For the most part, the Changchun Friends website is not very active and has been superseded by the Tencent "Wechat" app by the local expat community. This website is maintained sporadically, people may still join and membership is still open, but if you are a spammer, stay away. The archived information here is still useful, but some may be out of date. There are plans to make it more useful for static information in the future. If anyone needs information about Changchun or China, you may post a message and it probably will get a response but not immediately.

Changchun Friends

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Richard Roman's Blog – March 2012 Archive (9)

Batman and his Batmobile pulled over by police

LOL! This is funny

I love the way that Batman shakes all the police officers hands!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/9177439/Batman-and-his-Batmobile-pulled-over-by-police.html

Added by Richard Roman on March 31, 2012 at 11:18 — No Comments

World's happiest countries

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Just missing out on a top 10 spot was Switzerland in 11th place. The United States came fourth while the United Kingdom came 28th, below Hong Kong (13th), Korea (15th), France (20th), Singapore (26th) and the Czech Republic (27th).

Top 10 happiest countries

1. Norway

Life expectancy at birth (years): 81.1

Income (GNI per capita): US$47,557

Population: 4.9 million

2.…

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Added by Richard Roman on March 20, 2012 at 18:23 — 6 Comments

The Strange Pop Culture Tastes of Dictators

Idi Amin. Idi Amin, dictator of Uganda in the 1970s, was fascinated with Scottish culture, giving his sons Scottish names and declaring himself King of Scotland. He also had a deep appreciation for bagpipe music—even attempting to create a personal bodyguard comprised of 6’4” bagpipe-playing Scotsmen.

Kim…

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Added by Richard Roman on March 20, 2012 at 17:44 — No Comments

Lambton College's growing ties with China

For all our lambton friends - I came across this article

http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3499971&;

At first glance, Bert VandenHeuvel and Yisha Wang don’t have a whole lot in common.

VandenHeuvel is a 73-year-old retired teacher and lifelong Sarnian, while Wang is a 22-year-old business administration student from northeastern…

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Added by Richard Roman on March 18, 2012 at 17:20 — No Comments

English Premiership - the final 10 matches - Manchester City are CHAMPIONS!

Here are the final 10 matches for the season - with the eventual winners - Congrats to City!

Man Utd - 89 points

Wolves -a W

Fulham - h W

Blackburn -W

QPR - W

Wigan - L

Aston Villa - W

Everton - D

Man City - L

Swansea - W

Sunderland - W

Man City - 89points

Chelsea - h W

Stoke -a…

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Added by Richard Roman on March 12, 2012 at 15:00 — 44 Comments

Making tracks at a Chinese Nordic skiing extravaganza

Kris, who is a good friend and is a member here is quoted:

Nordic and downhill ski venues are cropping up across China’s northern provinces, according to Kris Van de Velde, director of sport for Nordic Ways International, the Swedish company that organizes Vasaloppet China in partnership with local authorities. But although many here still regard skiing as an activity one tries for novelty’s sake - like bungee jumping - young Chinese are beginning to consider it a…

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Added by Richard Roman on March 9, 2012 at 19:50 — No Comments

Funniest exam answers become internet sensation

 Website called funnyexam.com offers a hilarious pinboard for staff to expose the silliest answers they've ever seen

Teachers from the US and UK are posting the best real exam answers from the pupils they teach on the website http://funnyexam.com

The students may have got an E in their tests but they've been creating chortles on the internet since the site was created.…

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Added by Richard Roman on March 4, 2012 at 21:00 — 3 Comments

Pasty competition brings international flavour to Cornwall

Cooks from the countries where migrating Cornish miners took their portable lunch add spice to classic dish

Mike Amery, a guesthouse owner from Pennsylvania has been holed up in a bed and breakfast in deepest Cornwall blending,…

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Added by Richard Roman on March 3, 2012 at 18:21 — 1 Comment

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