I knew little about Xiamen, except for the fact that a colleague enjoys living there more than in his hometown, Hangzhou. With that curiosity, I arrived in Xiamen today for my week-long visit. The visibility was bad in the early afternoon when we were landing, worse than the smog in Hangzhou. I w ...
Here are two examples. 1) At a 4-star hotel in Qingdao some years ago, I noticed ash trays in my room. So, I called the front desk and complained. A young lady (staff) looked at me as if I were from Mars: "It's a non-smoking room, IF you don't smoke!" 2) I requested a non-smoking room at ...
Considering the trains in China are much faster now, and considering the distance most airports are from downtown, how do you decide to take the train or to travel via air these days?
I had a reservation for a non-smoking room, but the room was gone when I checked in at 9:30 pm after a long journey from the middle of the Pacific Ocean . Tough luck, or bad service. The air in the hotel room smelled stale, so I turned on the fan. The air smelled worse, with clear indication of ...
IF I had a good camera and IF I had a tripod, I could probably get a close up as the last photo below (which I borrowed from the web--from web to web). I bought this plant (similar to the one in the second photo, but shorter, and with more flowers as in the first photo) many years ago. I rel ...
I have too many social activities today, lunch outing at the Outrigger's (where The Descendants was filmed), afternoon tea, and dinner followed by a movie (The Hunger Games). Plus, I have quite a few email messages to reply... But, I will go to work first, because I want to finish this never ...
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