Catshanghai

In this earlier post I complained about the stress of living in a place where I am “doomed to waste time understanding and being understood.”
This is still an issue or I would not choose to resurrect such a gloomy old blog post. The difference these days is that I am enjoying my summer holidays. [...]

The new Iphone is out, although it is not yet on sale in China. David Feng of Techblog86 has been anticipating the imminent official release of the Iphone in China, although Dan Washburn of Shanghaiist has been assured by local vendors that the new Iphone will soon be selling on the local grey market once [...]

We got married in March 2006. As a Brit marrying a Chinese girl, we followed the UK Consulate’s guidelines of notarising the wedding certificate so it would be recognised abroad. This has made it relatively easy to get permission to visit the UK and France, although we still have to collect more than a dozen [...]

It was a great night of art, fashion and hanging out with friends. Everyone likes Jola’s pictures of the Paris metro. Each picture was built on photographs, which were taken separately before Jola edited them together using painted images, scanning and photoshop post processing. The images remind me of rotoscoping where live action movies are [...]

The 3G Iphone has just been unveiled by Steve Jobs at the WWDC. The world wide launch date is July 11th when it will go on sale in 70 markets including Canada, Hong Kong and Australia.
The inclusion of Chinese handwriting recognition suggests they have their eyes on the Middle Kingdom. If you ever go to [...]

This audio file was recorded in anger and desperation after Jenny was sent home from the visa office after failing to bring her family’s red household book. She brought every other document you could think of including my bank statements and a letter of invitation from me, her husband. I spent an hour trying to [...]

Last week I picked up a new pair of training shoes from DK who is the designer/ boss for Multiplication Sign.

The shoes I bought remind me of the Dunlop Greenflash that I used to wear for PE lessons when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s. He had others with toes cut [...]

Jenny has been busy setting up a photographic exhibition for Jola Kudela of Yolart.net, which will take place at Projection 216 on Sunday 15th June at 7pm.

Jola Kudela is a photographic artist based in Paris. This is her first exhibition in Shanghai. This is her bio:
“if loneliness has its God, Jola Kudela must be one [...]

Shanghai is busy and disrupted today, because the Olympic torch is passing through the city. There is heavy police and military presence to ensure that this leg of the relay proceeds smoothly. Look out for bunting and road closures in the following areas:

1. Huangpu District
(A) 5:30 to 8:30, Tibet Road and Huangpi Road
(B) 6:00 [...]

A colleague just sent me the following anecdote, which is a great case study about why foreigners in China should never leave their home without their passports until the week after the closing ceremony. Photocopies do not count.
My husband was held 3 hours in a police station 2 weeks ago outside of Shanghai although he [...]