After boycotting Carrefour , this is the scene I took in Carrefour on May 3, 2008. There are Less People, but Much Lesser than I Expected This is the main "street" in the shopping mall. It is rarely like this! It is almost empty in Shanghai standard. It is daily scene in many shopping malls in US, but in Shanghai, it is called empty . This area is almost empty, with no customers. In the cooked food area, I counted, and found out the number of customers are less than the staff behind the food counter. This is the checkout area. No lines at all. Out of the 30 or so counters, almost half of them are closed with signs like this: For the open counters, there are no lines. This is the scene of the checkout counters - again, not many customers. Well. What do you think? Facts about the Photos The photos are taken in the Xinlicheng Stone of Carrefour, at the corner of South Yanggao Road, and Gaoqing Road....
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2008, A Year of Terror?From: home.wangjianshuo.com
Post Date: 2008-05-05 05:50:37
With the approach of Beijing Olympics , I just feel that it is becoming a year of terror. Many bad things happened one after another, and news report says every single one is not related to terrorism, but...
Bus Explosion
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more Look at Places I have Ever BeenFrom: home.wangjianshuo.com
Post Date: 2008-05-04 04:40:51
Here is a list of places I have ever been - those places I stayed long enough so I have more than 3 blog posts to talk about. In this list, I didn’t put it in a hierarchy so China may be listed in parallel with Chengdu... I just listed those places other than the places with a category under "In China", and "United States". Australia (15) Beijing (41) Boston (3) By Air (22) By Train (21) Chengdu (3) Chica...
more Slow Internet Connection in Early MayFrom: home.wangjianshuo.com
Post Date: 2008-05-02 02:57:03
I am experiencing very slow Internet connection these days - even Google home page takes about 20 seconds or longer to open. I guess many people are experiencing the same thing. Why? I just realized that Windows Vista SP1 is releasing these days, and according to Microsoft, Windows Update on every Vista computer is busy downloading from Windows Update to get SP1. I checked my system tray and realized that in the last night, it only downloaded 49% of the update, and the numbe...
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