Oli's Shanghai Blog

On my way back from work (no umbrella, Roxette very loud on mp3 player, smiling all the way) I was surprised to see a big group of people outside Costa Coffee, looking into a big hole. The big hole was dug by some people who are fixing pipes of some sort (I’m sure it’s Shanghai [...]

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One of the funniest (I don’t know why) moments in Shanghai so far was the first time I saw people moving shopping trolleys down an escalator. We don’t really have two-storey supermarkets in England (do we?), so the issue probably never came up (or went down)…
在上海最有意思的时刻之一（我不知道为什么）是第一次我看到别人在电梯上把购物车运下楼。在英国没有2层楼的超市（有吗？），所以可能永远也不会发生这一幕…

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Here lies Michael Jackson’s life story, using the medium of the chat emoticon / symbol as inspiration.
这里是迈克杰克逊生平的故事，灵感来自于表情符号.
☻ – born
♫ – became ♔ of pop – $
☺ – died
.
—–RIPRIPRIP——-
.
☻ – 出生
♫ – 成为流行天♔ – $
☺ – 去世
Thanks to Jme’s grief for inspiration. You are not alone, buddy.
感谢J的哀悼给到的启发。兄弟，你不是一个人。
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We’ve all thought about it at some point…what would you do if you could do ANYTHING in the world? Fly around the world? Star in a movie? Date a supermodel? Date two supermodels?
有时候我们总会想一些这方面的东西…如果你什么都能做，那在这个世界上你会做什么呢？环绕世界飞？变成电影里的明星？和超模约会？和两个超模约会？
Our favourite restaurant, Matsuri123 in Gubei offers the opportunity to write your wish on a piece of a paper, then offer it to [...]

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Since 9pm last night, access to a number of Google products, including Gmail has been disrupted in China.
There are conflicting reports as to why, by whom and for how long. Techcrunch was fast to report the situation (see their Twitter sceencap for a little suprise!) -> Censorship 2.0: China Blocks Google Search, Apps, Gmail, And [...]

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