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The 2010 World EXPO is opening on May 1, 2010 for a five month run and Shanghai has been on a tear when it comes to beautification. Over the last year streets have been torn up and resurfaced, sidewalks re-done, and trees and flowers planted all in preparation. This is in addition to the […]
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This weekend was Hong Kong Seven’s rugby weekend. Or as Brenda calls it – “Executive Spring Break”. This is because it is a boys’ weekend to Hong Kong for 2 1/2 days of rugby, drinking and general debauchery. View for the South Stands The South Stands of Hong Kong stadium are […]
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The annual Daddy Daughter Dance for Girl Scouts this year is a Tropical Paradise theme. Eleri is finally old enough to be in Girl Scouts. She is a Daisy. Girl Scouts is organized through Concordia. The school is very supportive of the program for Girl/Boy Scouts. The meetings are held after school in the […]
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Sunday is the new pancake day in our house. Saturday mornings are busy with Chinese and piano lessons. Jim is still the pancake expert. He now has a helper and she loves to help. Elle had gone to a baking birthday party. She came home with a hat and an apron…prefect for Daddy’s little […]
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Let me start by setting the stage. John Humes and I set off together on a “boys adventure†for 9 days across the Tibetan Plateau. Lhasa has the second highest airport in the world at a mere 4, 300m (14, 315ft). The trip starts in Lhasa, traverses more than 1, 000km (660 miles) of […]
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Day 4 – June 29 – Lhasa to Gyantse I should have mentioned earlier that we had a guide – Bhuchung Tsering, a local Tibetan who had been guiding for about 3 years. He would work during the summer and freeze his @$$! off in the winter. He and the driver were going […]
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I had one of those China travel days yesterday. I am to be in Beijing most of this week to launch a new marketing initiative with 3 other companies, train the combined sales force, etc. All started off fine – arriving at the airport at 9AM for a 10AM flight, check in, security – […]
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Tonight we joined friends to attend the spring opening on the roof top deck at Stiller’s. The restaurant and cooking school is run by our friends Yoshi and Stephan Stiller. Stephan is a multi-star Michelin chef who has been involved in a number of restaurant projects in Shanghai and recently opened his own place. […]
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Some friends put on the Second Invitational “Find the Peeing Taxi Driver in Pajamas Hauling Styrofoam†Bicycle Scavenger Hunt today. The object of the hunt this year was to buy a team costume, go to an appointed bar to take photos and, of course, grab shots of daily Shanghai life in the process. […]
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The theme this year was Winter Wonderland. The girls wore their Christmas dresses. I knew there was some reason I threw it in the suitcase from America at the last minute!! My friend, Betty, and I took our girls to the local salon for a wash and blow dry. Betty’s daughter, Samantha, […] |