Archive for the ‘Various stuff’ Category

Junjie and the national anthem

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Do you know your country's national anthem by heart? I don't. Yesterday evening some friends an me were watching the world cup game for 3rd place, Germany against Uruguay. And of course, like before all games, a band plays the national anthem and many of the football players sing along. Also ...

The official post for May 2010

Monday, May 24th, 2010

I have often wondered why some blogs suddenly stop. Every day there is a post, then suddenly a few sparse post, then it ends. Now I think I know. Previously I really had the urge to write some stories, even if there was nothing important to say. But currently I ...

The official post for April 2010

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

My Dear Readers, I didn't write that much during the last few weeks. The most important reason for this is the sunshine. It's springtime and I was outdoors very often. It's gotten really warm here and staying indoors isso painful at the moment. Spring feelings ;) Grilling meat, hiking in the ...

The A-Team is back

Friday, March 19th, 2010

If you watch TV once in a while then you probably agree that the A-Team is the best TV series ever. Now the A-Team is back in a movie to be released at June 11th 2010! Here is the new A-Team: Liam Neeson as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, Bradley Cooper as ...

PM10 particle air pollution in China

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

As the topic air pollution has come up a few times here, I have created some videos to help everyone find a nice spot for living healthy. First of all, AMFIC publishes measurements and forecasts of air pollution in China. Unfortunately you cannot look at past measurements comfortably, therefore I ...

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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Another post totally unrelated to China, but I have to talk about it. One of our politicians in charge of the harmonious German society, Ursula von der Leyen, has proposed a new law to make the internet more safe for minors. This law has not yet been approved, but if ...

6th sense is in development

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

This is so off topic, but it is so cool, I just have to post it ;)

Review: Popup Chinese

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Learning Chinese is en vogue and with the recent rise of the Chinese economy it might be the next big thing. However I remember the time when I started out, that was in late September 2007. At that time the possibilities for learning Chinese online can be best described as ...

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