin001.com . Loosely translated. I am still angry! May I go home now? 5 goals and 4 goals... tshirt: "Always show off" Maradonna: Don't like this! Uruguay player with red card for hands: Do you think I am a goal keeper? German...

Chongming island offers park/camping outside Shanghai

Posted under China, tips, travel on Saturday, 12 June 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

today we visited the Dong Ping national park just outside of Shanghai. I'm sure this island will be the next hot spot for Shanghai (and China) travelers and company outings; Why? It's green, featured great (clean) facilities and we received friendly service for a good price. A quiet forest with...

Bbq is on! (Picture)

Posted under Quick posts on Saturday, 12 June 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

With a beer in the sun, getting in the mood to watch the football match...

Bbq is on! (Picture)

Posted under Quick posts on Saturday, 12 June 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

With a beer in the sun, getting in the mood to watch the football match...

Time for some tea at chong ming island (picture)

Posted under Quick posts on Saturday, 12 June 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

I take my words back, this place is...

Painting on a shopping bag

Posted under Quick posts on Wednesday, 9 June 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

This little artist used a shopping bag to draw his self potret on. He can hang his creation immediately using the handbag...

Shanghai metro to start xray bottles

Posted under Quick posts on Wednesday, 9 June 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

At least don't have to throw...

Chinese worker’s ladder is too short

Posted under Quick posts on Sunday, 6 June 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

How does this work?...

Hardcore punk

Posted under Quick posts on Sunday, 6 June 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

At logo....

How to go to Hong Kong via Shenzhen

Posted under China, tips, travel on Saturday, 5 June 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

I spent some time relaxing and buying clothes in Hong Kong yesterday. Previously, when I visit HK whilst being in mainland, I would fly to HK airport but recently I found out it is much cheaper through Shenzhen. I saved half of my travel expenses. If you are not interested in saving money at the...

In shenzhen, crossing the border to hk.

Posted under Quick posts on Thursday, 3 June 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Exactly what I expected it to be, grey and raw. Excellent food though, on my way to cross the hong kong border...

Pizza with suna

Posted under Quick posts on Wednesday, 26 May 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

At xiu jia...

Huge lychees

Posted under Quick posts on Sunday, 23 May 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Monsterous lychees in...

Dutch day at the Shanghai World expo

Posted under China, Netherlands on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

A few weeks ago I was asked by the Dutch ministry of Foreign affairs to help with a special project. During the time it was a big secret that during the Dutch National day at the World Expo in Shanghai (18 May), the crown prince of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander would visit with his wife, Maxima...

Swedish meal

Posted under Quick posts on Sunday, 9 May 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Having a nice swedish meal for a...

Two on a scooter, using one poncho

Posted under Quick posts on Sunday, 9 May 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

It s rainy in shanghai! You have to be inventive to stay...

At jz club to see @basovertoom jamming the jazz

Posted under Quick posts on Saturday, 8 May 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Almost can't see him, it is too...

Unicycle

Posted under Quick posts on Friday, 7 May 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Shanghai...

picknick (wine and cheese) with @akinasuna

Posted under Quick posts on Tuesday, 4 May 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

At zhongshan park. Can't you see? :) no really, 24 degrees C, light breeze.... perect. we packed a basket with blanket, french cheese, lambrusco wine etc. But it is too dark. So we ended up in a...

Having a beer with @mirrin and @akinasuna in highest building of shanghai

Posted under Quick posts on Monday, 26 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

My sister is in shanghai for the last day...

Busy at the bund

Posted under Quick posts on Monday, 26 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Shanghai is...

Friday night shabushabu

Posted under Quick posts on Friday, 23 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

With my sister @mirrin and...

The @spilgames cat @lilytidrow @chijs @rich_yu

Posted under Quick posts on Friday, 23 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Meowing for...

Expo wine

Posted under Quick posts on Tuesday, 20 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Great wall chinese wine sells a special expo...

Korean barbeque

Posted under Quick posts on Friday, 16 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Has been a few...

Traditional Chinese game ‘happy table’ seems fun.

Posted under Quick posts on Thursday, 15 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Four players, playing something that resembles snooker and dutch 'sjoelen'....

Handson with the iPad of @chijs at spilgames Shanghai office

Posted under Quick posts on Monday, 12 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Exciting device!! But how to put in...

Monday morning Zombies

Posted under Quick posts on Monday, 12 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Edit: They are advertising a cosplay in Shanghai - guiwuchina. Team of zombies handing out flyers this...

Rainy shanghai

Posted under Quick posts on Sunday, 11 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Pearl...

Friday evening shabu shabu

Posted under Quick posts on Friday, 9 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Unlimited beef, japanese style hotpot, w. beer for about 10 euro's. Nice way to start the weekend! Have a great...

At the dentist

Posted under Quick posts on Thursday, 8 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

My teeth are okay! I always get motivated and take time to brush perfectly in pre-appointment days. Now I think of it: In Korea, constant kim-chi consumption also helped me remember to brush, carring toothbrushes to the office etc. The bare difference in China (with food less liable to stick...

Watching the sunset over the nanjing skyline (pic)

Posted under Quick posts on Monday, 5 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Sitting with couples. What a nice...

Ji Ming Si with @akinasuna

Posted under Quick posts on Monday, 5 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

enjoying the nanjing...

We arrived in Nanjing

Posted under Quick posts on Monday, 5 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Tourist travelling during qing ming...

Seeing Google ads through … Google ads

Posted under Quick posts on Sunday, 4 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Disturbing recurrance in China. Google ads in google ads. Giving a gracious discounts and an explanation of how google ads works. Google ads China has gone belly...

Typical lunch

Posted under Quick posts on Friday, 2 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

I like shanghai...

Getting a korean haircut

Posted under Quick posts on Thursday, 1 April 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

In...

Shanghai Secondhand

Posted under China, Entrepreneurship, asides on Wednesday, 31 March 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Living in Shanghai can be expensive. Besides skyrocketing house prices, quality furniture and home appliances can be a bothersome expense base, especially when you already own those particular items in your home country. After ranting about these costs, a friend recommended us a second hand...

Spring time in Shanghai

Posted under China on Friday, 26 March 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

With a forecast of five consecutive days above 10˚C, the spring officially started in Shanghai. After months of boring weather it's great to sit out in the sun again. The weather in Shanghai is crisp and with 12 degrees it's finally comfortable on a terrace. Today we decided to eat lunch at...

Picture: bird bike

Posted under Quick posts on Monday, 22 March 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

Birdcage mounted on a...

Köttbullar in Shanghai

Posted under China, Company visit, asides on Saturday, 13 March 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

While I was studying in Sweden, I made a Chinese friend in my year. He studied logistics and implicitly wanted to work at Ikea. So he did: now, two years later he is a manager in the Shanghai branch, combining his language and culture experience with his market knowledge at home. I was hoping to...

How many men does it take to change a lightbulb?

Posted under asides on Saturday, 13 March 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

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How to Twitter to a local number with your mobile in China

Posted under China, Internet, tips on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

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?

Posted under Internet, Korea, Netherlands on Tuesday, 9 March 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

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?

Posted under Internet, thoughts on Monday, 22 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

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]

Posted under Korea, asides on Tuesday, 16 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

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...

[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...

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

Posted under China, travel on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn

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...

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