Okay, I really want to share my China trip experience with you every day and I planned to do this. But I realized the second day I arrived: I simply can’t keep up with my changing schedule here. All my original plans and schedules have been changed almost every day and it’s still changing.

Is this a bad thing? So far, it’s actually very exciting to me and working well with what I want to do during the trip. It’s just that there are so many people, things, events, and information that come to you all the time in China…all these lead to a very interesting new schedule that you didn’t expect. So I canceled my flight, changed my meetings, even now need to change my departure date.

This is how fast China is going. I guess I’ll just follow the flow and let things lead to where I’m supposed to be.

Also, I realized that I won’t be able to share my day-to-day travel experiences with you as I planned (just remember, change is a lot faster than plan in China). So I’ll try my best to enjoy the trip for now. And I’ll share more thoughts and updates with you in separate posting when my trip ends in September.

Enjoy the excitement if that’s what you are looking for in China; Enjoy the order of life if that’s what you are looking for in US. Or I should say, enjoy both no matter where you are

Tags: china, travel

Some people want to lead a life that is predictable, simple and sortable. Some people enjoy the craziness & the richness of the disordered, unpredicted and changing life. If you are the latter, you will fall in love with Shanghai so easily!

I got extremely excited while flying over the Pacific from US to Asia and I thought heart-attach can easily be developed. Without sleeping during the 17-hour trip, my mind has been fired up like a hot engine - spinning, spinning and spinning!

Why?

I don’t know. I only know this happens to me normally when I’m physically close to places like New York City.

My first taste of Shanghai hasn’t really started yet. I arrived at 9PM at Pudong International Airport. The minute I stepped out the airport building, I said, wow-it’s humid and warm (just like what I thought). Then 30-min we drove from the airport to one recently developed home&business community center in Pudong. People were walking, shopping, and getting into the bars. My friend who picked me up said to me: the life of Shanghai just started (10PM).

Everything is so available even at night: shops, bars, people, voices, lights, street-vendor fruits, food…It must be an exciting and lovely place to be, I told myself before sleep. Well, just found out that stuff like Facebook and Twitter are NOT available! Crazy - it will be a crazy but fun place to be!~

Now, it’s 4AM Shanghai time - I had a 4-hour sleep and I guess I’m waiting for the day to start. So I can really see who Shanghai is!

Have a great weekend.

Tags: Asia, Business and Economy, china, New York City, Pacific Ocean, Pudong, Shanghai, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, travel, trip

I’m going to visit China for a month in Aug. I do want to post my trip experience here and share it with friends. One thing that I’m sure: this is not the China that I knew! Which China? It is a China that I need to re-define, re-look at, and re-understand!

One thing that I can’t decide: should I write in English or in Chinese?

So, I’ll just follow the flow - let my brain and present feeling to decide which language the post will be written.

Here is the first pre-trip conversation that’s related to my travel and it is in Chinese

今天晚上和一个朋友吃饭。他在美国呆了许多年，去年回国创业。这次回到湾区办事情。能在我回国前见个面真的是很好！他给了我些很中听的建议，我总结为 “我是骗子”：

1，不要以为你还是中国人，你已经不是中国人了；中国人都是犹太人

2，把你自己想成是骗子(总要站在对方的立场上考虑问题）。大家都假设对方（或者自己对于对方来说）是骗子；然后慢慢通过了解，通过合作才取得一步步地信任

3，多听，多了解，抱着虚心学习的态度

4，做什么都行，只要闷着头做，都能做出来

最后他又说，“没问题，你前途无限”。我听了大笑。有这样一个朋友真是不错！到了上海争取再和他吃顿饭。哈哈！

Tags: china, travel, trip, 中国

Wow! You’ve got to watch this video on Techcruch - a fun pizza ordering app on iPhone! The UI is so delicious and it is fun!

Imagination wins!

Tags: imagination, iphone app, pizza