December 2008
61 posts
Shanghai is serious about conserving the environment, plastic bags or boxes no longer free, no more styrofoams, e-tickets for air travel.
Went to Hongqiao airport when when were supposed to go to Pudong for mom’s flight to FOC. Damn. Luckily saved by Ctrip’s online reservation.
Wonder when Central goverment will ban public smoking country-wide. Although this won’t improve air quality.
Rain in winter sucks.
More about CRH Harmony 和谐号 here: http://tinyurl.com/75a7cn
China Railway’s new Hexie trains kick ass. Top speed 199 kmph, quiet cabin with modern minimalist interior.
Ctrip.com is simply impressive. The best part is that its online payment module doesn’t require IE-only ActiveX plugin.
Major news sites in Indonesia (Kompas, Tempo, Detik, Jakarta Post, Bisnis Indonesia, Antara) all support RSS now.
My Apple USB Power Adapter just arrived. Yes it’s really tiny http://tinyurl.com/7w6k2t
Having Chinese style breakfast at Xinwang www.xinwang.hk.cn. It’s a freezing cold sunny day here.
Pudong airport has free broadband public wi-fi now, eventually.
Just landed in Pudong airport. Temperature is 5 degrees below zero Celcius.
This is going to be the last time i’m paying for fiskal - overseas travel tax.
-4℃ in Beijing and 0℃ in Shanghai, looks like I’m going to need long Johns.
Configured vacation responder in Gmail. Takeing off in T-minus 15’75” and counting.
just ordered ratatouille at Euphoria
Off to the Civil office to pick up my marriage eligibility letter (Surat Keterangan Nikah).
Questions of the day: When did you first use cell phone? How many have you bought until today?
I have used 10: Nokia 3210, 7110, E50, 6275i CDMA, E51, Siemens S35i, Sony Ericsson T610i, K750, K800i, K660i since 1999.
Jakarta’s weather is like women’s mood - unpredictable. It’s best described by Sting’s All four seasons in one day.
it was warm and sunny, then the day turned dark and it rained hard, eventually ended with a cool beautiful sunset.
watching Transporter 3 later this evening; the first of three i’ll be seeing on a big screen. Saw the first two on pirated DVDs.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi
Forgiveness shield and protects your mind, your spirit, from being violent. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Best remedy for a bad day? Ice-cream. Enjoying Gelati Divini’s low fat cheese cake and white chocolate flavors.
Attendin a boring but somewhat important meeting.
GIA to fly non-stop on route DPS-PVG starting Dec 20, 2008.
Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update: “Adds a Trackpad System Preference pane for portable Macs.” It’s a whopping 372MB (668MB for combo) download.
Tried Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. S60 5th edition is the most sophisticated Symbian UI; albeit isn’t optimized for finger.
Can Bank Indonesia please ban the outrageous practice on USD banknote classification in this country. Damn.
Nokia launched 5800 XpressMusic in Indonesia last week; they’re promoting it hard.
I see more and more people ditching their Nokia communicators for BlackBerry Bold now; I’m still waiting for iPhone 3G.
Been a while since i saw Keanu in the silver screen, watching the day the earth stood still at Blitz
Just found out that Garuda will be flying direct to Shanghai from Jakarta (instead of stopping over SIN) on December.
My favorite scenes from Twilight is the thunderstorm baseball. Overall, I think it’s a great indie movie.
Speaking in Kongres Kebudayaan Indonesia, Bogor
After 3 weeks on the waiting list, I finally got confirmation on my tickets to Shanghai. Yipee!
Coming down with a heavy flu and light fever. I hope water, medication and home rest can flush the virus ASAP.
Traffic was not so bad earlier in Pantura (Northern coastal road) to Jakarta; average speed was 60 km/h. Cikampek tollway was crowded.
Watched the dramatic episode 8, 4th season of The Unit.
Question for frequent air travelers in China: Have you ever approached by fraudulent travelers asking for money to reschedule their tickets?