These are so hilarious:

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/02/22/vw-strikes-again-un-pimp-my-ride-videos/

I remember we pitched an agency one time for VW's business. They were once a dominant car brand in China. Too bad they're losing to all the newcomers. I have a feeling that Volvo will do wonders in China: Safe, Luxurious and Sleek.

I just returned from Thailand.  Phi Phi island is the most beautiful place that I've ever been in my life.  More pics to be posted soon.

Biggie Smallz may be dead, but he is still the bomb.

So I am in Bangkok right now. It's my friend, Andy's bachelor party. It will likely consist of chilling at the beach in Phuket and reading my books.

So good to be outta SH's cold and drab weather.

Every day, there is at least one highlight that makes my day. It's all I can do with such a routine in Shanghai. Today, that highlight was finding this:

That's right. Lion King is coming to Shanghai. Of all the musicals I've seen, I truly believe this one to be extra exceptional. Most because of the beautiful costumes and how creative the actors have been able to portray the animals of the jungle. I know, it's a little gay, but Simba is coming to Shanghai. So what I can sing Hakuna Matata? So what?

Heating in China, is really designed very poorly.

First of all, most apartments seldom have a heater built in, so what you end up doing is buying a couple heaters / air conditioning machines that attach to the wall or act as a standalone heating unit. Apartments usually will have some type of an outlet for the wiring of this, and usually, each room will be suitable for 1 of these units.

Now the stupid thing is, is that these outlets are located near the top of the room, in some far corner of the room. Not very efficient if you want to evenly distribute the heat in a large room relatively quickly. Secondly, heat rises, so wouldn't it make more sense if the heat vents were on the ground? The developers here must not know that. Also, everything here seems to be built out of concrete, not the greatest insulator. I hate it when people ask me why I complain about the cold since I'm from Canada. These people are obviously retarded. In Canada, all our walls are insulated with fibreglass insulating material, designed to trap heat. I can practically run around naked at home in the dead of winter. Not in Shanghai though.

Must have those soft fur slippers so your feet don't touch the cold ass ground. Must wear longjohns for that extra layer of warmth. Must have that electric blanket to keep your bed extra warm. Must have that cup of hot tea/water right beside you at all times. I guess it could be worse, and I could be living in Beijing where it is snowing.

Google Maps has a map of Shanghai:
Google Map Shanghai

It's interesting to note that they won't let you zoom TOO close. You KNOW they have the technology to do it, I guess the MAN thought that it might be a little bit too intrusive.

After a week of being in HK, it was good to be in SH. Especially after I lost my phone in HK, so disappointing. What it did do though, was give me an excuse to purchase a new phone. I was going to get a Motorola Q, but it wasn't out yet, but tell me you don't think this is so dope!

I ended up getting an O2 mini, and a Jabra 250 bluetooth headset.  I'm really happy with this phone.

Another comment I'd like to make is about HK Disneyland and the boneheads that run it. Chinese New Year is an amazing time for HK's economy because of the increased spending as well as the 400,000 + visitors from mainland China that go to HK to spend money. Disneyland this year was a massive draw, and it was quite apparent that the people behind planning did not anticipate the popularity of Disneyland. They began to close off ticket sales after entrants reached a certain limit, and did not allowed some people to buy tickets / enter the park. The problem was that many mainland Chinese bought prepurchased tickets hoping to visit Disneyland in HK during Chinese New Year and upon the order to disallow additional guests into the park, many of these people with the prepurchased tickets were turned away.

It not only ruined the vacation of some wealthy Chinese, many young childrens' first real contact with Disney was soured and the amount of people that it pissed off caused a lot of negative PR. Chinese are extremely gossipy, and word of mouth here is more powerful than ever. With the additional string of negative PR, Disney's got to hire some smarter people to make their decisions.

The one major weekend in 2006, and they mess it up. Dumbasses.