Tag: Expo2010

I Hate Crowds: Travelling in China During National Holidays
October 14, 2010

I Hate Crowds: Travelling in China During National Holidays

  I really do hate crowds. Crowds make me want to hit people or queue jump just to escape from the queue (because in China, some queues are so vast and switchbacky that to get out you have to go forward). I don’t like noise. …

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Despo(t) 2010: Stan!
June 20, 2010

Despo(t) 2010: Stan!

Also in this series: Death By Exposure and Despo(t) 2010: The Axis of Awesome     In our quest to avoid the crowded pavilions at Shanghai Expo 2010, we embarked on an intensive one-day project to visit as many maligned countries as possible.  We visited …

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Shanghai Despo(t) 2010- The Axis of Awesome Pavilions
June 20, 2010

Shanghai Despo(t) 2010- The Axis of Awesome Pavilions

Also in this series: Death By Exposure and Stan!     We went back to Expo on Saturday for a stubborn second round of heat stroke and agoraphobia. The first time we went, which was just last Tuesday on the second day of the Dragon …

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Death by Exposure: Expo 2010, Part 1
June 17, 2010

Death by Exposure: Expo 2010, Part 1

  Also in this series: Despot 2010: Axis of Awesome and Stan!   After we spent the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival being slothful, alternating dragging our bodies out for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner, and lying dugong-like on the sofa, reading and …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) Laneways and Alleys, oh my
May 25, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) Laneways and Alleys, oh my

Shanghai’s got a lot of alleyways. I’m a huge fan of them, perhaps as a human level antidote to the carelessly changing skyscraper skyline of this city. They like things to be new, big and shiny here.  I prefer smaller things in my line of …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) Trippy but Pointless Public Art
May 20, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) Trippy but Pointless Public Art

In the wilds of Pudong, deep down in Zhang Jiang Gaoke where I used to catch the bus to work in Lingang (don’t even ask how far away that was) there is a giant Delete button standing on one of it’s corners at the edge …

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(101 Things About Shanghai) Street Detailing
May 11, 2010

(101 Things About Shanghai) Street Detailing

  This morning as I walked to work, a Shanghai municipal worker was crouched down on her haunches, polishing a garbage bin. She had already carefully washed it down and was now rubbing shine into the metal containers with a suede cloth. It sparkled.  The …

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