Shanghai, Shanghai, Shanghai
So went the chorus of the last Hang on the Box song I stayed for in their set. Well I’m back from Shanghai, I even got my Mac back and more business cards. I was disappointed to learn just how old my...
View ArticleWasted the better part of a day
I went down to the Kerry Center to register for the conference which starts tomorrow. Not only were they not taking registration, the concierge said there was no such conference taking place at the...
View ArticleMMEC 2005 Day One
So I finally get to go to the conference I paid so much to attend. I think the price turned off a lot of people. Most of the audience seemed to be members of the media or guests. I got there so early...
View ArticleThe best of my Shanghai Pictures
Having finally gotten caught up with my backlog of un-uploaded photos, well almost as this posting very much falls into that vein. I was just too busy procrastinating and moping to upload any pictures...
View ArticleIn other news
Nan nan has just returned from Shanghai. We are both moving out on Friday 13th, what a lucky day. I’m moving into the dorms. Because I still have a valid student visa and student card Tsinghua has no...
View ArticleNational Museum, Beijing, China
I finally went to the National Museum of China. It has been on my ta-do list for months. I went alone during the Chinese New Year. It wasn’t that busy. I didn’t have much enthusiasm. I think I’m...
View ArticleMore Silly/Funny/Stupid/Interesting photos
You have been looking at the ones I’ve posted in the last few days right? They weren’t for my benefit, I’d seen them already. I even saved them to my hard drive which is rare. So rare in fact I’m...
View ArticleMy Top 10 photos from while I lived in China
So I’ve been directing people to some of the photos I posted to this blog back in 2005, most taken while I lived in China. I actually put the best of my China photos in a set on Flickr, after I started...
View ArticleHow to increase your blog’s popularity
Some people are obsessed with their online popularity. Klout, PageRank, hits, fans, likes, etc. are all seen as validation that you’re cool and popular. I want to reveal a little secret that is...
View ArticleShanghai’ing in the Rain
Shanghai is big and wet, I should of stayed in Suzhou one more day. I promised to be in Shanghai for the weekend, but I haven’t heard from Anders at all and my other plans were for Sunday, so I had...
View ArticleShanghai at Night
I have been in Shanghai two nights now and I haven’t managed to stay out later than 10pm for the most part, but last night the sky cleared and I took some extra photos from my hotel window. My hotel...
View ArticleChina Trip Summer 2014
Now firmly back on Canadian soil, if not Canadian time, I have found a seat at a cafe on the Drive to watch the first elimination game of the World Cup and update my blog. I contemplated watching at...
View ArticleShanghai Blogs
A long, long, time ago I lived in Beijing. In fact Muskblog was started prior to my exchange semester at Tsinghua University so that my classmates and friends could follow my exploits, alas things did...
View ArticleLiving in Shanghai
I’m currently living in Shanghai, moving here was not part of my master plan, but I literally was not doing anything productive, so now I am here. Shanghai is big and noisy. Shanghai has pollution...
View ArticleMore Photos of Shanghai
I probably should be studying and I did study during the Spring Festival, but I did do some walking around Shanghai during the day and even at night took a few snaps with my iPhone. I’ve yet to use my...
View ArticleEven More Photos of Shanghai
I continue to walk the streets of Shanghai and snap the odd photo with my iPhone. I really don’t have much time to be a tourist or even a drunken expat. I go to the gym, I work, I study or at least try...
View ArticleAnother CFA Exam is Done
This time I wrote the exam in Shanghai China. If this isn’t the largest test centre it is among the largest. I think it is disadvantageous to write in the larger test centres because security is...
View ArticleYet More Photos of Shanghai
I’ve been living in Shanghai over six months now. My Chinese has not improved, but I might have passed the Level 2 CFA Exam which was important to someone at some time. If I can find a better job I’ll...
View ArticleShanghai Skyline at Night
And not just on any night, last night was National Day night and the buildings had some new never before seen tricks, the tallest building seemed to have finally achieved fully operating Deathstar...
View ArticlePhotographing Shanghai’s Skyline
I’ve spent a lot of time photographing Shanghai’s skyline and battling with the Great Firewall of China to upload some of those photos to Flickr, but I never really gave any useful advice on where to...
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