An Exercise in Avoiding Boredom

From a leaflet on tips and tricks for staying in Beijing:
“Please prepare extra clothes if you want to hang out in the evening, though we will never suggest you to do that.”
“Make sure you don’t have your cameras, bags, packets, and other unreasonable things with you. Ladies will be allowed to bring their hand bags [...]

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For yesterday’s drive to and presentation in Suzhou, I picked up my guide at the airport. I could have taken a cab but rather decided to take the Shanghai Magnetic Levitation train, a.k.a. the Maglev. Engineered in Germany but never deployed there, the Maglev connects the inner city with Pudong International airport, and travels 30 [...]

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I just returned from a presentation and recruiting trip to Suzhou only to find my hotel room unmade. This was my fault as I had forgotten to switch of the Do-Not-Disturb sign. (*)
The fruits I had received as a welcome gift two days ago were still on their plate, half-eaten. So I called up the [...]

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Sunday was a day off, and so I did some sightseeing in Shanghai, together with Cao Yi. Shanghai showed itself from its best side—it was warm, sunny, and as unpolluted as it could get. Below, find a random sampling of photos I took.

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