I have been to Germany in May. Well, what a surprise–I AM German. But I have been there with nice company: my girl-friend. We did a 2 weeks tour through middle and northern Germany to show her my home country for the first time.
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Am I Deaf?
I am walking with a colleague through Wai Gao Qiao, that remote free trade zone at the outskirts of Shanghai where our project is located, on the way to our usual lunch location. We have to cross a large intersection, which leads directly to one of the main gates to the area, through which large trucks keep passing through. In the end, someone has to move all these freely traded goods, isn’t it? Quite a change over the centuries, given the fact that in earlier dynasties pure merchants where not well esteemed, actually had few or no rights as they were thought of not adding value as long as they would not produce any goods. But that’s long ago and not my issue. Chinese trade like hell nowadays.
A Day in the Grand Hyatt Shanghai
Ever seen this building?
Fireworks – Or some LianYang night shots
Pitty or not, but again I did not see fabulous fireworks during the Chinese New Year festivities. Partly due to the fact that I was too lazy to travel into the city and then, after watching around, fight with thousands of people for dozens of taxis. So I stayed home also during the 2 nights, during which fireworks should be most dramatic: The actual New Year’s night (this year from Saturday, 28-Jan to Sunday, 29-Jan) and five nights later (from Wednesday to Thursday) as this is the eve of the 5. day of the New Lunar Year, on which traditionally the money man is called with a lot of explosive to attract his attention and leave some money over the year. So while we westerners try to scare away evil daemons the Chinese try to get someones attention by doing fireworks!
8 Treasures Rice – 八宝饭
2 days ago a Shanghainese friend gave me a deep-frozen disc, apparently made from rice. Before packing it into my backpack I also noted some colored sprinkles on it, said decently “Thank you” (or maybe Xiexie) and forgot about it for a while. We spend the day shopping. Back home I put the rice disc into the fridge. Only then, via messenger, finding out what it actually was: Continue reading 8 Treasures Rice – 八宝饭
Yet again “Happy New Year” and Century Park
And yet again (also see “Happy New Cold Year”) you everywhere here or read:
Xin Nian Kuai Le! – 新年快乐!
It’s Chinese New Year today, the first day of the Year of the Dog. Continue reading Yet again “Happy New Year” and Century Park
Happy New Cold Year
Xin Nian Kuai Le – 新年快乐
New Year Happy Happy, that’s it on Chinese. Maybe I should make it
Xin Nian Kuai Le Leng – 新年快乐冷
New Year Happy Happy Cold, that’s what it really is.
Hiking in Yellow Mountains (黄山)
A few weeks ago already colleague organized a hiking tour in the famous Yellow Mountains. It was 2 days of hiking with the night camping in tents somewhere inbetween. So although it was not a long treck (at least compared to other hiking tours I’ve done like Monte Rosa or Kilimanjaro 😉 ) we still had to carry quite a lot of stuff. Continue reading Hiking in Yellow Mountains (黄山)
Dusk
Today after breakfast I once again made my skating circle around Century Park, but this time armed with my camera, to take pictures of one of the great advantage of Shanghai’s air pollution: Fantastic sunset during dusk.*
Cruel Culture
I have to think if I want to stay in such a cruel country as China:
While looking up a totally innocent character (司), Babylon also returned another one (which it sometimes does, don’t know why): Continue reading Cruel Culture