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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Crossing the River 过江难
Cross posted at http://blogs.sun.com/syw HuangPu River carved the lovely Bund, the prime financial real estate since China leased this area to Britain in 1870s. It slices the city into halves. ShangHai City started from the west side (PuXi) and expanded … Continue reading
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Candies for Beatles Fan
Across the Universe Directed by Julie Taymor Pub. Date: 2007 Cross posted at http://blogs.sun.com/syw My iPods collects 128 Beatles songs. They have cryptic lyrics, but mysteriously beautiful, bringing tears or smiles from the heart. You can’t talk when the music … Continue reading
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Tagged Across the Universe, Beatles, 穿越è‹ç©¹, 批头四
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寄了å°ä¿¡ç»™â€œä¸å›½æ°‘用总局消费者事务ä¸å¿ƒâ€
四月17早上ä¹ç‚¹25分,我抵达上海浦东机场国航柜å°ï¼Œå‡†å¤‡æ‹¿11点往北京ç机,CA985,的登机牌。柜å°äººå‘˜è¯´é‚£ç机将会延误至少两å°æ—¶ï¼Œå¦‚果我愿æ„,å¯ä»¥æ早一ç933,但是933ä¹ç‚¹åŠèµ·é£žï¼Œæˆ‘得立刻决定。于是丢下行æŽï¼Œç›´å¥”登机å£ã€‚慌乱过安检,跳上å°å·´ï¼Œå–˜æ°”å在往飞机的路上,心头开始嘀咕,“我的行æŽæ€ŽåŠžï¼Ÿâ€
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Foot Massage 足底按摩
Cross posted at http://blogs.sun.com/syw “I insist,” said a friend. “How can you live in Beijing for almost 3 years without experiencing it.” She sounded just like myself when I said to Maggie a couple of years ago, “You grew up … Continue reading
扬州麻花
走在扬州的广陵路上,一群人排大队。瞅一下呗。哟。麦麻花。唉。麻花有这么至於å—?当然,天下åªè¦æ˜¯åƒçš„,都能是大事。更好玩,就隔å£æŒ¨ç€ï¼Œä¹Ÿå–麻花。但别æ排队了,一个顾客都没。既然给我碰到了,爷就排一下,领教领教å§ã€‚ “å°å®¶å¹³éº»èŠ±â€ä¸€æ–¤8元,40æ ¹ã€‚é©°å扬州地é¢ã€‚他家麻花酥而ä¸æ²¹ï¼Œä¹…而ä¸èšã€‚但问起秘诀,王家平说仅在和é¢åŠŸå¤«ç½¢äº†ã€‚æ¯å¤©ä¸‹åˆ1:30å¼€å¼ ï¼Œåšåˆ°6点左å³é¢ç”¨å®Œäº†ä¼‘æ¯ï¼ŒåŸºæœ¬ä¸Šæ°¸è¿œæœ‰å个人以上在排队。 我看了看,一人收钱,一人油炸,5人æ‰éº»èŠ±ï¼Œ1人分é¢ã€‚15分钟炸一锅,10斤上下。一天180斤,收入1440元,æ¯æœˆçº¦4万多。店é¢çœ‹æ¥æ˜¯ç¥–产,员工都是éžæŠ€æœ¯äººå‘˜ï¼Œæ¯å¤©å·¥ä½œåŠå¤©ï¼ŒåƒæŠŠå…ƒå°±å¤Ÿäº†ã€‚æ料就是é¢ç²‰ï¼Œæ²¹ï¼Œç‡ƒæ–™ï¼ŒåŠå¡‘料袋å,看æ¥ä¸ä¼šåˆ°å››åˆ†ä¹‹ä¸€çš„æˆæœ¬ã€‚也就是说æ¯æœˆæœ‰ä¸¤ä¸‡äº”的税å‰æ”¶å…¥ã€‚一年是三å万以上啊。å–麻花,这也是了ä¸å¾—çš„æˆå°±äº†ã€‚ 我们买了三斤带回北京。两天就被瓜分一净。
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扬州迎宾馆
我在大众网上的点评。 为什么没有网站呢? 这宾馆有许多楼。我ä½å…«å·ï¼Œæœ€æ–°ä¹Ÿæœ€å¤§ã€‚ 7点到,饿了,但ä¸æƒ³åƒæŽ’挡。门房说隔å£æœ‰ä¸ªå¥½é¤åŽ…,转了åŠå¤©æ‰¬å·žçš„“迷å›â€ï¼Œèµ°åˆ°é‚£â€œè¶£å›â€ï¼Œä¸æ”¶æ•£å®¢ã€‚回到迎宾馆,溜到一个楼,被挡ä½ï¼Œé‡Œé¢æœ‰é¦–长,ä¸å‡†è¿›ã€‚å†èµ°åˆ°ä¸‰å·æ¥¼ï¼Œå¯¹ä¸ä½ï¼Œæ²¡æ¡Œå了。好å§ï¼Œå›žå…«å·æ¥¼åƒæŽ’挡。å¹æ°”。 房间倒是一æµã€‚åµäº†ç‚¹ï¼Œä½†æ˜¯èµ°å»Šå®¢äººçš„修养,怪ä¸å¾—酒店。 退房时大门è¦å«è¯´å‡ºç§Ÿè½¦ä¸è¿›æ¥ï¼Œè®©å®¢äººè‡ªå·±åŽ»å¤–é¢å«å‘—。å‰å°æ°”结,派人推我们的行里走10分钟去大门。一拦手就是部车。分明就是懒è¦å«ã€‚ 到车站å‘现一个包掉在楼里。打电è¯æ‰å‘现收æ®ä¸Šçš„电è¯æ˜¯é”™çš„。找åŠå¤©ç»ˆäºŽæ通了电è¯ï¼Œä»–们包倒是收起æ¥äº†ã€‚è¦æˆ‘回去å–。但我æ¥ä¸åŠäº†ï¼Œè¿™ä¸‹ä»–们傻了。我愿æ„付收到付费的快递,但迎宾馆ä¸çŸ¥å¦‚何æ“作,è¦æˆ‘寄100元,他们收到åŽå†å¯„。气得我å“笑ä¸å¾—。爷æ‰ç»“äº†å‡ åƒå…ƒçš„房å¸ï¼Œä½ 们转脸连100元都ä¸èƒ½å…ˆåž«ï¼Ÿäº¤æ¶‰å†ä¸‰ï¼Œç»ˆäºŽå¦ä¼šäº†å¯¹æ–¹ä»˜è´¹ï¼Œä¸œè¥¿å¯„到,è¿è´¹20。å†å¹æ°”。 é 硬件是ä¸èƒ½ä¼šè®©è¿Žå®¾é¦†è¿›äº”星的。
Golden Compass
His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) Philip Pullman ISBN: 978-0440238607 Pub. Date: September 23, 2003 Publisher: Laurel Leaf The Golden Compass Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards Director: Chris Weitz Cross posted … Continue reading
Bashing China is not the answer
L. Ling-chi Wang wrote a nice commentary on CNN. I thought of all the US bashing around the world. All major state events have met protesters. People carry banners and sighs and try to disrupt whatever the organizers try to … Continue reading
Beijing Spring Break
Daughter and her friend visited Beijing on spring break. She lived here for the last two of her high school year. Her friend never set foot in China what-so-ever. They planned a full agenda: sight seeing, restaurants she missed, friends … Continue reading
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