Today, I actually made a reservation and ordered two jugs of water over the phone … in Chinese.
Baby steps, I know. But steps.
Dan
On Jul 10, 2004 3:58 AM, kiddy said:
wo, I’m catching up on so so so many stories!
On Jul 10, 2004 3:58 AM, Henry Huang said:
Shanghai and most part of China are experiencing energy crisis following the economical boom. This year Shanghai municipal government is doing whatever it can to conserve the energy. New policies has been introduced to save electricity, including all the department stores and malls (There are only like thousands of them in Shanghai) must maintain thermostats no lower than 26 C (78.8 F), Enterprises to rotate off days from the weekend to week days to balance the weight of manufacture energy consumption etc. Visitors to Shanghai mostly are surprised how bring the night is due to the reflections of projecting lights from all the buildings. Well, all the projecting lights will be shut down as soon as the temperature reach 35 C ( 95 F ) to conserve the energy. That might not be too bad considering how much light pollution the night sky of Shanghai has. Hopefully, this will result more birds to return.
On Jul 11, 2004 2:27 PM, Pat said:
Beijing turned off the power in the area where I am staying from 9am-5pm a few weeks ago. We knew about it ahead of time and quickly removed our selves from this house at about 10 am. US and California have better policy ( I am joking). Don’t turn off the power, the electric grid overloads, and most of California is without power.
It is my understanding that this little power outage that I wrote about was not due to the energy crisis, but rather some sort of construction in my neighborhood. (If I could read Chinese, I would likely know exactly what happened.)
Here’s a story that sheds some light on Beijing’s power woes:
nothing to say , but I do have an ibook , if u want to chat ?? in Chinese ?? oh, how fun would that be ? chat with a person in Chinese whose first language is English !!
On Nov 14, 2004 8:38 AM, Nicole Ruff said:
Of course, Chinese is essential in rural China. Maybe you need a 24/7 translator!
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Ok, so the power is back on … six hours earlier than expected.
Perhaps the headline of this entry shoud be: “Don’t believe everything written in a Chinese notice.”
Battery power at 75 percent.
so…Dan~~learn Chinese~!!
the power was back earlier than expected…shouldn’t u be happy about it~?hehe…seems they always give u surprise :=P
Bonny,
I think you’ll be impressed.
Today, I actually made a reservation and ordered two jugs of water over the phone … in Chinese.
Baby steps, I know. But steps.
Dan
wo, I’m catching up on so so so many stories!
Shanghai and most part of China are experiencing energy crisis following the economical boom. This year Shanghai municipal government is doing whatever it can to conserve the energy. New policies has been introduced to save electricity, including all the department stores and malls (There are only like thousands of them in Shanghai) must maintain thermostats no lower than 26 C (78.8 F), Enterprises to rotate off days from the weekend to week days to balance the weight of manufacture energy consumption etc. Visitors to Shanghai mostly are surprised how bring the night is due to the reflections of projecting lights from all the buildings. Well, all the projecting lights will be shut down as soon as the temperature reach 35 C ( 95 F ) to conserve the energy. That might not be too bad considering how much light pollution the night sky of Shanghai has. Hopefully, this will result more birds to return.
Beijing turned off the power in the area where I am staying from 9am-5pm a few weeks ago. We knew about it ahead of time and quickly removed our selves from this house at about 10 am. US and California have better policy ( I am joking). Don’t turn off the power, the electric grid overloads, and most of California is without power.
It is my understanding that this little power outage that I wrote about was not due to the energy crisis, but rather some sort of construction in my neighborhood. (If I could read Chinese, I would likely know exactly what happened.)
Here’s a story that sheds some light on Beijing’s power woes:
Darkness descends over the Forbidden City
nothing to say , but I do have an ibook , if u want to chat ?? in Chinese ?? oh, how fun would that be ? chat with a person in Chinese whose first language is English !!
Of course, Chinese is essential in rural China. Maybe you need a 24/7 translator!