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Skyline from Tongji Campus




Minesweeper in Lu Xun Park

the Bund at Nanjing Lu

Xian

Yesterday in the park. It was raining, cold, stormy, but suddenly I heard music playing. Of course no other than the Backstreet Boys. Why? Is this a cultural invasion or a mystical message. After searching a while I found the tarned speakers on the grass.
Even in the airplanes of Chinese Airlines they promise you to wake you up with the sound of Backstreet Boys - an intercultural connection between East and West.

this is where the students live

Not only that I leave my digital traces all over the city, now I am collecting pieces I find in the streets with my mobile phone camera. The other day I saw this sign which showed a car going upward while I was standing in the bus next to the driver. From a book about Yoga I got a great inspiration what else to do with dental floss. I met a roboter cyborg man on my street and Jane Ashen explained to me with her "convincing" smile how funny baking might be. Furthermore I found the operation control for the lighting sytem of Shanghai's big towers. This week another woman successfully caught a foreigner (refer to an old article "The middle class man" )! What I ever wanted to do and what is not possible anywhere else than in China is crossing the street diagonally. We have special traffic lights for pedestrians...

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Chinese women always want to gain the best. But the marriage market is getting harder. These days it is not enough to invest into your beauty. Medical operations became simply common. Moreover you have to have some comunication skills: "Hello. My name is ... Where are you from? What is your profession? Are you here for business? How high is your income?" If you are well prepared, you can enter the weekly marriage market on wednesdays. Good luck!