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Driving In China

Any of you have been to China? If you haven’t, then imagine the whole population of Canada squished into one city. That’s the case of almost anywhere you go. You see people and you see cars. As Chinese people are getting richer and richer everyday, a lot of them can now afford to drive car. More and more cars go on the streets each day and you have a big traffic problem.

Traffic Rules Are Not Rules

If you are used to the traffic style in North America, please don’t drive in China. It takes a lot of practice and confidence in order to drive safely there. You wonder how is that possible. Keep in mind people in China don’t follow traffic rules. Yes, there are 2 way traffic, but often you will see cars driving on the possible side of the street. There are also lanes too, but no one sees them. You will see 4 or 5 cars driving on a 3 lane traffic. Most of the time you are only 10 to 20 millimeters beside the other cars.

The most important tip for driving in China

If you must drive in China, there is one single tip to remember for a safe ride. It is to be more confident and more scary than the others. If you are scared and you follow the rules completely you are in a more dangerous position. Just do what other people do and be even more evil, then they will give you your way.

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Tags: cars, china, driving, safety, traffic

Let’s Help Save The World

Did you know April 22 was the official Earth Day? It is basically a special day created to increase the awareness of global warming and the damage we have done to our planet. Yes, global warming is real and very real.

Will There Be A Day After Tomorrow?

I bet most of you have watched the movie “The Day After Tomorrow”. When I watched it I thought it was way too dramatic. Now I think it is kind of real. Just a week ago, we had snow in Vancouver, I mean in the middle of April! Plus all those ice and snow southern China was getting during the past few months. I’ve never heard of ice or snow near my place in China before, but it was actually snowing and no one was prepared. It is very real that the weather is really messed up.

So What Have We Done?

You don’t need to become a scientist to know why the global is warming up. It’s from the things we do everyday. From driving to manufacturing, we are releasing a lot of gases out to the environment. I don’t think we have really figured a way to save the world though.

What Can We Do?

I think what we must do is educate more people about the problems that are approaching us. Sure, we can stop driving and start conserving more energy. But we must fix the problem from the root. Everyone needs to have the correct mindset to keep the world beautiful.

Alternative Fuel Is Stupid

I know lots of US companies are doing their best to save the world by developing alternative fuel for cleaning air and conserving fossil fuels, but they are also killing people. In order to generate bio fuels, oil companies must use tons of corn crops and grain crops, and they are a source of food! They are driving the prices for such food items to the sky and poor people from third world nations are now starving even more! More and more people are dying each day now because the lack of food. So let’s do something else to save the world.

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Tags: earth, fuel, global warming

Smooth Jazz Is Good

These couple days I’ve been sitting in front of the computer and finishing up my websites. Most of the time I don’t listen to anything, but when I’m really bored I turn on some music. My music choices are very limited and most of the time I listen to Chinese pop. Very rarely I listen to music with heavy beats like R&B and Rap.

Digitally Imported Sounds Good

When trance music was popular among teenagers few years back, there was a website called Digitally Imported that plays trance and house all day long. It was the number one choice with you wanted to highlight your day with some trance music.

I was looking for a good free services that plays high quality music while I was working on the sites. The was thing I thought of was Digitally Imported. I quickly typed in www.di.fm and hey, they are still in service after so many years! They have expended their music selections too! You can choose from all kinds of electronic music and the current popular hits. I tried the Smooth Jazz station and fell in love with it.

From my few days of smooth jazz listening experience, I think Paul Taylor is one of my favorites. His music is often mixed with beats and saxophone. It has a kind of R&B feel but very smooth and relaxing. Try it out by playing the Youtube video above!

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Tags: Music, saxophone, smooth jazz

Finally Done All My Exams

I feel so very released now because I’ve finished writing all my end of term exams. Other the past month of being inactive online, there are many things I saw happened around the world that I didn’t have time to blog about. These are completely random rambling but I think they are quite interesting.

Say Good Bye To Oasis Airlines

If you came from southern China or a frequent traveler to Hong Kong, you may heard of Oasis Airlines. When it launched the world’s first budget direct flight connecting Vancouver and Hong Kong, it got a ton of buzz. Their prices were extremely attractive and took over the Vancouver Hong Kong route by storm. Before Oasis came to Vancouver, Cathay Pacific and Air Canada dominated the market and they were the only choices. Oasis arrived offering direct flights for almost half of the price of the other two airlines. However, the dream of low cost direct flight between Vancouver and Hong Kong only lasted for about a year. Last week, the airlines suddenly shut down all its operations. They didn’t even give a prior warning! Many passengers are complaining now that the airlines still accepted booking the day it shut down! Good luck to those trying to claim their money back from the tickets they already bought. I even checked their website two days before they closed to check their prices. Lucky me wasn’t in a real need to fly to Hong Kong. I still believe the best, I mean the best, airline for traveling to Hong Kong is Cathay Pacific.

Say Good Bye To Edison Chen and Twins

What a wild ride for the Hong Kong entertainment industry since the beginning of the year. I guess everything is finally settled. The worst part of this whole mess was the loss of two very talented individuals from the HK show biz. For those who didn’t know or didn’t care about the HK show biz, the mess started with leaked sex photos of Edison Chen and Gillian Chung, a member of Twins, and Cecilia Cheung. Then other photos of other famous people started to pop up on the net. Edison was said to have hundreds of sex photo of HK singers/actresses. If you are interested in the whole story, you can Google “Edison Chen” and see for yourself. Edison and Gillian now call it stop for their careers in the show biz. This is a bad news because at least I think Edison is a good singer.

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Tags: airlines, cathay pacific, cecilia cheung, edison chen, gillian chung, oasis hong kong

Koodo Mobile? Fat-free Mobility?

Noticed recently there is a new wireless network appeared in many major shopping centers in Canada. The name of the company is called Koodo Mobile. It has a funny name and its brochures look even funnier. They feature models dress in gym suits that make them look like they are in the 80’s.

Are They Going To Exist After A Few Years?

They do have a silly name and funny brochures, but they are serious about their offerings. Their monthly plans don’t require you to sign a contract at all. If you are willing to buy out the phones (only 3 models as of now), you can have their monthly combo deals or make your own combo of features. Their plans start as low as $15. I like their $65 combo, which gives you unlimited incoming calls, 1000 weekday minutes, unlimited evenings and weekends (starts at 7pm). The most amazing thing is they don’t make you pay the system access fee. That is a first in Canada and their plans beat all other major wireless networks. I believe they are going to be in there for a while.

Is It Going To Take Over The Wireless Industry In Canada?

They will cause a storm in the wireless industry. What they are doing now is going to change the wireless service in Canada. Their approach is a first and most consumers are waiting for a flexible service like that. The only downside is that they use CDMA instead of GSM and are piggybacking on the Telus network. If they started by offering their own network with GSM, they would take over the whole industry by storm.

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Tags: canada wireless, cdma, cell phone, fido, gsm, koodo mobile, network, no contract, no system access fee, rogers, telus mobility