http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo Always on the road, Shanghai now. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last weekend, I took a trip to Lianzhou with Kai of CNReviews with the purpose to attend Chinese Blogger Conferene 2009. Kai wrote about our trip  and the conference here and here. Lianzhou is located in north board of Guangdong & Hunan province. It is about 400 km away from Guangzhou.  ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo/lianzhou-underground-river-cave-exploring.html   Myrtle Beach is a coastal resort city in Horry County, South Carolina. It is the heart of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile crescent of beach on South Carolina's northern coast. So when people talk about "Myrtle Beach", most likely, they are referring to Grand Strand or even the 60-mile ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo/dream-vacation-in-myrtle-beach-sc.html About three years' ago, I was a little suspect on the online shopping market in China, especially when most people believe there is a big TRUST issue in  Chinese Internet world. "Are you really wanting to take the risk to pay for something before you actually see it, not to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo/online-shopping-is-more-educational-than-traditional-shopping.html The horn-shaped structure is called "Sun Valley" . It is the main structure of Shanghai 2010 World Expo Boulevard which  will be the entrance to the Expo. It will be link four streets, connect five blocks and link three Metro stations. It will also have cafes and restaurants. It is reported ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo/shanghai-2010-expo-boulevard-%e2%80%9csun-valley%e2%80%9d-is-completed.html I am planning to a take a vacation, hopeful out of China, sometime in this September. I've been hunger for a trip for a long time since we have a lovely baby. Finding cheap international air-ticket is always the most time consuming step in travel planning and it is the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo/find-cheap-flight-tickets-for-international-travel.html Zijin: You are 16 weeks' old today on International Children's Day June 1st. Mommy and Daddy  wish you a happy holiday, your first Chilren's Day! We have been so proud of you seeing you learning new things every day. We are so happy every moment with you. You smile, we laugh; you ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo/happy-international-childrens-day-%e5%84%bf%e7%ab%a5%e8%8a%82%e5%bf%ab%e4%b9%90%ef%bc%81.html Shanghai World Expo 2010 is the super event that the whole city is expecting the most. Local medias have related report and count down every day.World expo mascot Haibao can be seen everywhere which makes me can't ignore it anymore. I bought the ticket from local post office already where ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo/visit-shanghai-world-expo-online-3d-virtual-tour.html (Photo courtesy: http://msnphoto.eastday.com/hdqxb/20081209_8/) If you don't have any specific things to do on Christmas night, take a walk around the Shanghai World Financial Center, the view will be grand! http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo/shanghai-world-financial-center-has-probably-the-best-christmas-light-in-shanghai.html We went to see a ballet show <Swan Lake> last Friday as an activity to celebrate my birthday. The venue is in Shanghai Orienal Art Center (东方艺术中心) in Pudong, Shanghai. This butterfly-shaped architectural artistry is among China's most important performance venues.(See the brilliant photo below. Photo courtesy to jordipostales.) The art ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo/shanghai-oriental-art-center-tour.html I was in a business trip to Beijing recently and was invited to a networking dinner party where I saw the Face Changing show live for the second time. Before we go into the show, here is the history about Face Changing from wikipeida: " The face changing, or "bian lian"(变脸) ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo/magical-mask-change-face-changing-show-in-beijing.html