December 2011 Blog Posts (19)

I heard from a friend who is sending his kid to study in a primary school in Changchun that they need to pay a fee of RMB68000 ( "understanding fee" which means - pay us extra to get into my school)

Now, my friend would really like to understand this better - can anyone here help?

I would ask that no one contact me for about 3 weeks. As that would be sufficient enough time for me to mourn the passing of our beloved leader and father Kim Jong Il. At present I render my garments and wail in dark corners. Champagne also seems to be helping.

How would one go about posting a blog on CCF, that is 4 pages long?

I tried to but all my text was scrambled.

These computers.

Bah!

MJ.

The iconic Cafe de Paris in Rome – the inspiration behind Federico Fellini's classic La Dolce Vita – is set to reopen after it was discovered two years it had been used as a front for money-laundering by the notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia of Calabria.

It was a legendary emblem of the "Dolce Vita" high life of Rome in the 1960s, enticing stars such as Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra.…

Great news for us internet speed to get faster starting next year. Use google chrome to translate  into English.  http://news.xwhb.com/news/system/2011/12/20/010226408.shtml

Thanks to globalization, we are seeing more and more mixed marriages that produce mixed (up) kids. We all know that a Chinese-English mix will give you a Chinglish baby, but what about:

A person from Iceland with someone from Cuba? - You're going to get an Ice-Cube

Or an Italian with a Jamaican - What else? A Pasta-Farian

An Indian with a Jew will have a Hinju

Guy from Harlam with a girl from the Filipines will have Baby…

Václav Havel, the dissident playwright who led the Czechoslovakian "velvet revolution" and was one of the fathers of the east European pro-democracy movement that led to the fall of the Berlin wall, has died aged 75.

To read more....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/18/vaclav-havel-dies

'''''and he was a writer! ... a man of dignity

Maharishi Jack is here in Changchun!

His many followers from around the world are bewitched by his down to earth stories, pithy humour which always contain the essence of a deeper more meaningful truth. Currently, only a few of his closest followers know of his existence here in Changchun but he will be revealing an important message for the sake of humanity soon.

Full details will be available when appropriate on Changchun Live - this is  just to let everyone…

Why don't they use dynamite? Labourers use excavators on top of a residential building being demolished in Yuhuan County of Taizhou City, Zhejiang province



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071438/How-did-Excavators-dismantle-Chinese-highrise-down.html#ixzz1gOOS4p9U…

Nuts!

http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/videos/warriors-of-goja-on-indian-talent-show-goes-viral-in-china.html

There is a management and philosophical concept that these three things are part of our make-up

One view - that I agree with is that we are good in two areas but tend to be weak in the third.

Now - this is difficult but I would guess that I am a Head and Heart guy - but not so good on the Guts

Head - good at thinking, rationalising. reasoning etc

Heart - good at feeling, empathy, understanding

Guts - good at doing, making things happen, being…

Do u want to spend Spring Festival in Chinese family?

My friend Chole, whose hometown is Guilin, intends to invite a foreigner(female) to her home this winter vacation.

The most exiciting thing is that u can stay at her home for the entire trip for free, also including meals. 

What's special, u can earn ectra money in this trip, cus Chole wants to do remedial English classes for the high…

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Feature/2011/12/02/Funny%2Bman%2Bmakes%2Bserious%2Bpoints/

Students queue up as chemist-turned-comedian Joe Wong appears at Fudan University on Monday night, not for stand-up but for what was billed as an inspirational lecture about his life.…

Just to let you all know.....

Coca-Cola Co. (KO), the world’s largest soft-drink maker, said it’s cooperating with Chinese authorities investigating the death of a child who China News Service said died after consuming a Minute Maid milk beverage.

The child and an adult in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun, became…