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I went with a colleague to Chengdu in the Sichuan province of China for some business, and after we did our stuff thee, we took a train to go to Chongqing for some more business. During the four hour long train-ride I realized that Sichuan…
I don't know who you are, you piece of shit, but I hope the battery of my iPod you stole today explodes in your face! What a great move to steal the iPod out of my wife's pocket while she was entering the subway, you…
Despite the fact that every person had to pay 30 kuai (if you arrived after seven, that is), we went to the Yu Garden lantern festival. It was full like hell, but quite interesting, as the whole area was filled with, well, lanterns and stuff.
During the chinese new year spring festival, we made a trip to the Huashan mountain. It was a two hour ride from Xi'An. We had to wait over one hour in line, until we finally sat down in a cable car and started going to…
I flew around China with Air China, China Eastern, Southern China - but now I've got a new favorite for domestic flights: Hainan Airlines. Why? Because it's so damn relaxing. At the beginning of the flight, all the flight attendants introduce themselves by saying their…
Since we have neither the space nor the money to buy a real Piano at the moment, I decided to present my wife a MIDI-USB keyboard that she can use on my PowerBook from Apple. She loves to play but has left her 'standalone' keyboard…
Gute Idee, schlechte Umsetzung Peter Hyams’ A Sound of Thunder basiert auf einer vielversprechenden Kurzgeschichte von Ray Bradbury – eine faszinierende Zeitreise-Prämisse, die das fragile GefĂĽge von Ursache und Wirkung untersucht. Doch was hier auf der Leinwand abgeliefert wird, ist ein Mix aus mittelmäßiger Regie,…
Stephen Kings Dämonen erwachen zum Leben Mit Desperation gelingt Regisseur Mick Garris eine solide TV-Adaption des gleichnamigen Romans von Stephen King, die trotz beschränktem Budget die beklemmende Atmosphäre und das surreale Grauen der Vorlage weitgehend einfängt. Was Desperation auszeichnet, ist die Mischung aus klassischem Horror…
<p><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakobusan/364336474/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://montras.io/media/posts/176/364336474_f5129e600a.jpg" alt="Eric Clapton Live in Shanghai Stadium" width="500" height="274"></a></p> <p>Geduldig wie ein Buddha habe ich am Wochenende meine Fotos des Eric Clapton Konzerts auf flickr geladen, und natĂĽrlich Berichte geschrieben - den deutschen Bericht gibt es <a href="http://blog.mysan.de/stars/eric-claptons-konzert-in-shanghai-am-20-januar-2007/">hier</a>, den englischen <a href="http://jakob.montrasio.net/2007/01/21/eric-clapton-live-in-shanghai/">hier</a>. Geduldig, weil das Internet hier immer noch so lahm wie der Film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339714/">Speed Demon</a> ist und es <a href="http://xinwen.de/en/2007/01/new_quake_thwarts_undersea_cab.html">vor Mitte Februar wohl auch nicht repariert sein wird</a>.</p>
I don't remember the exact year, but it must have been at least four or five years ago. Billy Crystal was the host of the academy awards that year and a hilarious clip was shown before the show or as advertisement: Billy Crystal goes to…