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Author Archives: Joop Dorresteijn
Traditional Chinese game ‘happy table’ seems fun.
Four players, playing something that resembles snooker and dutch ‘sjoelen‘. Interesting!
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Handson with the iPad of @chijs at spilgames Shanghai office
Exciting device!! But how to put in Chinese?
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Monday morning Zombies
Edit: They are advertising a cosplay in Shanghai – guiwuchina. Team of zombies handing out flyers this morning.
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Friday evening shabu shabu
Unlimited beef, japanese style hotpot, w. beer for about 10 euro’s. Nice way to start the weekend! Have a great one!
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At the dentist
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 … Continue reading
Watching the sunset over the nanjing skyline (pic)
Sitting with couples. What a nice city
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We arrived in Nanjing
Tourist travelling during qing ming day!
Seeing Google ads through … Google ads
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 up.
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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 … Continue reading
Spring time in Shanghai
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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
Shanghai Concert Hall
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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
For Tiroler ski, Muju Korea is Austria’s top export project
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
[Video] Chinese new year, streets of Shanghai
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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
Expensive cars rotting away in a Shanghai Police depot
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Weekly groceries at a Chinese market place
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 … Continue reading
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 year?
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
wk 5: Clear days in Shanghai & Chinese new year
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 … Continue reading
Chinese iPad clone released three months before Apple’s
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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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Halloween 2009
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 … Continue reading
Taobao.com to launch Wireless SMS Price Comparison Service
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 … Continue reading
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Long Shanghai summers, Ultracapacitors and picnics
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 … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading