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Fixing electronics in a foreign country

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Now, I’m no computer wizard. This is for sure. I mean I can run around the internet with the best of them. I can fix little problem son windows. Virus check, configure, make this thing move faster. But I can not fix big problems. I can not take things apart and fix them. For example, my cleaning apparatus of my electric shaver stopped working. After playing around with it I realized that if I pushed down on it, it would work. This would be fine if I was willing to stand by my shaver for a half hour. Being the crafty person I am I came up with this: fix [read on]

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Here I Go Again…..

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

On my own. So thing shave been kinda hectic over here at sharkfin central. By roomate here in Shanghai, picked up and flew down to the Philippines last night for 3 weeks or so. For anyone out there who is considering a trip to the Philippines or if this will make someone think about it, make sure to check out Cebu Pacific Air. They have a huge sale on seats now if you are leaving from within Asia. Also once you get there it seems there domestic flights are extremely cheap as well. [read on]

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Opportunities, or something like that

Sunday, October 28th, 2007
So when I first got to Shanghai I made sure to hit the ground running in terms of finding some “meaningful employment” as my mass emailed cover letter described. One thing to learn about a city like Shanghai (not sure ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Why the Shang??

Thursday, October 25th, 2007
It's a common question I get. I've been fielding the question since I first became dead set on moving to Shanghai while still a university student. Let me back track a little though since this is only post number 1. I ... [Continue reading this entry]

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