It’s been the 21st days in the row that the temperature at Shanghai is above 35 °C, with the record of 39.6 °C for 3 days already. I already forgot the day where walking on the street doesn’t feel like being burned by the sun, and sleeping at home with the windows opened. It’s now [...]
During the past 8 weeks, all the teams in our office are having an annual badminton competition. Every Monday I went there to be the official photographer of the competition. It’s not easy to bring a laptop bag and camera bag in the subway during rush hour, but at the end it’s worth all the [...]
I went to Zhou Zhuang (周庄) 3 weeks ago in a one-day tour. This is a long forgotten old town about an hour distance from Shanghai. Two events have helped bring this town into a popular tourist attraction and subsequently a national historical site under protection of the State. Because of a paint, which turned [...]
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"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."
Some people see a big wave coming and run away from it, but they ultimately end up beaten by the wave and fall down. I choose to stand face to the wave, waiting for it with open eyes (nose shut), and you won't believe how much fun I have jumping over the wave as it comes! As a bonus, I have my feet firmly in the sand before and after the jump. That is the attitude I choose from now on.
— A lesson learned from Phuket