Archive for the ‘China in General’ Category

Collect all Hello Kitty Messengers in July

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Just today I recognized, there are new Hello Kitty Dolls for collection at MC Donalds Hong Kong with each menu. 2 weeks ago my coworkers and me agreed: Who goes to MC Donald first is a loser. This was fine with me.... until I saw the Hello Kitty. I just ...

10 days until Summer Olympics 2008 in Beijing

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

All preparations are made, the tickets are sold, Olympic tourists slowly arrive in the big city. What will we see during these Olympics? After the Olympics it will be easy to make a review, but let's look into the future and make a preview instead. Here are my predictions: Blue sky ...

China - A Private Members Only Club

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

I want to begin this article with a short quote of myself: Maybe the Chinese just don’t want to tell anyone what’s going on inside the country. Just 3 days have passed since I wrote this (see here, last paragraph). Yesterday I watched the news and what happened? Tada, it happened again! ...

Chinabounder teaches us: Be Controversial

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Who remembers Chinabounder, the sex blogger from Shanghai? He wrote about how easy it is to seduce Chinese women and bring them to the bedroom and play with them. It has been a while since the last time You could hear a story about him, now he seems to be ...

On-Demand Interpreters in Kunming

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Recently there was an interview about On Demand Interpreting in China on GoKunming.com, the website for life and party in Kunming. Greg Sinclair, who is a major player in the interpreting industry answered some questions, however the last question he didn't really answer. But it doesn't matter. Greg I'm gonna ...

The Show Must Go On

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Yes, I agree, the earthquake was bad. Really bad. But the latest ideas from the Chinese government are in a similar league. Today I went to a bar for an after work beer... and it was closed. Now that I sit in front of my computer I found out why. ...

Back to Hongkong

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

My original plan was to stay in Kunming, however with the whole visa thing getting worse and worse it seems like I have to go back to Hongkong. This is to bad, as I feel that the people in Hongkong actually speak Japanese. I hope I can continue my Mandarin ...

What makes work different in China?

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

My last post was about if learning Chinese is worth the effort, especially with a look on the recent visa changes. I also listed my main reasons why I am in China, one of them is WORK. Justrecently who is a fellow German and has a blog about the political ...

Soon back in Asia :)

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