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Life: Singaporean Taxi Driver with a Stanford PhD

August 21, 2009

A friend recommended that I check out this blog full of observations of life in Singapore. From the perspective of a taxi driver’s. With a PhD from Stanford.
It’s perceptive. It’s tragic. It’s sublime. It’s worth checking out.

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Life: Beerfest Asia 2009 in Singapore

May 2, 2009

Beerfest Asia is in Singapore for the long weekend, so we thought it would be fun to check it out. This is the description from their site:

Beerfest Asia 2009 is the perfect opportunity to sample and taste up over 100 different kinds of beers under one roof. Let the beers of the world come to [...]

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Life: Another Taxi Incident

April 11, 2009

I think I jinxed myself last time.
Today I experienced anther fender bender while riding in a taxi.This time it was with a bus, but don’t worry, it barely tapped us. After yelling from the car for a bit, my driver pulled out in front of the bus, blocked the road, then exited the vehicle to [...]

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Life: Company Visits

April 9, 2009

In addition to taking classes, our students also get a chance to learn about business in China by going to different companies.
A couple of weeks ago we went to the Shanghai VW factory/headquarters. Overall, it was less than spectacular. It was a short tour, and we did not get to hear a lot about the [...]

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Life: Day in the City/Accident

April 6, 2009

Today I went out with my colleague and a couple of the students. We headed over to Qi Pu Lu, which is the fake market in Shanghai. Once upon a time I would have really enjoyed that place, but now I just find it annoying. This is partly because I don’t like shopping, and partly [...]

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Life: You Don’t Believe I am American?

April 6, 2009

Yesterday I had a good chat with a fu wu yuan at one of my favorite noodle places. He is from Xinjiang, which is located in the Northwestern part of China, and has a large Muslim population. They are one of the 56 少数民族/minority groups living in China.
I was with my colleague who speaks Mandarin, [...]

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Life: Crazy MSG Dreams in China!

March 27, 2009

How is your meal?
“Eh, it is fine. However, I know it is going to be a crazy dream meal!”
The crazy MSG dreams have started. This time, I decided to keep track of them (a bit personal), so I can remember the insane, vivid dreams that I experience after a hefty meal filled with MSG.

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Life: What I Have Been Doing in Shanghai

March 14, 2009

Over the weekend a did a lot of typical Shanghai things. We went to Jin Mao Tower, checked out Yu Yuan area (not the garden…we told the students it is not worth the money since we are going to Su Zhou next week), took a river cruise, and went to Nanjing Lu.

Yesterday, I walked [...]

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Life: Recent Movies

February 24, 2009

Free time = movie time.
Over the past couple of days I was able to watch Slumdog Millionaire and Touching the Void, both of which are movies that I have wanted to see for a long time. I also attempted to watch Internal Affairs I and II (the Chinese Departed), but the library DVDs did not [...]

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Life: Lo Hei Dinner in Singapore

February 11, 2009

On Monday night I went to a (free) Lo Hei dinner, which was pretty great. Not only did I get a free meal, I also won a hong bao filled with a $10 gift certificate to the grocery store for wearing read.
The dinner took place on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, which [...]

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