http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/10/21/list-of-thoughts-on-first-visit-to-shanghai-in-over-20-years/ Rants/raves + false childhood memories Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:27:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/10/21/list-of-thoughts-on-first-visit-to-shanghai-in-over-20-years/#comment-12880 joan Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:32:31 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/10/21/list-of-thoughts-on-first-visit-to-shanghai-in-over-20-years/#comment-12880 LOL.. yeah, why doesn't Taipei have an H and M? Or Zara LOL.. yeah, why doesn’t Taipei have an H and M? Or Zara

]]> http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/10/21/list-of-thoughts-on-first-visit-to-shanghai-in-over-20-years/#comment-762 Frank Parsnip Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:07:15 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/10/21/list-of-thoughts-on-first-visit-to-shanghai-in-over-20-years/#comment-762 Oh, if I had a hammer.... Oh, if I had a hammer….

]]> http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/10/21/list-of-thoughts-on-first-visit-to-shanghai-in-over-20-years/#comment-747 Karl Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:11:31 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/10/21/list-of-thoughts-on-first-visit-to-shanghai-in-over-20-years/#comment-747 You weren't there for the hardware show, were you? You weren’t there for the hardware show, were you?

]]> http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/10/21/list-of-thoughts-on-first-visit-to-shanghai-in-over-20-years/#comment-731 Frank Parsnip Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:34:40 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2007/10/21/list-of-thoughts-on-first-visit-to-shanghai-in-over-20-years/#comment-731 One of the amazing things about going back to Shanghai after a long absence is how colorful the city has become. It was a gray, dirty place on my first trip there -- back in the days when apparently the PRC government was still trying to punish the place for all its unsavoury nicknames like "Whore of the Orient" and "Paris of the Orient" and suchlike. One of the amazing things about going back to Shanghai after a long absence is how colorful the city has become. It was a gray, dirty place on my first trip there — back in the days when apparently the PRC government was still trying to punish the place for all its unsavoury nicknames like “Whore of the Orient” and “Paris of the Orient” and suchlike.

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