What was supposed to be a fairly routine two-hour trip from Shanghai to Beijing turned out to be an 8-hour nightmare. First, the flight got delayed by one hour from noon to 1 PM. Then, the flight was delayed again after everyone had boarded the plane. Apparently, for various weather and security reasons, Beijing International [...]
Categories: Travel
Tagged: Beijing, China, flying, Shanghai
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- May 18, 2010 – 10:01 AM
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- By Jeffrey Fan
Woah, I can’t believe it’s almost been a week since I arrived in Shanghai. I’ve been hanging out with Ben Wang for the past couple of days. On Friday, we visited his friend at Shanghai International Studies University. It was about 45 minutes out of the city (aka the middle of nowhere), but the campus [...]
Categories: Play,Shopping,Travel
Tagged: China, Shanghai
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- May 16, 2010 – 3:09 AM
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- By Jeffrey Fan
After spending nearly 12 hours at the Expo yesterday, I’m pretty exhausted, although this did not prevent my semi-jetlagged self from getting up at 9AM today. Woohoo, I guess I’ve rejoined the world of normal people.
For today’s post, I thought I’d do something new, so instead of writing a straight-up editorial, I’ve provided a list of things you [...]
Categories: Play,Travel
Tagged: China, Shanghai, World Expo 2010
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- May 13, 2010 – 11:15 PM
- Author:
- By Jeffrey Fan
After a twice delayed flight from Newark, a 3 hour stopover in Detroit, and a relatively uneventful fourteen hours in the air, I finally arrived in Shanghai late Tuesday afternoon. I’m not sure whether it’s because I haven’t been in the city for almost ten years, or due to the 2010 Expo, but Shanghai definitely [...]
Categories: Play,Travel
Tagged: China, Shanghai, World Expo 2010
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- May 11, 2010 – 10:09 PM
- Author:
- By Jeffrey Fan