Beijing is getting ready for the 2008 Olympics and the atmosphere of the Olympic Games approaching is everywhere. Even in my quiet neighborhood now you can see the red banners welcoming the games. It is quite funny actually, because they also translated the banners into English in an attempt to share the moment with laowai‘s […]
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The news of Lukas Podolski scoring against the country of his birth in the Euro 2008 championship spread like hot fire: a Pole scores against Poland! Not only that he scored once, he did it twice securing the victory for Germany in that match. Minutes later after the match the Youtube (and probably elsewhere) was
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I’ve also discovered recently the ICANHASCHEEZBURGER.com and wasted some of my not so precious lately time there. If you haven’t heard yet of this amazing site about cats be sure to check it out as it is one the funniest things I’ve seen in the past few days. The site is actually a blog with
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Everyone who’s been in Beijing with the Carnival remembers the “Wanshang Garden Hotel” we stayed in 2004 and 2005. I was just happened to pass by around Babaoshan area in Beijing and that is the hotel I discovered. It is no longer the Wanshang we used to know and it is even called differently now
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What is the point of having an email that people cannot reach? That is what’s happening to to Hotmail users. Have you asked yourself how many messages addressed to you was lost due to inadequate Hotmail’s way of filtering spam? The emails from your friends don’t even get the chance to get into the junk
Why you should quit using Hotmail and advice others to do the same. Read More »
Almost 2 weeks ago I had a chance to visit the newly built pride and beauty of the 2008 Beijing summer Olympics – Beijing National Stadium (å??京å?½å®¶ä½?è?²å?º), also known as “Bird’s Nest” (鳥巢) during the hosting of “Good Luck Beijing 2008 SOHU.COM China Athletics Open”. It was a kind of audition before the Olympic Games
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Pregătirile pentru jocurile Olimpice de vară 2008 în Beijing. Beijing-ul va fi gazda jocurilor Olimpice de vară ce sunt programate pentru perioada 8-24 august 2008. Data începerii jocurilor olimpice nu este aleatoare, ci a fost în mod special selectată de chinezi ca fiind o dată foarte norocoasă – ziua 08, luna 08, anul 2008. Chinezii
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A few days ago my favorite on-line translation tool – Babelfish from http://babelfish.altavista.com changed the address from Altavista to Yahoo, now it is automatically redirected to http://babelfish.yahoo.com. The change happened when I was translating something and was quite surprised to see the result for my translation on Yahoo and not on Altavista. I’ve been using
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Îmi aduc aminte cum am aflat pentru prima oară de unele cuvinte din graiul nostru care de fapt au originea în limba strămoşilor noştri daci. Cred că a fost una din acele cărţulii publicate la începutul anilor `90. Şi eram foarte entuziasmat de acestă tematică, dar la acea vreme nu am mai găsit alte informaţii
Cuvinte moştenite din limba Dacilor – Codru, Doină, Ciocârlie, Mămăligă? Read More »
Let me start by saying that I’m just an unsatisfied customer of Lenovo and the story I’m about to write will be a complaint about their services. I do not like complaining about things, but when I do – there’s a reason behind it. Out of all the brands on a notebooks market today I
Does Lenovo really provide international warranty service for ThinkPad users? Read More »
