Suna in Wonderland

16th of June, together with class mates we (Shanghai International foreign trade Institution)  participated ‘Dragon boat race competition’ held at Fengxian campus of East China Technology University.
We were told that only 19people can participate rowing the boat (1 drummer,18 rowers) and within 18 rower, only 6 female could participate. (NOT FAIR!!!) Anyway due to this [...]

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14th of June, NL vs Denmark match has started
One thing that is common between Dutch people and Korean people is that, they love cheering/supporting football match.  My dear friend (Dutch) got information that most of Dutch people in Shanghai would gather in one sports bar and going to watch the match.  So we decided to go even [...]

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Today (28th May 2010), ‘Social Entrepreneurship Business Competition (SEBC)’ final round took place in CEIBS (China Europe International business School). InnoCSR was Managing Partner that i got chance to assist and attend the event.
The main purpose of this event is to encourage and support business idea towards social issues in China. Basic concept is to create [...]

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Nearby my work, beautiful small park has been created recently. Not only this place but there are lots of new small parks and nature has been planted all over the shanghai, getting ready to receive guests all over the world.
(Daytime)

However i guess chinese felt it is not enough and took it to next level to [...]

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As China market is growing super fast, lots of people want to know China A to Z, like what’s going on in China, how Chinese thinks, how they work and what are their plans e.t.c. Here are some ways to find out, perspective of China from local level.
When I first came to Shanghai, I read [...]

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Yesterday (April 5th 2010) was Qing Ming day in China also known as ‘Tomb sweeping day’. Since Joop and I had no tomb to sweep, we decided to make a trip to Nanjing, about 2hour and half minutes by train.
On arrival of Nanjing Station, first happy surprise was that taxi in Nanjing is SUPER CHEAP!! Normal cost [...]

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Recently i wrote article on how EXPO has changed Shanghai past few months.  Now that time is ticking, i see new changes every day.
Today i saw double decker bus in the middle of the city. New types of bus!! (I saw this kind of bus @ pudong near pearl tower but never seen it other [...]

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Now that Shanghai World EXPO will be open in 40 days, I notice there are lot of changes happening in Shanghai.
Most of constructions are almost done  as well as polishing streets with new paintings e.t.c. Past 6 month, Shanghai has changed daily that i even got lost same route back home. All the [...]

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After half year, I finally went to visit IKEA in Shanghai. On the way to IKEA, I kept repeating “Wo Yao qu IKEA!- I want to go to IKEA” several times, but taxi driver did not understand it. Turned out to be IKEA is called 宜家 (yí jiā) in China.
I was surprised how IKEA looked [...]

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Turned out to be, in order to stay in China, individual need to go to nearby police office and report to them.
Sometimes    group of police officers stands in front of apartment checking people’s identification cards or passport. In korea, if there are group of police, people would automatically think there is something bad going [...]

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