China (Grand)Parents Gone Too Far

This is beyond understanding, does not make much sense, and forces me to ask “What’s the point?”
GRANDPARENTS are sitting in the same vacation classes with grandchildren in an attempt to help them with advanced math problems.
The trend emerges as some children fail parents’ high expectations in the subject dubbed both “Math Olympiad” and “Math Acrobatics.”
A [...]

Shanghai 2010 World Expo Official Preview

People, this is a very solid reason for you to visit Shanghai (read: me) next year.
I’m very excited after watching this video. Not because of its production value, but the assemble of countries around the world to showcase what they have to offer. It’s a report card that shows what the [...]

Good vs Evil

On the day that my girlfriend and i came back from holiday in Malaysia 2 weeks ago, i had a dinner in her house together with her parents.
Over the dinner, my girlfriend was happily telling her parents about her trip in Malaysia and the experience. At one point, she talked about buying food from road [...]

City Planning Difference

The other day, one of my colleagues pointed out the difference between the streets in Beijing and Shanghai. Obviously, Beijing is more square-ish because most of its roads are running from south to north or east to west. You can see from the pictures below.
Shanghai roads

 

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Beijing roads

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The reason being that Beijing roads are [...]

How to Rip Your Dad Off

On my way to bus station from my working place last night, i walked past three girls who were chatting with each other.
I didn’t mean to eavedrop, but from what they said and their tone, i found the topic very interesting. So i slowed down my pace to match theirs, and below is some of [...]