Red wine, this time
Walks with and without camera. Tarvi Olli, since 2005
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
When Barbies rule the world
One day it will happen! I have seen a shop with 5 floors selling only Barbie dolls and accessories. Including a cafeteria with Barbie burgers.
Never ending pink dream!
Life in plastic
The true masters watching down at the 'puppets'
Life of parents
Pink dream
Never ending pink dream!
Life in plastic
The true masters watching down at the 'puppets'
Life of parents
Pink dream
Hunt for the place to live
Two last week of May went in a name of apartment hunt. After visiting some 50 different flats, I can be your very own real estate consultant :) This time it was really worth to visit all the different places, as for some strange reason over the time quality of apartment and overall price/quality ratio clearly improved.
There were temptations of selecting a studio style apartment with a big bath in the middle of bedroom in an old traditional Shanghai style house. But maybe having the open space toilet at the corner of the bedroom is not that convenient solution...
There were options of apartments with 3-4 bedrooms, several bathrooms etc. But always was something not matching with expectations... often the very strange understanding of luxurious interior design and furniture... code name 'prosperous style'.
Final selection is 1 bedroom , living room, kitchen solution. Liked it from the moment when stepped in from door. House is very small only 11 floors, I am on 5th (according to numbers on 6th, as number 4 is not a lucky number in China, in my house there is just no 4th floor). Main feature is big corner window with huge windowsill - this is the tea drinking and book reading area.
Dream houses of Shanghai - scratching the sky wherever you look
There were temptations of selecting a studio style apartment with a big bath in the middle of bedroom in an old traditional Shanghai style house. But maybe having the open space toilet at the corner of the bedroom is not that convenient solution...
There were options of apartments with 3-4 bedrooms, several bathrooms etc. But always was something not matching with expectations... often the very strange understanding of luxurious interior design and furniture... code name 'prosperous style'.
Final selection is 1 bedroom , living room, kitchen solution. Liked it from the moment when stepped in from door. House is very small only 11 floors, I am on 5th (according to numbers on 6th, as number 4 is not a lucky number in China, in my house there is just no 4th floor). Main feature is big corner window with huge windowsill - this is the tea drinking and book reading area.
Dream houses of Shanghai - scratching the sky wherever you look
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Shanghai in April
At this moment the time in China (this week I will celebrate my first half year in China) can be divided the time before trip to Europe and the time after that.
So yes, at the beginning of May I had beautiful 1.5 week spring experience in Europe.
Of course when flying out from Shanghai airport, I managed almost to miss the plane. While putting my luggage on check-in conveyor there was already "Check-in closed" sign blinking on the counter. And this was not all, when handing over my passport the girl was looking the PC for long time and finally said there is no ticket for me. Not very pleasant feeling :)
This is the first time when Credit Card helped me out in big times, as there was still one seat available and I was able to reserve it over the phone! Then I had few minutes to realize that 3 hours of badminton per week are not enough to make me nr. 1 sprinter in airport. This time also 2nd fastest sprinter was allowed on the plane.
Some photos from the time before trip to Europe
Fancy old man
...and old house. Soon the house will make space for new road and new more prosperous building. Red bra reminding the life that used to be here
So yes, at the beginning of May I had beautiful 1.5 week spring experience in Europe.
Of course when flying out from Shanghai airport, I managed almost to miss the plane. While putting my luggage on check-in conveyor there was already "Check-in closed" sign blinking on the counter. And this was not all, when handing over my passport the girl was looking the PC for long time and finally said there is no ticket for me. Not very pleasant feeling :)
This is the first time when Credit Card helped me out in big times, as there was still one seat available and I was able to reserve it over the phone! Then I had few minutes to realize that 3 hours of badminton per week are not enough to make me nr. 1 sprinter in airport. This time also 2nd fastest sprinter was allowed on the plane.
Some photos from the time before trip to Europe
Fancy old man
...and old house. Soon the house will make space for new road and new more prosperous building. Red bra reminding the life that used to be here
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Local power taking a strong position
Happy to be able to access my blog again :)
Not that the institutions in China have changed any policy or access rights by unblocked the blogs... just luckily there are always some ways to work around the problems :)
Soon few new photos
Not that the institutions in China have changed any policy or access rights by unblocked the blogs... just luckily there are always some ways to work around the problems :)
Soon few new photos
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